Blueprint for Designing Digital Problem Solving Tasks

Authors

Jill Castek, Portland State UniversityFollow
Cindy Gibbon, Multnomah County LibraryFollow
Gloria Jacobs, Portland State UniversityFollow
Tyler Frank, Pima Community CollegeFollow
Amy Honisett, Multnomah County Library
Judy Anderson, Multnomah County Library

Sponsor

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant # LG-06-14-076-14A.

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

Adult literacy, Computer assisted instruction, Digital divide

Abstract

This document explains how the research team developed tasks and an observational protocol that allowed for the examination of individuals’ digital problem solving. These tasks, and the metacognitive scaffolding prompts and protocol associate dwith them, were developed and refined with the Multnomah County Library’s website resources in mind. Other libraries can adapt these tasks and protocol or develop a related observational protocol inspired by the design principles offered. This document suggest what libraries can do to support digital problem solving development.

Description

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/24579

Citation Details

Castek, J., Gibbon, C., Jacobs, G., Frank, T., Honisett, A., Anderson, J., (2018). Blueprint for Designing Digital Problem Solving Tasks. Advancing Digital Equity in Public Libraries: Assessing Library Patrons’ Problem Solving in Technology Rich Environments.