Purpose

Student engagement can be a difficult thing to nurture in an online, asynchronous course. This paper aims to try to encourage a student interaction in such a course, one that additionally is not a requirement for any major or general education plan, the author argues that using extra credit activities can increase student interaction and engagement.

Design/methodology/approach

Students were given the opportunity to complete extra credit activities of several different types for a small number of extra credit points, the total of which was 5% of the students’ grade in the course. Activities included solo activities, such as playing short online information literacy games and collaborative activities that included posting and responding in a discussion forum.

Findings

The results were disappointing; only 2 out of 17 students in the sample completed extra credit activities, and those that did so would have received high grades whether or not they completed extra credit. This may be due to the low number of extra credit points available per activity, lack of motivation and other issues. Further study on this topic could help resolve these issues.

Originality/value

While the results of this study were not what was hoped for, the results and methods may be useful for other instructors of online, for-credit library classes looking for new ways to engage with students.

中文翻译：

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参与在线图书馆课程：使用额外的学分活动来鼓励学生互动

目的

在在线异步课程中培养学生参与可能是一件困难的事情。本文旨在鼓励学生在此类课程中进行互动，这不是任何专业或通识教育计划的要求，作者认为使用额外的学分活动可以增加学生的互动和参与度。

设计/方法/方法

学生有机会以少量的额外学分完成几种不同类型的额外学分活动，总学分占课程学生成绩的 5%。活动包括个人活动，例如玩简短的在线信息素养游戏和协作活动，包括在论坛上发帖和回复。

发现

结果令人失望。样本中 17 名学生中只有 2 人完成了额外学分活动，而那些完成了额外学分活动的学生无论是否完成额外学分都会获得高分。这可能是由于每项活动可用的额外学分很少、缺乏动力和其他问题。对这个主题的进一步研究可以帮助解决这些问题。

原创性/价值

虽然这项研究的结果不是我们所希望的，但这些结果和方法可能对其他在线、有偿图书馆课程的教师有用，他们正在寻找与学生互动的新方法。