The first of its kind, ZSRx was a MOOC-like course built and facilitated by librarians. Using free tools and third-party content, we created a web literacy course that attracted more than 700 participants, mostly parents and alumni in the Wake Forest University community. We see great potential for libraries offering open online courses to their communities as platforms for informal learning of critical 21st century literacies.

1. Kyle Denlinger
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
ZSRx:A MOOC
forWebLiteracy

2. LIBRARIES:
THECURRENT
CONVERSATION
&

3. WE NEED THAT CLASS!
COLLEGE BOARD OF VISITORS:

5. value
we saw
opportunity&

6. to
HARD-TO-REACH
POPULATIONS

7. to
CRITICAL 21ST
CENTURY LITERACIES

8. to
THE VALUE & EXPERTISE
OF LIBRARIANS

9. so we asked ourselves:

10. WHYDON'TWE
JUSTBUILDIT?

11. sothat'swhatwedid.

12. TOFOSTERWEBLITERACY
INPARENTS&ALUMNI
AFOUR-WEEK
OPENONLINECOURSE

13. SEARCHSTRATEGIES
ADVANCEDSEARCHING
PRIVACY&FILTERS
INFOMANAGEMENT

14. LOTS OF CONTENT
BUT A FOCUS ON
CONNECTION

15. CANDYDISH

16. We called it:
ZSRx:THECURE
FORTHECOMMONWEB

17. BUILTWITH
FREETOOLS
BYONEGUY
OVERAFEWMONTHS

18. then something
amazing happened.

19. ZSRx,BYTHENUMBERS:

20. WE WERE HOPING
INSTEAD, WE GOT:
FOR 100.

21. total registrations

22. continents
(thanks for nothing, Antarctica)

23. states in the US

24. (we thought this was pretty cool)

25. (we thought this was pretty cool)

26. (we thought this was pretty cool)

27. (we thought this was pretty cool)

28. (we thought this was pretty cool)

29. from the class of 1954
to the class of 2012

30. of current &
former students

31. even our
is an enthusiastic lurker

32. all of whom are
to us in a new way

33. how we did it:

34. GOOGLESITES

35. GOOGLEGROUPS

36. 303MEMBERS
~300POSTSALLTIME

37. GOOGLE+
COMMUNITY

38. DOCSFORMS

39. how we did it:
INSTRUCTIONAL

40. gobackwards!

41. how we did it:

42. how we did it:

43. what we're learning:
EXPERIENCE
MATTERS

44. what we're learning:
PIXELS
MATTER

45. what we're learning:
CONNECTION
MATTERS

46. HOW'S IT GOING?

47. pageviews

48. unique visitors

50. “Interesting sharing. Thankyou. I
have been moving about the course
in a somewhat random pattern, but it
is awonderfullearningexperience. And
it is stimulating sharing ideas at
home and at work. Thankyou.”

51. “Another thing I’ve learned so far that has
made me gladIsignedup was that Google
tends to produce Q&A links when you type a
question. I’ve never liked searching the
actual question and have preferred
searching on the important terms of the
question... NowIknowwhyIdon’tlikethe
resultsasmuch.”

52. “Wow,thatisgreat! (neither my
husband, my co-workers, nor several
of our student-workers knew about
this feature either).”

53. “Ilearnedsomuch from the videos and
articles in Module 1. Most of my
frustrations in doing searches are
nowcleartome from what I learned
about how searches are executed.”

54. “Becoming exposed to even more has made
my searching even more manageable.
Working in the medical profession and
having to search things I often come back
with a lot more hits than desired or needed.
Now I have greatly minimized the
information that comes back to me when
searching. PRICELESS!”

55. “I learned how to filter search results
by date - thataloneisworththeprice
ofadmission!”

56. “I've been veryimpressed by the
thoughtful comments from group
members and the willingness to
share and help others. This is a new
on-line experience for me and I'm
gladIamparticipating.”

57. ANOPPORTUNITY!

58. WANNA
DOTHIS?

59. Thankyou!
Questions?

60. Image Credits
Lightbulb photo by user gaymay on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52746562@N00/7943706608/
Spice Drops photo by user Cape Cod Cyclist on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80949849@N00/273440780/
Emerging Student Patterns in Coursera-style MOOCs from Phil Hill:
http://mfeldstein.com/emerging-student-patterns-in-moocs-a-revised-
graphical-view/