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Chris Neuhaus

eERL Brief Status Report
November 2003

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Presentations eERL Think Aloud Training Session at Scott Community College (11/20/2003)

- including presentation: "ATEEC's New Grant - Presentation at Scott Community College"

- and presentation of Think Aloud Script and Think Aloud Scales.

attended by:
      Daniel Bedell
      Alcoa Davenport Works

      Betty Hagberg
      Manager,
      Library Services
      Deere & Company

      John Morgan
      Instructor,
      Scott Community College

      Jeff Newmeister
      Instructor,
      North Scott High School
       
  Second eERL Think Aloud Training Session at Scott Community College
planned for Thursday, January 8 2004.
   
        
Survey Notes  - The updated "Think Aloud" Usability Script & Survey for eERL is resides at http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/thinkaloudscript.html  --- "Scale of Usefulness" and "Scale of Ease of Use" accompany this survey at http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/thinkaloudscales.doc
   
  A directory of "Think Aloud" Interviewers for the pre-beta testing of eERL can be found at http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/thinkaloudinterviewers.html
     
   
Latest Calendar of Events
for Think Alouds and
Outcomes Assessment
A calendar/timeline of proposed evaluation activities for end of year 2003 and for 2004 is found at - http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/calendarthinkalouds.html

Think-alouds will commence in December 2003 and continue through January-February 2004.  Analysis of think-aloud tapes will take place Dec 2003-April 2004.
   
   
Outcomes Assessment The eERL Teacher's Guide - http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/eerlteachersguide.html and http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/eerlclassroomexercises.html and http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/eerlideasforimplementation.html  - is in its earliest stages of creation thanks to the contributions and ideas of the eERL Collections Specialists (http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/eERLcontacts.html).
   
   
To Do in December 2003 -
January 2004
Think Aloud Script Training - Scott Community College - January 8, 2004
 
  Begin analyzing think aloud tapes as they arrive.
 
  Continue to develop eERL Teacher's Guide - http://www.uni.edu/neuhaus/eerlteachersguide.html
   
  Create preliminary list of measurable outcomes for classroom implementation of eERL in Spring 2004.
   
  Submit paper for JCDL 2004? - see http://www.jcdl2004.org/JCDL-CFP-Oct11.txt 
... Deadline January 15, 2004