Live and Online: Using Co-Streaming to Reach Users

Abstract

The increase in distance education students and the changing preferences for online instruction led the Health Sciences Library to seek creative approaches to traditional classroom instruction. Library instructors compared two different class formats: online-only classes and in-person classes with online sections. The second format, called “co-streaming,” provided instruction in traditional classroom and virtual environments at the same time. A postclass survey was used to gather users' evaluations of the instruction and the format via which it was offered. This paper examines the user response to, and satisfaction with, the co-streaming classes.

KEYWORDS:

• Academic libraries
• co-streaming
• distance education
• health sciences
• online instruction
• students

Acknowledgments

The author gratefully acknowledges Lindsay Main, co-instructor and graduate assistant, Health Sciences Library, and Barrie Hayes, librarian, Health Sciences Library, for their assistance with the new PubMed co-streaming classes.