Unfortunately the trial of our resource did not go ahead yesterday as planned. The nursing students have had a busy time recently with various assignments and exams so their teachers rescheduled the session.
This was disappointing for the team however we have set a new date for a trial, Monday October 4. Given that we now have a couple more weeks to work on the resource it should be even more complete when do trial it.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Preparing to Trial the Resource
Jo and Sandy have been working very hard preparing the resource for a trial with a group of GippsTAFE Diploma of Nursing students on Monday.
Although the resource is not complete there will be enough there to trial and the feedback we get from this will provide us with valuable information as we work on completing the resource in the coming weeks. We will be using an automated survey to gather information during our trial and a link to this has been posted on the resource.
We have also added some short avatar sequences to the resource to assist the users to use and navigate the resource. Thank you to Dale for creating these. We plan to add more in the future.
Because we are using a LibGuide as a basis of for this resource we have encountered limitations in the way we can use the avatar. This quite frustrating but we are coming to terms with these limitations and working on the best way to combine the two types of technology.
Fingers crossed all will go well on Monday!!!!!
Although the resource is not complete there will be enough there to trial and the feedback we get from this will provide us with valuable information as we work on completing the resource in the coming weeks. We will be using an automated survey to gather information during our trial and a link to this has been posted on the resource.
We have also added some short avatar sequences to the resource to assist the users to use and navigate the resource. Thank you to Dale for creating these. We plan to add more in the future.
Because we are using a LibGuide as a basis of for this resource we have encountered limitations in the way we can use the avatar. This quite frustrating but we are coming to terms with these limitations and working on the best way to combine the two types of technology.
Fingers crossed all will go well on Monday!!!!!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Time to update our Libguide to the Sixth Edition of APA Style
Finally... the package has arrived with all the sixth edition references for APA style.
Sandy has been waiting with great patience for this so she can get all examples updated to reflect the latest changes.
Although most aspects of APA referencing remain very similar, the Sixth Edition has seen APA style significantly revised in response to technological changes in publishing. Along with other changes there are revised guidelines for referencing electronic sources and reference examples given for a wider variety of on-line sources.
Sandy has been waiting with great patience for this so she can get all examples updated to reflect the latest changes.
Although most aspects of APA referencing remain very similar, the Sixth Edition has seen APA style significantly revised in response to technological changes in publishing. Along with other changes there are revised guidelines for referencing electronic sources and reference examples given for a wider variety of on-line sources.
Monday, August 16, 2010
An interesting example of a LibGuide
Jo found this LibGuide
La Trobe Uni LibGuide
It is based on a template created by OIL and creates a learning sequence from a LibGuide.
Great idea!!!!
La Trobe Uni LibGuide
It is based on a template created by OIL and creates a learning sequence from a LibGuide.
Great idea!!!!
Sneak preview
It is still a work in progress but here is our resource
APA Referencing in 3 easy steps
APA Referencing in 3 easy steps
Friday, August 13, 2010
Simplify, simplify
Having spent some time finding and adding links in our Libguide to some of the fantastic resources others have developed on APA style, I am now peeling it back a bit. Trying to get enough to be useful, but not so much as to be overwhelming and keeping those bower-bird tendencies at bay.
I am also looking to move things around within pages to get a more consistent look and more predictability in terms of where to look for information.
I am also looking to move things around within pages to get a more consistent look and more predictability in terms of where to look for information.
Issues with Version 6 of APA
One of the main challenges with putting this guide together has been making sure the information is accurate and current. We need to be consulting the 6th Edition of the APA "bible" which has some important changes from the previous edition, but we're still waiting on the book to arrive! Jo sourced a summary online which is helping. From what we can gather, DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) are one of the main updates we need to include. This will mean re-scripting the electronic sources part of the "3 Easy Steps" spiel in CodeBaby which Dale has already done...hope he doesn't mind redoing that bit!
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