In this session, presented at SUNY CIT 2014 at Cornell University, we described the successful collaboration between the Purchase College Library and the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center. An environment conducive to partnership and the exchange of ideas has fostered numerous projects that have enhanced student learning, deepened relationships with teaching faculty, and improved workflows. We summarized these projects, outlined our future goals, and provided direction for those wishing to develop similar partnerships and projects in the future.

1. Partnering Panthers:
Library & TLTC Collaboration at
Purchase College to Re-envision Processes,
Engage Educators, and Enhance Learning
Kim Detterbeck, Art Librarian
Darcy Gervasio, Reference and Instruction Librarian
Rebecca Oling, Coordinator of Instruction
Marie Sciangula, Assistant Director of the TLTC

2. TLTC & Purchase College Library
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC)
★ Physically located within the Library
★ Comprised of a Director, Assistant Director, and part-time
Digital Media Developer
★ Supports several open source systems, including Moodle,
Mahara, OpenScholar, and Zotero
★ Moodle propelled relationship between TLTC and the Library
and served as natural bridge for collaboration
Purchase College Library
★ 8 full time librarians, 1 part time librarian
★ Active users of Moodle for instruction, reference, and
committee work
★ Open to active collaboration and utilizing technology for
library functions

3. Collaboration between the TLTC & the Library
★ Culminating Student Projects: development of a student-
centered collaborative workspace in Moodle
★ Online Course Redesign Cohorts: F2F --> hybrid/online
★ Faculty/Staff Workshops: Teaching & Learning Days and
faculty/staff workshops series
★ Embedded Course Librarians: custom librarian role in
Moodle
★ Assessment using Moodle Rubrics: implementation of
information literacy rubric using Moodle
★ Streaming Resources for online and hybrid courses
★ Embedding Tutorials in Moodle: creating modules for
academic integrity and library skills for College Writing
★ Course Reserves: faculty can request physical items be
placed on reserve through Moodle; availability indicated to
students

4. Underway & Looking Forward
★ Growing digital archives of College and student publications in SUNY DSpace
★ Collective Access
○ Student projects repository
■ Open access versus closed
■ Auto OCR/full text searchable
■ Projects in one online repository
■ Aesthetically pleasing front-end
■ Configurable metadata fields
■ Direct migration from Moodle
■ Mobile device support
○ Collective Action Archives
★ Repository of learning objects and activities for community use
○ to be like a “tool kit” in sample Moodle or in LibGuides
★ Use of badging in tutorials and quizzes as a next step
★ Promotion of IL rubric throughout curriculum as needed

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6. Student Projects
The TLTC’s Digital Media Developer created the student-centered interface and
functionalities. Since Moodle is an open source LMS, the TLTC was able to build and design
a highly customized workspace. Using Moodle, students can now:
★ provide project metadata
★ invite their readers to access their workspace
★ submit drafts for review
★ share documents and resources
★ communicate with readers (discussion forums, QuickMail, etc.)
★ easily access Library resources and services
★ submit final project as PDF
★ allow faculty to ‘sign off’ on project information and final project submissions in
Moodle
TLTC & Library staff created LibGuide to communicate process to students and faculty.
http://purchase.libguides.com/studentprojects
Sample Student Project workspace
http://purchase.libguides.com/capstone

7. Online Course Redesign Cohorts
★ TLTC leads training series for converting F2F courses to hybrid/online courses
★ TLTC staff guide faculty in designing their courses and incorporating instructional
technology tools in Moodle
★ Librarians attend sessions & determine faculty’s pedagogical and resource needs
★ Librarians lead portions relevant to library resources, information literacy,
streaming, accessibility, copyright
★ Library resources and tips section in Moodle course for cohort participants
★ Librarians communicate with faculty via Moodle
★ Librarians and TLTC staff review courses and provide feedback (especially
regarding streaming resources and accessibility)

