Design Thinking Summer Institute '16 Recap: How one team has put the ideas they gained into action in their libraries
Full presentation here.
Mary-University School, Nashville
Applied "How Might We" phrase to staff development, tackling problems. Forced her to give up control, but got fresh ideas flowing(!) that she might not have come to on her own.
Liked the 'Little Free Library' box we have on campus near the dining room. Replicated it in a pop up library on campus using library materials (changed display monthly) with clip board for checkout. Really getting materials circulating! Also using it for PD books in faculty room. I like this idea!
Marsha-St. Christopher's, Richmond
How might we make access to digital resources simpler?
Empathetic design. Found thre was a diconnect between LMS & library resources
Prototyped a Libguide as Home page
Recommends reading "Don't make me think" by Steve Krug--great User Experience!!
Use concrete words. Bold Colors
Created a header for each page (ask her how to do this!)
Melinda-Darlington, Rome, GA
She is on a Design Thinking team at school. Recommends the book, "Change by Design" that we read as part of SI.
They applied it to "How might we design a digital portfolion that demonstrates the Darlington Portratit of a Graduate"? as a Faculty PD day. Taught faculty DT process and they used it to jump start this program.
Also taught DT to GAISL's! How might we design a library chair for a specific patron?
Their school has a DT class. An IT person is teaching it. Using Fusion 360 software design. "Imagine, code, create"...DT + Computer Science.
Kate Hammond, ___, PA
Elevator installed in her library. Lower area was spooky before, but they created an entrepreneur center/innovation lab
English classes are taught upstairs every day. Liked that she could see all the kids.
How might she welcome students despite the library entrance changing?
Looking for ways to support entrepreneur program and insert information literacy. Not like your typical research paper support.
-Observed them. Interviewed 1 teacher, 2 students. Really powerful. Wondered why she hasn't done this before.
-Kids are good at evaluating info sources, not in keeping track or organizing--using tons of bookmarks.
-Teaching RSS feeds, PLN
-She's creating graphics for innovation center walls using CANVA ie: "Tame your links"
-Offering workshops on RSS, Google Alerts, email listservs.
Great ideas!
Claudette, Cheshire Academy
Created a feedback loop in her 8th grade class. i like...I wish...I wonder re: thesis statements posted around the room.
Yale Design & Innovation Club gave her a presentation to do for her faculty.
Tackled dress code (the uncrackable!). Students, parents, teachers are stakeholders.
Infographic
What are your research process obstacles?
Very cool
Linked to other places-videos, etc.
(look at slides to expand on these notes)
Laura Pearl
Loves post it plus app to export data
The Research Doctors (lollipop)--cute idea!
Bookmarks + Embedded on US History Research Guide. Copied to all research based guides. Also on front page of library.
Take a look at her research guide to see how this looks.
Mary-University School, Nashville
Applied "How Might We" phrase to staff development, tackling problems. Forced her to give up control, but got fresh ideas flowing(!) that she might not have come to on her own.
Liked the 'Little Free Library' box we have on campus near the dining room. Replicated it in a pop up library on campus using library materials (changed display monthly) with clip board for checkout. Really getting materials circulating! Also using it for PD books in faculty room. I like this idea!
Marsha-St. Christopher's, Richmond
How might we make access to digital resources simpler?
Empathetic design. Found thre was a diconnect between LMS & library resources
Prototyped a Libguide as Home page
Recommends reading "Don't make me think" by Steve Krug--great User Experience!!
Use concrete words. Bold Colors
Created a header for each page (ask her how to do this!)
Melinda-Darlington, Rome, GA
She is on a Design Thinking team at school. Recommends the book, "Change by Design" that we read as part of SI.
They applied it to "How might we design a digital portfolion that demonstrates the Darlington Portratit of a Graduate"? as a Faculty PD day. Taught faculty DT process and they used it to jump start this program.
Also taught DT to GAISL's! How might we design a library chair for a specific patron?
Their school has a DT class. An IT person is teaching it. Using Fusion 360 software design. "Imagine, code, create"...DT + Computer Science.
Kate Hammond, ___, PA
Elevator installed in her library. Lower area was spooky before, but they created an entrepreneur center/innovation lab
English classes are taught upstairs every day. Liked that she could see all the kids.
