Browsing by Author "Bragdon, Marc"

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    Evaluating Web pages using the Contextualizer
    (2014) Bragdon, Marc
    Here we discuss a critical thinking tool called The Contextualizer, which helps determine the validity and agenda of information on the web. http://vimeo.com/95433220
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    Getting on the change train: Facilitating a reframing of the liaison model
    (Association of College and Research Libraries., 2021) Bail, Jeannie; Bragdon, Marc
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    Intercultural Communication and Online Course Support in Trinidad and Tobago
    (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) Bragdon, Marc
    This article discusses how intercultural communication theory informed an approach to information literacy support for the University of New Brunswick’s online MEd program in Trinidad and Tobago. By applying established frameworks for understanding and comparing cultural values across national groups, the author designed and implemented a hybrid support model that combines in-person workshops with regular online contact. The aim of this approach is to establish a context in which the motivations and learning preferences of students and support personnel are mutually acknowledged prior to navigating the online learning environment.
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    Practice and preservation: Format issues
    (2008) Bragdon, Marc; Burk, Alan; Charlong, Lisa; Nugent, Jason; Schreibman, S.; Seimans, R.
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    Rock and Roll Library Confidential: WILU Ignite Session
    (2013) Bragdon, Marc
    I never enjoyed speaking in front of groups of people. Hated it, really. With enough practice early on in my career, though, I did get past the horror of it all and settled comfortably into garden variety dread. Then, pushing into my late thirties, I started a rock and roll band and, golly, did things ever change. Playing my own music in front of mostly college-age audiences over the past four years radically rewired my performance circuitry. Now in-class teaching is my favourite part of being a librarian. Rocking out prompted much reflection on how to land even the most bibliographically instructional message with shuddering impact. So what I’d like to do in this talk is uncover the hidden relationship between rock star and librarian, one we all suspected existed, maybe even joked about, but never experienced up close. Expect a little song and dance.
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    The impact of information architecture on academic web site usability
    (1999) Gullikson, Shelley; Blades, Ruth; Bragdon, Marc; McKibbon, Shelley; Sparling, Marnie; Toms, Elaine, G.
    Recent studies of web‐site use indicate that people do not come to the web for an “experience”, they come for information. Yet, to date, web‐site design has been synonymous with the “look and feel” of a site overlooking the significance of a site’s information architecture. In this study, we assessed the effect of the information architecture of an academic web site: how information is categorised, labelled and presented, and how navigation and access are facilitated. Twenty‐four participants from six faculties attempted to answer typical questions often asked within an academic milieu. They were able to find the answers to just over half the questions successfully and, in subjective assessments, gave the site a failing grade. We address how the information architecture affected their ability to negotiate the site and, additionally, make recommendations for the key ingredients: information design, access tools, and navigational aids.