id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16510 Greer, Katie; Hess, Amanda Nichols; Kraemer, Elizabeth W. The Librarian Leading the Machine: A Reassessment of Library Instruction Methods 2016-05-01 16 .pdf application/pdf 7960 256 34 While there are many studies that affirm the effectiveness of online learning for learners who self-select online learning as their desired delivery method, this study specifically examines whether online library learning is as effective doi:10.5860/crl.77.3.286 crl15-719 The Librarian Leading the Machine 287 as hybrid learning for students who self-select face-to-face instruction as their desired delivery method. Numerous studies have shown that online learning, when well designed and properly implemented, can lead to student learning and achievement comparable to that of face-to-face instruction.3 Dewald’s study of effective online learn- ing objects for information literacy learning, undertaken in 1999, demonstrated that the Internet could offer learners unique opportunities for knowledge acquisition when coupled with sound instructional pedagogy.4 And in considering how to best evaluate the effectiveness of online learning objects, Blummer developed a tiered hierarchy for librarians to consider: 1. cache/crl-16510.pdf txt/crl-16510.txt