8. T&L Days & F/S Workshops
★ Teaching & Learning Days offered at the start of each semester
○ Half-day series of hands-on workshops, presentations, and panels
○ Keynote speakers invigorate semester kick-off event
★ Faculty and TLTC/Library staff offer sessions on technology, pedagogy, and library
services
★ TLTC/Library approaches professors using technology and instructional design in
innovative ways to present or co-present
Workshop SignUps: http://purchase.libguides.com/workshops
Teaching & Learning Days: Fall 2012 | Jan. 2013 | Fall 2013 | Jan. 2014

9. Partnering to Assess within Moodle
★ Librarians developed a rubric to assess information
literacy skills
★ TLTC created a repository of senior projects in Moodle
★ Repository provides an ideal selection of papers to
assess
★ Using Moodle Rubrics allows for future integration of
assessment into the student project process
★ In the future, readers can partner with librarians to
immediately assess projects in Moodle.
★ Rubric in Moodle: http://tinyurl.com/n2uzqjc
This rubric assesses information literacy skills demonstrated in
senior projects. Numbers in parentheses after each criterion
correspond to the SUNY Learning Objectives and the ACRL
Information Literacy Standards respectively

10. Streaming Resources
★ Librarians vet course resource lists
★ Librarians worked with TLTC to create “best practice” procedures in making
recommendations to online faculty (ex: when do WE buy rights as opposed to ask
students to “rent” streaming films? At what point can we say we have done due
diligence?)
★ TLTC implements and supports Kaltura streaming video server, integrated with
Moodle
★ Librarians negotiate license agreements for streaming content with vendors to upload
to Moodle as needed
★ Librarians mount videos in Kaltura according to license agreements and share embed
codes
★ TLTC staff and librarians collaborate to explore alternative options and vendors (ex:
Kanopy)
★ Developed LibGuide for faculty to explore streaming options
Streaming Resources Guide: http://purchase.libguides.com/facultyservices

11. Embedding Tutorials & Crafting Modules
★ Librarians designed information literacy tutorials for freshman
writing classes in Moodle
○ TLTC staff helped us learn Moodle quizzes, reporting
functions, grade tracking
○ Collaborated to troubleshoot issues in Moodle (i.e.
“hidden week” solution)
★ Created stand-alone Academic Integrity training module in
Moodle with campus Plagiarism Taskforce (TLTC and Library
staff on taskforce)
○ Uses VoiceThread, YouTube Videos, Interactive
Learning Activities
○ Module is self-grading
○ Students earn a badge when they pass
○ Academic Integrity Module: http://tinyurl.
com/SUNYPurchaseAcademicIntegrity
○ Implementation Guide for Faculty: http://goo.
gl/sThPnD

12. Course Reserves
★ Library needed a better way for faculty to submit online
requests to place books, CDs, DVDs on physical reserve.
★ TLTC & Digital Media Developer created and customized a
block in Moodle for submitting physical Library Reserves.
○ TLTC worked with librarians to select necessary fields
○ Context-sensitive interface allows faculty to select
books from the library catalog OR request we buy items
we don’t yet own.
○ Students see items available on reserve embedded in
the Moodle for each course
○ Faculty can reuse reserve items from previous
semesters
○ Faculty track the status and progress of their requests
★ Contributes to Library’s shift towards faculty self-service
model

13. Foster Collaboration on Your Campus
★ What projects at your institution/unit could lend themselves to
collaboration?
★ What groups on your campus might you partner with? Who might be
open to collaboration?
Examples: Teaching & Learning Centers, IT Department, Instructional Designers, Assessment
Office, Professional Development Office, Tutoring Center, First-Year Experience Program,
etc.
If you’d like to share & foster further dialog, tweet us @SUNYPurchaseLib
#PartneringPanthers

14. Thank you for listening and participating!
Kim Detterbeck | @kimdetterbeck
kimberly.detterbeck@purchase.edu
Darcy Gervasio | @darcyiris
darcy.gervasio@purchase.edu
Marie Sciangula | @msciangula
marie.sciangula@purchase.edu
Rebecca Oling | @rebeccaoling
rebecca.oling@purchase.edu
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