This document summarizes the development and delivery of an online genealogy course called RootsMOOC. It provides details on the instructional modules and content created for the course, which covered topics like getting started with genealogy, US Census records, and digital collections. It also discusses promotion of the course, metrics on participant demographics and engagement, and plans for expanding the course in the future.

2. Outreach and Educational
Programs Librarian,
North Carolina Government
and Heritage Library
State Library of North Carolina
rebecca.hyman@ncdcr.gov
@ncpedia
Rebecca Hyman

3. Kyle Denlinger
eLearning Librarian,
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
denlinkd@wfu.edu
@kyledenlinger

4. bit.ly/rm-slides
Get these slides!

5. WHAT WE DID WAS
WEIRD

6. MISSION OF

7. NON-FORMAL
COURSES

8. WE ARE
Y’ALL!

9. zsr.wfu.edu/zsrx

10. WE WANT MORE!

11. GENEALOGY?
HOW ABOUT

12. Government & Heritage
Library, State Library of NC

13. INSTRUCTION
GENEALOGY

14. COLLABORATION!

15. Instructional

16. Course Modules
1: Getting Started
2: US Census
3: Local Resources
4: Digital Collections

17. Content & Activities
• “Welcome Back” Video
• Video lessons & tutorials
• Suggested readings
• Fillable PDFs

18. Content & Activities
• Self-check Quizzes
• Discussion Prompts
• Collaborative Directories
• Mini-Projects

19. LEARNING TOGETHER

21. Production

22. Productions
Wrought Iron

23. bit.ly/rootsmooc-vids

24. bit.ly/rootsmooc-vids

25. bit.ly/rm-tutorials

26. bit.ly/rootsmooc-guide

27. canvas.net

29. bit.ly/rootsmooc-eval

30. PROMOTION

31. PARTNERS

32. RUNNING THE COURSE

33. HEALTHY MIX
• 74% Experienced
• 26% Newcomers

35. “LEAD LEARNER”

36. CHANGES ON THE FLY

37. MEASURING ENGAGEMENT

38. Who took RootsMOOC?
• 4014 registrants
• 33% age 55 or older
• 593 from NC
• 50.3% library non-users

39. What did they think?
• 90%: RootsMOOC was
“valuable” experience
• 92% would recommend
RootsMOOC to a friend

40. SCALING UP

41. THAT’S A WRAP

42. THANK YOU!

43. Photo Credits
“Children’s Party, Dublin, 1920s” via National Library of Ireland on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/5786204856
“Dog Riding a Tricycle” via National Media Museum on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3084876560
“The Long Room” via National Library of Ireland on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6713554905
“Author Richard Mabry speaks about his latest book at the November 16 Classic Readers meeting” via Frisco Public Library on
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/friscolibrary/6383522883 CC BY-NC-SA
“ZSR Library at Twilight” by Susan Smith on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cellphonesusie/11318097966 CC BY-NC-SA
“Apollo 11 Welcome” via NASA on The Commons on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/7876170256
"Genealogy - À la recherche du temps perdu" by Eva the Weaver on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/evaekeblad/8408332720 CC BY-NC-SA
"State Library of North Carolina" photo courtesy of the State Library of North Carolina. Used with permission.
"Genealogy Instruction" photo courtesy of the State Library of North Carolina. Used with permission.
“Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley at the White House” via US National Archives on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3679494978

44. Photo Credits
“Image from page 110 of ‘Blueprint reading; a practical manual of instruction in blueprint reading through the
analysis of typical plates with reference to mechanical drawing conventions and methods, the laws of projection,
etc’ (1919)” via Internet Archive Book Images on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14757743076
“Mobile library, Hood Collection, 20 October 1950” via State Library of New South Wales on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/6799598739
“Image from page 874 of ‘News notes of California libraries’” via Internet Archive Book Images on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14589655018
“Wrought Iron Productions in the GHL” image courtesy of Kyle Denlinger, CC-BY.
“Boys cheering when their favorite team scores” via Nationaal Archief on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/4681460753
“Bugle Megaphone, Fort Totten (LOC)” via Library of Congress on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/19983880178

45. Photo Credits
“The ploughman's team” via Powerhouse Museum on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2581833315
“Harlescott [Junior] School Sports” via The National Library of Wales on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/llgc/7041859079
“Georgia? (LOC)” via The Library of Congress on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179067948
“Employee with slide rule, Hercules Powder Co. Experiment Station, Wilmington, DE” via SMU Central University
Libraries on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/smu_cul_digitalcollections/8568743839
“Lockheed C-141 Model in TDT” via NASA on The Commons on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/7605909202
“A possum and a movie camera 1943” via Australia War Memorial collection on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/3527157206
“Apollo 13 Mission Control Celebrates" via NASA on The Commons on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/7610986228