Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Closing the Transactional Distance in an Online Graduate Course through the Practice of Embedded Librarianship. |
| Authors: |
Charles, Leslin H.1 leslin.charles@rutgers.edu, DeFabiis, William2 wdefabiis@gmail.com |
| Source: |
College & Research Libraries. May2021, Vol. 82 Issue 3, p370-388. 19p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Library science, *Library education, *Library resources, Embedded librarians |
| People: |
Moore, Michael G. |
| Abstract: |
Using the practice of embedded librarianship, a professor from the Graduate School of Education and the Education Librarian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey collaborated to investigate its impact on the inherent transactional distance that exists in an online graduate course. Using Michael G. Moore's three relational distances existing in the online environment-"teacher-student," "student-student," "student-course content"-the authors added two areas-"instructor-librarian" and "student-librarian"-that can close the transactional distance in online courses. Through course activities, structure, and access to the embedded librarian and specific library resources, students had increased opportunities for engagement, thereby reducing transactional distance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
