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Undergraduate Engineering Transfer Students and the One-Shot Library Resource Instruction: Using Nearpod to Promote Active Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

Start Date

June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

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Beth Carpenter University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Beth Carpenter is the Undergraduate Engineering & Instruction Librarian at the University at Buffalo. Innovating instruction, instructional technology, and supporting undergraduates through library instruction are her main areas of research, scholarship, and librarian activity.

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Erin Rowley University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-6790

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Erin Rowley is the Head of Science and Engineering Library Services at the University at Buffalo and serves as the Engineering Librarian. Her research interests include the use of technical standards in engineering education, the role of the librarian in entrepreneurial information literacy, and collaboration between business and engineering librarians in academia.

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Abstract

When invited to conduct a typical “one-shot” instruction on library resources, librarians often have to manage time to include relevant resources while also addressing in-class questions. While there is a desire for active engagement and participation, it isn’t always a guarantee. The required course for undergraduate engineering transfer students at [INSTITUTION] has, for many years, included a session with librarians to introduce the university’s library resources. Having the opportunity to work directly with students who have recently transferred is a unique challenge as they have even more varied experiences with libraries and research resources. From Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, librarians piloted an approach that was more interactive than the previous traditional one-shot and subsequent homework assignment. This case study details the use of Nearpod, an online tool for educators to create and present interactive lessons, to make library resource instruction more interactive, while allowing faculty instructors to use student responses as in-class participation points. While more detailed student-focused data will be collected in subsequent semesters, this paper examines the faculty response and feedback to this instructional change, along with lessons learned by the librarians.

Carpenter, B., & Rowley, E. (2024, June), Undergraduate Engineering Transfer Students and the One-Shot Library Resource Instruction: Using Nearpod to Promote Active Student Engagement Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48184

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