Go for the Gold: A Web-based Instruction Program

Abstract

Go for the Gold is a Web-based instruction program developed at James Madison University to teach beginning students how to find and evaluate information. The 17 instructional modules that comprise the program are based on objectives that are part of a new competency-based general education curriculum. Go for the Gold replaces a self-paced library skills workbook that had been used by freshmen for over a decade. The Web-based program shows a number of advantages over the workbook; however, initial implementation efforts pointed to the need for additional faculty training in technology skills and assistance in integrating the modules into their courses.