The Library Workshops have been my labor of love. When I envisioned the workshops, my goal was to go beyond tutorials, and move into small, virtual classes. Each workshop is structured like a one-hour course and requires students to reflect on their learning. Most reflection is structured as two prompts: one that checks knowledge and one that asks for a personal narrative of how that knowledge can or has been used. Here is an example from the Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop:
1) explain the most important concept(s) that you learned from this workshop. Be sure to explain how completing this workshop has changed or not changed your original definition of plagiarism. (75 word minimum)
2) provide a specific example of when you might have accidentally plagiarized or a specific example of how you make sure that you have not plagiarized. Be sure your answer is specific. (75 word minimum)
The workshops have been very successful. Many instructors use them as assignments in their courses, either as part of the course or as extra credit. Enrollment and student satisfaction remain high. The table below provides an overview of the usage of the Avoiding Plagiarism (AP), Evaluating Sources (ES), Library Orientation (LO), Research Basics (RB), and MLA Basics (MB) workshops.
The total number of completed workshops since Fall 2020 is 16,608 and still counting.
Lugene Rosen Tenured Evaluation ePortfolio 