Outlining a program of workshops delivered to remote computer labs. Designed to combat student anxiety when approaching research and marketed as a path to improved assignments and efficient use of time, they are infused with critical thinking activities that focus on the research process rather than specific information platforms.

1. Creating A Distant Roar Virtual, Hands-On, Information Literacy Workshops for Remote Campus Students Dana Longley and Linda Hamell MumbleyJoe, www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/2043508173/ Creative Commons license

2. Background

3. 35 locations: distance is our way of life

4. Mission Impossible: Librarian in Every Course David Wolff, www.flickr.com/photos/dwulff/12255998/ Creative Commons License

5. The Need

6. Information Overload Scott Adams, flickr.com/photos/sadams/5958182/ Creative Commons License

7. Where do I go to find...? Torley, www.flickr.com/photos/torley/556278698/ Creative Commons License

8. 87% of today’s students are information illiterate* *Foster, Andrea L. "Students Fall Short on 'Information Literacy,' Educational Testing Service's Study Finds." Chronicle of Higher Education 53.10 (27 Oct. 2006): A36-A36. Academic Search Premier . EBSCO Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil © Bettmann/CORBIS, April 13, 1958

9. Info Lit @ Empire State College

10. Library as Outdated Curiosity: How Students View Us? Small Children Sneak Into Circus Tent © Bettmann/CORBIS, June 11, 1943

11. OR Which Would a Student Choose?

12. Google Effect: Students’ Primary Research Source?

13. Collaboration

14. Abu, flickr.com/photos/abulafia/1154077373/ Creative Commons license

15. Helping Hand: Directors of Academic Support (DAS) Rover75 !, www.flickr.com/photos/rover75/2466838355/ Creative Commons license

16. Preparations Bastien!, www.flickr.com/photos/bastien/298771939/ Creative Commons license

17. Multi-Location Broadcast

18. Learning Objectives

21. Learning Structure

22. First and Foremost... Leo Reynolds, www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/167559345/ Creative Commons license

23. Hands-On / Interactive Young Train Spotter at Locomotive Controls © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS

25. Go ahead! Rummage around... Child Grabbing Cans from Shelf at Supermarket © Bettmann/CORBIS

26. Tinker Under the Hood Janet Looking Under the Hood © Bettmann/CORBIS

27. Confidence is Everything We Can Do It! Poster by J. Howard Miller © CORBIS

28. Question / Evaluate Everything! Woman Inspecting Transistor, 1948 © Bettmann/CORBIS

29. Marketing / Promotion

30. Welcome, Explore, Learn David Lee King www.flickr.com/photos/davidking/9396717/ Creative Commons license

31. Research Eats Up Valuable Time Ubiquity_zh, www.flickr.com/photos/eam/266713977/ Creative Commons license

32. Save Time and Effort Mark Heartl, www.flickr.com/photos/markhaertl/2369768050/ & bionicteaching, www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/1460218153/ Creative Commons license

33. Let Us Show You How...

34. Two Hours of Trust ...we’ll catch you if you fall Xerones, www.flickr.com/photos/xerones/154650881/ Creative Commons license

35. Payoff: Exposure to a Wider Research World Tricky, www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/1432861455/ Creative Commons license

36. Outcomes

37. Student Feedback

38. Sample Comments Cheesebikini, www.flickr.com/photos/cheesebikini/2313922404/ Creative Commons license

39. Wimba Demo

40. Wimba Demo

41. Future Plans Ideath, www.flickr.com/photos/ideath/2340069414/ Creative Commons license