Tuesday, March 4th 11:00 - 12:00 pm - Magnolia

Have You Played “Head Hunt: The Library Orientation Game?” Enhancing First Year Experience through Online Games Tingting Lu, Multimedia Specialist, Graduate Administrative Associate; and Jim Muir, Systems Developer/Engineer / The Ohio State University Libraries

The Ohio State University Libraries’ Instruction Office, in collaboration with the Office of First Year Experience and Office of Undergraduate Studies, has developed an online game interactive games, short videos and a scavenger hunt storyline, new students and families can become familiar with library locations, collections, services, tools, and people in the library system. Practical issues in design and development are discussed. Student feedback regarding the games and other multimedia content is being analyzed and preliminary results are presented. Find out more and play the game at http://library.osu.edu/sites/fye.