How might she welcome students despite the library entrance changing?
Looking for ways to support entrepreneur program and insert information literacy. Not like your typical research paper support.
-Observed them. Interviewed 1 teacher, 2 students. Really powerful. Wondered why she hasn't done this before.
-Kids are good at evaluating info sources, not in keeping track or organizing--using tons of bookmarks.
-Teaching RSS feeds, PLN
-She's creating graphics for innovation center walls using CANVA ie: "Tame your links"
-Offering workshops on RSS, Google Alerts, email listservs.
Great ideas!
Claudette, Cheshire Academy
Created a feedback loop in her 8th grade class. i like...I wish...I wonder re: thesis statements posted around the room.
Yale Design & Innovation Club gave her a presentation to do for her faculty.
Tackled dress code (the uncrackable!). Students, parents, teachers are stakeholders.
Infographic
What are your research process obstacles?
Very cool
Linked to other places-videos, etc.
(look at slides to expand on these notes)
Laura Pearl
Loves post it plus app to export data
The Research Doctors (lollipop)--cute idea!
Bookmarks + Embedded on US History Research Guide. Copied to all research based guides. Also on front page of library.
Take a look at her research guide to see how this looks.
Courtney Lewis: Solid Research or Stuck in a Rut?: What Do Students Actually Need to Know for College Research (Fulfilling the Unspoken Mission of Independent Schools)
Her full presentation is here.
So much great information in this presentation but here are the key points:
She looked to the past 6 years of matriculation at St. Catherine grads. Attend a variety of colleges.
We want to use our budgets on tools that will make the bigest diference in college readiness.
EDS? Turnitin? MLS or others? Which databases? Should we be going beyond Noodletools?
She id'd the 1st year student reference or instruction librarian at each college id'd, also ACRL listserv. Gathered quantitative and qualitive data using Survey Monkey.
Differences in what needs were identified based on selectivity of school.
Patterns:
The power of selectivity. Larger research universities-librarians work more for the faculty, not students. They need them to be well prepared to be independent researchers from the beginning.
Like Noodletools for its teaching ability.
(insert pic from phone)
EDS/Proquest
100% of most sleective us it. 77% of more selective.
Therefore, we keep it.
Databases
Ebsco Academic Search Complete was #1 for 1st year research
JStor 2nd
Proquest Central
Google Scholar
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Citation Styles
MLA was #1
All are happy if students just know they need to cite information!
Selective schoolsfamiliarity with all citation styles is very important.
What we ask students to produce
More selective schools--traditional humanities research papers.
Is digital writing imporant? Oral presentations with visual aids?
Noticed a culture division in selective schools. Older professors are 100% reserach papers. Younger ones assume that you are able to produce a web site, blog, cite within a blog, storyboard a video, create quality video. Not a consistent part of curriculum, more enthusiastic facu's one off projects.
"Research is becoming a global community of scholars, not writing for the professor alone." She'll have to lead it.
Turnitin
Selective schools use it. Some faculty object to it because hypocracy it creates between honor codes, violating it, not using with Masters Level students, concerned about the message. Kids are cheating and not getting caught.
Understand.Ask.Think.
Format is invisible to students (database vs. web)
Look at UVA library page's source deck exercise--current event
Find the source
Create an identical citation in Noodletools
ties into primary, secondary & tertiary sources
Look at others, help get into correct gropu.
What made you a primary source, etc.
BEAM Method (What is this?)
Want kids to know:
Ask a librarian for help!
Library catalog-how to use it
To be skilled searchers
Ethical users of info.
"Community of scholarship"
Traditional humanities paper-lengthy & free choice of topic (they freak out when given too much freedom)
We ask for oral presentation and visual aid--do we teach it?
Storytelling
think of audience
Product vs. Process
Her admin is very interested
Feel 4-6 page paper in junior year should be 10-15 pages.
Advocates backwards design. Sr. year washout-APs-no research projects
Turnit in Should set to only Emma depository (or no depository) so that it doesn't become of the larger depository. Ownership issue.
Flasy presentations can disguise poor research. Need to train faculty to see through it.
Format bllindness.
"If you aren't feeling uncomfortable/uncertain, you aren't doing reserach." Kids feel don't have time for this.
