Teaching electronic resources to students with computer anxiety

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Teaching electronic resources to
students with computer anxiety
Aurelie Gandour
Tavistock and
Portman NHS
Foundation Trust

Meet Jane…
Jane is a typical (imaginary) student from theTavistock and Portman. She’s 40, a psychologist,
and back at theT...

Jane suffers from computer anxiety.
Computer anxiety exists in various degrees throughout the population, ranging from bei...

The catch is, computer anxiety has been linked to library anxiety. It prevents students from
using many of the library’s e...

Let’s break
the cycle!
I’m going to show you my attempts at breaking this negative cycle…
Note that we can’t « cure » the ...

To do so, I’m going to mix through this presentation general advice found in the literature with
active learning activitie...

A positive
learning
environment
The most important part, in my opinion, is to create a positive learning environment, and ...

A positive
learning
environment
“Workshops absolutely can not and should not be staffed by people who insensitiviely think...

Encouraging
questions
The goal is to foster an environment that feels safe enough for the students to be able to ask
their...

Now we’re going to talk about several activities that can happen away from the computer.
It’s great to focus on the princi...

Mapping out the resources
Some students find it very reassuring to be able to make some sense out of the forest of
resourc...

Mapping out the resources
For this poster activity, I give each little group a pack of information printed off the library...

Purpose and benefits
Laying out the purpose and benefits from a tool at the beginning of a session can be a great
way to g...

The mechanisms behind
Then we can start having a look at the mechanisms behind the tool before having to put them
in appli...

The mechanisms behind
This is a simple colouring exercise that helps you check, in about 30 seconds, if the students
have ...

The mechanisms behind
In blue you can see actual results that can be found in a database. Above them is a search
equation....

The mechanisms behind
Students are given a card with a slightly complex topic + puzzle tiles (field codes, Booleans,
brack...

Dipping their toes…
At some point, you have to go back to the computer… But you want your anxious students to
get there gr...

Dipping their toes…
Still on paper, this a screencap from a real search done with the tool we’re studying.The search
retur...

Dipping their toes…
Before they start on the tool on their own, I give the students worksheets going step-by-step
through ...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
At the end of the session, I always have at least one reflecting activity.

Reflecting on
what was learned…
After a session on the literature search, I love doing this “chimera” activity.
I give eac...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
And the students are asked to use scissors and glue to create a chimera that would have th...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
More traditionally, you can ask the following questions:
- What was the most important thi...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
If your session ties in with a specific assignment the students have to complete, you can ...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
Same thing but a tad more simple: just ask the students to come up with 3 to 5 ways they a...

Reflecting on
what was learned…
Finally, this is the best way I’ve found to get quick feedback (only takes 1 minute). Ask ...

Providing
support and help
Once the session is over, you need to keep providing support and help… but most importantly
you...

Providing
support and help
During the session I always give printed handouts with step-by-step screencaps showing
everythi...

Providing
support and help
The one exception to the “nothing online” rule: videos. I make little videos going over the
con...

Direct support
If you can offer direct support after class, that’s great!
If you’ve shown during the session that you’re o...

- A teacher with a
positive attitude
- Stepping away from
the computer
- Understanding the
mechanisms behind
- Going there...

Ben-Jacob, M.G. and Liebman,J.T. (2009) ‘Technophobia and the effective use of libraryresources at
the college/universityl...

Slide 1: Photo by Mike Peel - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Slide 2: Photo by Brittney Bush Bollay - Cre...

Thank You and Good Luck!

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