Advice on preparing K-12 students to successfully transition from High School to College. Presented with Ken Burhanna, Head of Instructional Services at Kent State University.
1. Preparing Students to ThrivePreparing Students to Thrive
and Survive in Collegeand Survive in College
Ken Burhanna, Head of Instructional Services, Kent State University
Suzanne Johnson-Varney, Technical Services Librarian, Shawnee State University
3. College Faculty Expectations for FY
Students
• Savage, S.B., & Sigalet, J.M. (1 June,
2011). Library Research Skills Survey
Report: What research skills do college
professors expect first-year students to
have? Kelowna, BC: Okanagan College
Library. See web link below
• Film Project -- Research Skills:
Bridging the gap between high
school and post-secondary
http://
libguides.okanagan.bc.ca/content.php?pid=
4. College Faculty Expectations for FY
Students
Faculty Expectations in ranked order -- Okanagan Study
1) Locate & access information
2) Avoid plagiarism
3) Recognize when information is needed
4) Evaluate for credibility & authority
5) Organize & use information effectively
6) Differentiate between popular & scholarly
7) Differentiate between primary & secondary
8) Create research strategy / keep research journal
9) Synthesize & build on existing information
10)Develop & build on existing skills
5. Standards Bridge the Way
• AASL
– Accesses info
effectively
– Evaluates info
– Uses accurately
– Pursues for personal
interests
– Appreciates literature
– Contributes to the
learning community
and groups
– Uses ethically
• ACRL
– Defines and articulates
need
– Accesses info
effectively
– Evaluates &
incorporates info
– Uses for specific
purpose
– Uses ethically
– Incorporates info into
knowledge base
6. Strongly Related to College Success:
Academic self-confidence: Level of academic
self-confidence (of being successful in the academic
environment).
The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving
College Retention, ACT Policy Report (2004)
Student Perceptions Matter
7. Visits to academic libraries
Work with college level assignments
Talk with current college students
(former students)
Share faculty / instructor expectations
Transitioning to college web site
www.transitioning2college.org
Increase Confidence / Lower
Anxiety
8. • Librarians were tremendously underutilized by students.
Eight out of 10 of the respondents reported rarely, if
ever, turning to librarians for help with course-related
research assignments.
• “They’re basically taking how they learned to research in
high school with them to college, since it’s worked for
them in the past,” Alison J. Head.
“Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the
Digital Age,” Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, Project
Information Literacy First Year Report with Student Survey
Findings, University of Washington's Information School,
December 1, 2009
Key to Success: Asking for Help
9. TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment
of Information Literacy Skills
www.trails-9.org
10. • Online Card Catalog
– OhioLINK ebook content; databases and ejournals
can be accessed through local OPACS
– Understanding types of authentication
– My Account
Skills that transition with students
11. • All of the INFOhio databases are available through
OhioLINK
– EBSCOHost: Enhanced content purchased at the
college level by OhioLINK; most schools purchase
even more content from EBSCO
– The Art Collection
– Literature Online
– Learning Express Library
– Mango
– Oxford Reference Online
– Newsbank
INFOhio databases go to college…
12. • SSU offers Noodle Bib and End Note Web
• Students should be aware that there are multiple
types of citation styles
• Area of study may determine what citation style is
used…..
• Sometimes a professor will have students use
what they prefer
Citation Tools & Styles
14. • Text-A-Librarian & LibAnswers …LibGuides
• QR Codes
• Bitly URL’s
• Mobile Apps
– EBSCO
– LexisNexis
– Taylor & Francis
A word about microfilm & fiche….
Commonly found technology
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18. • Basic word processing skills are essential
• Excel is helpful
• PowerPoint will be expected at some point
• Content Management Software
• Email
• Attachments
• The “Cloud”
• Authentication – again……
Computer Skills
19.
20. • Keeping up with trends is crucial to
understanding what your students may
encounter when moving to college
– RSS Feeds
– Twitter
– Facebook
– LinkedIn
Professional Development
21.
22. TRAILS & Transitioning to College are joining forces!
• As part of a grant, we plan to father feedback on the
needs of librarians working with high school
students to strengthen their information literacy
efforts and to prepare their students for college.
• If you would be willing to provide feedback, let us
know by filling out the form available at the link
below:
http://tinyurl.com/hs2college
Your Input Is Needed
23. Resources
Faculty Expectations for College Students, The Okanagan Project
http://libguides.okanagan.bc.ca/content.php?pid=109335&sid=2234332
Research Project Calculator http://www2.infohio.org/rpc/
TRAILS – Tool for Real-Time assessment of Information Literacy Skills
http://www.trails-9.org/
TRAILS & Transitioning to College Feedback Volunteer Form
http://tinyurl.com/hs2college
Transitioning2College – Helping You Succeed
http://www.transitioning2college.org/
http://www.transitioning2college.org/documents/brians_top_10_firstyear_001.
pdf
24. Question
s
Ken Burhanna, Head of Instructional Services
kburhann@kent.edu
Suzanne Johnson-Varney, Technical Services Librarians
svarney@shawnee.edu
Notas do Editor
Tilly Smith, from Oxshott, Surrey, England, was holidaying with her parents and 7 year old sister on Mai Khou beach in Phuket, Thailand, when the tide rushed out. As the other toursists watched in amazement, the water began to bubble and the boats on the horizon started to violently bob up and down. Tilly, who had researched and studied tsunamis in a geography class two weeks earlier, quickly realized they were in danger and told her mummy. Her mother alerted hotel staff who immediately evacuated the beach and hotel. The tsunami struck minutes later, but no one on the beach was killed or seriously injured. I really liked this story and not just because it’s entertaining. It really presents information literacy within its true context, that is within the learning process related to whatever topic (in this case, it was geography) and also at the moment learning is realized. Again, I think speaks to how information literacy education is a collaborative process between teachers and school librarians, between professors and academic librarians and of course our students.
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Reporting on Ethnographic Research in Illinois Libraries (ERIAL)