"Working thesis"
Big 6 Model
Map empotional Big 6.
Visit university library as field trip. Watch history class, speak with librarians.
Shared Carol Kulthau emotional cycle with faculty--very helpful
Visit English classes, Visit college web sites. Email subject specialist.
So much great information in this presentation but here are the key points:
She looked to the past 6 years of matriculation at St. Catherine grads. Attend a variety of colleges.
We want to use our budgets on tools that will make the bigest diference in college readiness.
EDS? Turnitin? MLS or others? Which databases? Should we be going beyond Noodletools?
She id'd the 1st year student reference or instruction librarian at each college id'd, also ACRL listserv. Gathered quantitative and qualitive data using Survey Monkey.
Differences in what needs were identified based on selectivity of school.
Patterns:
The power of selectivity. Larger research universities-librarians work more for the faculty, not students. They need them to be well prepared to be independent researchers from the beginning.
Like Noodletools for its teaching ability.
(insert pic from phone)
EDS/Proquest
100% of most sleective us it. 77% of more selective.
Therefore, we keep it.
Databases
Ebsco Academic Search Complete was #1 for 1st year research
JStor 2nd
Proquest Central
Google Scholar
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Citation Styles
MLA was #1
All are happy if students just know they need to cite information!
Selective schoolsfamiliarity with all citation styles is very important.
What we ask students to produce
More selective schools--traditional humanities research papers.
Is digital writing imporant? Oral presentations with visual aids?
Noticed a culture division in selective schools. Older professors are 100% reserach papers. Younger ones assume that you are able to produce a web site, blog, cite within a blog, storyboard a video, create quality video. Not a consistent part of curriculum, more enthusiastic facu's one off projects.
"Research is becoming a global community of scholars, not writing for the professor alone." She'll have to lead it.
Turnitin
Selective schools use it. Some faculty object to it because hypocracy it creates between honor codes, violating it, not using with Masters Level students, concerned about the message. Kids are cheating and not getting caught.
Understand.Ask.Think.
Format is invisible to students (database vs. web)
Look at UVA library page's source deck exercise--current event
Find the source
Create an identical citation in Noodletools
ties into primary, secondary & tertiary sources
Look at others, help get into correct gropu.
What made you a primary source, etc.
BEAM Method (What is this?)
Want kids to know:
Ask a librarian for help!
Library catalog-how to use it
To be skilled searchers
Ethical users of info.
"Community of scholarship"
Traditional humanities paper-lengthy & free choice of topic (they freak out when given too much freedom)
We ask for oral presentation and visual aid--do we teach it?
Storytelling
think of audience
Product vs. Process
Her admin is very interested
Feel 4-6 page paper in junior year should be 10-15 pages.
Advocates backwards design. Sr. year washout-APs-no research projects
Turnit in Should set to only Emma depository (or no depository) so that it doesn't become of the larger depository. Ownership issue.
Flasy presentations can disguise poor research. Need to train faculty to see through it.
Format bllindness.
"If you aren't feeling uncomfortable/uncertain, you aren't doing reserach." Kids feel don't have time for this.
"Working thesis"
Big 6 Model
Map empotional Big 6.
Visit university library as field trip. Watch history class, speak with librarians.
Shared Carol Kulthau emotional cycle with faculty--very helpful
Visit English classes, Visit college web sites. Email subject specialist.
Ideas gained from bus conversations
21things for the 21st century educators
Did it with a group of teachers and found it to be transformative.
Bus discussion with Jolie:
Zine on Mental Illness—great activity for NAMI!
*Goal for year: Bringing Joy to the library.
Museum of 3D viewing
Makerspace
Interactive exhibit
Literary food festival-required materials. Ask her for her planning docs.
Template-event planning.
Communication
Marketing
Initial + date when completed
Monday team meetings
Review upcoming dates.
Did it with a group of teachers and found it to be transformative.
Bus discussion with Jolie:
Zine on Mental Illness—great activity for NAMI!
*Goal for year: Bringing Joy to the library.
Museum of 3D viewing
Makerspace
Interactive exhibit
Literary food festival-required materials. Ask her for her planning docs.
Template-event planning.
Communication
Marketing
Initial + date when completed
Monday team meetings
Review upcoming dates.