HCL Learning Objects Lab

Help students to extract, record, arrange and manage information and its sources. “Organize/Manage” maps to the “application” and “mechanism” categories in Bloom’s Cognitive and Psychomotor Domains, respectively. It is an example of “managing projects” within the “application” category of Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning, and is a performance indicator listed in standard 2 of the Information Literacy Competency Standards. See “Browse by Goal” for more information.

RefShare provides RefWorks users with a quick and easy way to share their research information, further enhancing collaborative research. Users can share their RefWorks references with both members of their own institution and globally with any researcher having Internet access. To build your own shared database, see HELPFUL TIPS, below.
Example:

See also: Plug & Play Virtual Library.

Type: Database

Learning Goals: Especially recommended to help students devise/create their own bibliographies, give feedback on selected resources in their own or others' bibliographies (through comments), interact with one another's bibliographies, and organize/manage references.

Estimated Production Time:  Sharing takes 10 min. (Production time varies for building the RefWorks database behind RefShare.)

Recommended Software: No special software required (use RefWorks).

Publication Options: Can exist as a stand-along web page or integrated into HCL LibGuides or course iSites using an iFrame.

Experts, Consultants, & Collaborators: TBA (For suggestions or questions from other colleagues, check for Comments at the bottom of this box, or add your own.)

  HELPFUL TIPS: