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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1985
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED257471 |
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- Learning to Use an Online Circulation System. Final Report. Marchionini, Gary And Others Academic Libraries College Students Computer Assisted Instruction Correlation Higher Education Intermode Differences Learning Modules Library Automation Library Circulation Library Guides Library Personnel Library Research Media Selection Online Systems Videotape Recordings A study conducted at the University of Maryland, College Park campus compared the effectiveness of three instructional media for presenting introductory training in the use of an online circulation system. Modules based on a common set of instructional objectives and examples were developed and delivered using three formats: a print packet, a videotape, and an interactive session at a computer terminal with print support. A total of 51 subjects from 2 library science classes and a set of student library workers were assigned to the treatment groups. The instructional sequence (script) presented an overview of the automated library system and explanations of the primary functions of the circulation system: searching for a book by author, title, or call number; placing a hold; and obtaining patron information. (Appendix A presents the text version of the script.) The interactive version (Appendix B) used the same explanations, but subjects worked through examples at a terminal connected to the circulation database. The video version consisted of a narration of the script with displays of actual terminal screens for examples. A 15-question achievement test plotted procedural, interpretive, and general points on one dimension, and system overview, search, hold, and patron functions on the other. A 13-item questionnaire was appended to the final test instrument to obtain demographic data and comments (Appendix C). Although no statistically significant differences were found on the achievement measure, subjects in the video treatment group performed slightly better than subjects in the text group, and both of these groups performed better than subjects in the interactive group. A discussion of the results and their implications and areas where additional research is needed conclude the report. (THC)