Graduate / Masters / Doctoral

Submitted by Kelleen Maluski on January 20th, 2023
Short Description: 

The sixth in a series of 6 courses, students focus on the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Plan involving prescription medications, patient history, and more complex patient cases. The librarian has already met with these students in other courses so this is and scaffolded approach with this being their last session with the librarian. The purpose of the librarian session is to make sure they feel comfortable doing advanced research on drug information pertaining to specific topics that will be communicated to patients. In a previous session the librarian covered disparities and discrimination in both search engines and scholarly databases so this is to reinforce those lessons. The session starts with a brief Kahoot quiz (with prizes for winners) and discussion of any sticking points that become clear through this quiz. This is to allow students to teach and learn from each other and to assess their needs as opposed to assuming what they might be needing reinforcement on. Then the students break out into groups to create a patient education zine on smoking cessation for members of the LGBTQ2S+ communities. The zine has to have at least 2 background sources, 1 scholarly article, and 1 drug information portal source. All sources have to be cited in correct APA format. There also has to be at least one page where the group communicates to the patients how they found this information (in otherwords their search strategy). At the end of the class there is about 20 minutes set aside for the groups to present on their zines, what information they included, and why. The librarian makes copies of the zines for all members of the class afterwards, thus helping to build intrinsic motivation for sharing with their cohorts. The librarian for this course pre-makes the zine booklets and brings all supplies for making zines (such as markers, glue sticks, scissors, paper, magazines to cut up, etc.)

Learning Outcomes: 

Reinforce concepts reviewed in previous classes while allowing students to teach each other and come away with a learning object they have built.

Discipline: 
Health

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

This is the 3rd in a series of scaffolded classes for pharmacy students

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

Will need to provide supplies and that obviously requires a budget. Also need knowledge on how to make zines. 

Suggested Citation: 
Maluski, Kelleen. "Reinforcement of Cultural Humility in Searching and Patient Communications." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2023. https://projectcora.org/assignment/reinforcement-cultural-humility-searching-and-patient-communications.
Submitted by Olga Koz on April 27th, 2022
Short Description: 

 

The assignment supports students' ability to explain their research in less than 50 words effectively. Students briefly introduce themselves and their research projects by answering the following questions in the discussion board post:

Learning Outcomes: 

The objective is for students to summarize their doctoral dissertation research compellingly and develop research communication skills.

This assignment is a part of the course on the literature review design. It prepares students to conduct a literature review that aligns with the research question, topic, and design.

Discipline: 
Education

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

The assignment is the part of the first module of the course, in which students introduce themselves, and their research is the first step in planning a literature review for a research proposal.

Students are asked to post the thesis on the discussion board, and other students are required to answer the questions:

1. What elements of the topic and research question are missing?

2. Would you recommend narrowing the topic?

3. Are research questions and design connected?

 

Assessment or Criteria for Success
Assessment Short Description: 
1. Students were able to submit research questions and designs aligned with each other. 2. Students include all required elements in the topic and question. 3. Students can notice mistakes in formulating research questions and topics. 2. Would you recommend narrowing the topic? 3. Are research questions and design connected?
Suggested Citation: 
Koz, Olga. "50 words thesis." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/50-words-thesis.
Submitted by Kelleen Maluski on March 31st, 2022
Short Description: 

The first in a series of six courses, students focus on the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Plan involving prescription medications, patient history and more complex patient cases with an emphasis on culture humility. This one-shot is intended to help solidfy the lessons taught in previous classes I have with the students (such as Boolean and library services) and allow them to explore the needs of searching for traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine. This is less about structuring a perfect search and more about reviewing different types of search interfaces and the results within them. While I use Padlet and Kahoot I also print out all questions and prompts to better adhere to universal design standards. Each group is given a prompt based on a plant and information that is taken from the book "Iwigara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science" by Enrique Salmon and they are given a print out of the section their prompt is from. This way they read about the plant's history, medicinal properties, cultural importance, and more before beginning their searches.

Learning Outcomes: 
  1. Students will feel comfortable with analyzing and evaluating different types of resources, beginning to confront critical issues within research, such as who writes the prevalent narrative and how implicit bias and cultural norms are represented within said research.

  2. Students will understand research as an iterative process, with various search strategies and the need to adapt based on the resource they are using. This will also require understanding how to evaluate the search mechanisms and resources they find. 

  3. Students will be able to manage their searches and research.

Discipline: 
Health

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 
Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 
Suggested Citation: 
Maluski, Kelleen. "Pharmacy: Aspects of Patient Care Literature Searching." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/pharmacy-aspects-patient-care-literature-searching.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

To practice thinking about what sources work well together, instead of choosing sources, students will choose who to invite to a small dinner party. The goal is to put together a group of guests that will be able to find enough common ground to have interesting conversations.

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will choose who to invite to a small dinner party with a group of guests that will be able to find enough common ground to have interesting conversations.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 
Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 
Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Usage of Sources (The Party)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/usage-sources-party.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

In this scenario based activity, students are asked to help 4 of their classmates evaluate 3 sources they are considering using for their paper. Students can read the entirety of each source, then write a 2 to 3 sentence explanation of why their classmate should or shouldn’t use the source and why. Based on the concept of Calibrated Peer Review, there is one exemplar source, one substandard source and one bubble source.

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will evaulate 3 sources to determine the one exemplar source, the one substandard source and the one bubble source.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 
Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 
Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Evaluating Sources." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/evaluating-sources.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

Intended to provide a brief introduction to academic research. A video explains types of sources, a screencast tutorial demonstrates how to search Academic Search Complete, and students have the opportunity to practice search for an article related to their topic.

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will demonstrate how to search Academic Search Complete for an article related to their topic.

Individual or Group:

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Academic Research Introduction." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/academic-research-introduction.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

In this scenario based activity, students are asked to help 3 of their classmates narrow down their topics. By moving a series of sliders, students aim to develop a research question that is interesting, yet narrow enough to find scholarly sources.

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will demonstrate creating a topic that is interesting, yet narrow enough to find scholarly sources

Individual or Group:

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Narrowing a Topic." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/narrowing-topic-0.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

Students are asked to help 3 of their classmates choose the best Boolean search commands for their searches. Venn Diagrams change color and the search statement is dynamically updated as students select the Boolean commands. Constructive feedback is given for each submission and students have an opportunity to construct their own search statement at the end of the tutorial.

Learning Outcomes: 

Student will demonstrate how to combine keywords using Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT to develop effective search statements.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Boolean Bonanza." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/boolean-bonanza.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

Students are asked to identify necessary citation information, place the information in the correct citation order and then identify the source type. Students are first given a set of sources for practice that are not graded. The second series of sources is graded.

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will correctly cite different source types using Chicago style.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Drag and Drop Anatomy of Citations - Chicago Style." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/drag-and-drop-anatomy-citations-chicago-style.
Submitted by Eric Kowalik on March 2nd, 2022
Short Description: 

In this activity, students are asked to identify necessary citation information, place the information in the correct citation order and then identify the source type. To begin, the student is shown four sources on the topic of Mars exploration, these questions are for practice and are not graded. The second set of four sources on the topic of refugees is graded. (This module was partially adapted with permission from Grand Valley State University Libraries.)

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will correctly cite four source types using the American Psychological Association (APA) style.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/

Suggested Citation: 
Kowalik, Eric. "Drag and Drop Anatomy of Citations - APA Style." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2022. https://projectcora.org/assignment/drag-and-drop-anatomy-citations-apa-style.

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