20080407 Monday April 07, 2008

LOBO Survey Open until April 17th

We would like to invite all FYWP instructors to participate in a quick online survey about LOBO. The survey is open to anybody who teaches in the FYWP or who has taught in the program and has experience with LOBO. Your feedback will help us improve LOBO, for you and your students. We know how busy you are so we have kept the survey fairly short (only 8 questions!).  Completing it should take no more than 10 minutes.

The survey is available online now until April 17th at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4_2b3XqeGp3FNXLYpgOoEeuw_3d_3d

If you have questions about the survey or the LOBO redesign project, please contact me (Kawanna Bright) at kawanna_bright@ncsu.edu or Sandy Littletree at sandy_littletree@ncsu.edu.  Your participation is greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Kawanna and Sandy Posted by kmbright ( Apr 07 2008, 01:43:29 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20070917 Monday September 17, 2007

LOBO Updates - Fall 2007

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to offer a few LOBO updates to make sure we are all  up to date on things for the Fall Semester.

  1. For those who haven't met me yet, I am Kawanna Bright, the new Instructional Services Librarian.  I'm officially in charge of working with the ENG 101 classes, including any questions you may have about LOBO, so all instructors should feel free to contact me with any and all questions: kawanna_bright@ncsu.edu or 513-2603 or IM: kawannalibrarian (on AIM, MSN, yahoo, and GoogleTalk).

  2.  All instructors currently teaching in the FYWP have all been added to LOBO so that your students can e-mail their workshees to you directly from LOBO.  Please let me know if anyone finds that they are not on this list and we will get you added.

  3. LOBO Feedback needed.  Recently I had Susan send out a request for feedback on how you have and are using LOBO with your classes.  Any and all feedback is welcome.  If anyone did not receive that e-mail, here are the questions:
    1. For those who have had the opportunity to use LOBO in previous semesters, how have you included LOBO in your course?

    1. Have you utilized the LOBO lesson plans made available with the tutorial?

    2. Have you found it easy or difficult to integrate LOBO into your curriculum?

      If difficult, what do you think would make it easier to integrate LOBO into your curriculum?

    3. Do you have any suggestions for changes to LOBO?

There's still time to send in your responses (in fact, any time this semester would be great!).  Feel free to send them directly to kawanna_bright@ncsu.edu.


That's all for now - good luck with the rest of the semester!

Kawanna

Posted by kmbright ( Sep 17 2007, 05:56:43 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20060719 Wednesday July 19, 2006

LOBO is undergoing a facelift--but you won't notice a thing!

During the month of August, the LOBO tutorial will be migrated to a content management system.  This will help librarians respond more quickly to changes and suggestions from improvement.  However, the look and feel of LOBO will remain the same...you may not notice a thing! Posted by mjoaklea ( Jul 19 2006, 05:35:19 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20060517 Wednesday May 17, 2006

After ENG 101 students have completed LOBO...

After your students have completed LOBO, you may schedule a class workshop (held in the library ITTC Labs or your computer classroom) tailored to the specific needs of your students. These workshops are reserved for students whose research requires skills not already addressed by LOBO.

Students get the most from these workshops when they are scheduled after their assignment had been fully explained and their topics are selected. Instructors are encouraged to participate in the workshop by asking questions, providing details about the assignment, and working one-on-one with students as needed.

Space is limited. For priority scheduling, request your workshop by the first week of the semester. Requests made later than the fourth week of the semester are often very difficult to schedule.

Posted by mjoaklea ( May 17 2006, 11:46:06 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [1]

The LOBO database was purged 5/15/06.

Posted by mjoaklea ( May 17 2006, 11:21:34 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [1]
20060507 Sunday May 07, 2006

LOBO answer database will be purged in one week...

So that a new summer session of ENG 101 can begin.  If you want your answers from this semester, print them or email them to your instructor before May 15th. Posted by mjoaklea ( May 07 2006, 07:45:36 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20060502 Tuesday May 02, 2006

LOBO Redesign Coming

During Summer 2006, LOBO code will be redesigned.  If anyone has ideas for a new template, feel free to comment here.  Note:  LOBO content will not change substantially over the summer, but the new designs will support quicker adoption of ENG 101 instructor recommendations.

Posted by mjoaklea ( May 02 2006, 11:38:53 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20060501 Monday May 01, 2006

LOBO Database to Be Purged 5/15/06

In preparation for a new semester of ENG 101, the LOBO answer database is scheduled to be purged on 5/15!  That means summer session is fast approaching... Posted by mjoaklea ( May 01 2006, 12:46:17 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
20060428 Friday April 28, 2006

New LOBO Lesson Plans for ENG 101 Instructors

New LOBO lesson plans are available for ENG 101 instructors to use at  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/mjoaklea/lobo_for_instructors.html. Posted by mjoaklea ( Apr 28 2006, 11:04:11 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Welcome to the LOBO Blog!

The LOBO tutorial is used by ENG 101 students here at NCSU and also by college and high school students across the country.  Over 15 libraries have used LOBO code to create their own tutorials.  I plan to use this blog to describe the updates and changes to LOBO that are planned over the next year!   Posted by mjoaklea ( Apr 28 2006, 10:34:48 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]