Melissa Koenig is the Associate Director of Faculty Instructional Technology Services (FITS) at DePaul University. She has published articles related to learning outcomes in online environments and has presented both in the United States and internationally on a variety of topics. Melissa earned her Master of Library Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and also holds an AB in Psychology from Kenyon College.
Articles and Papers
Using Transaction Log Analysis to Improve OPAC Retrieval Results (with Deborah D. Blecic, Nirmala S. Bangalore, Josephine L. Dorsch, Cynthia L. Henderson, and Ann C. Weller), College & Research Libraries (1998)
This OPAC transaction log analysis study compared data derived two sets of logs within a...
Presentations
Reducing Cognitive Overload: Easy Technological Solutions, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (2009)
In the online environment it is important to display course content in a way that...
The Embedded Librarian: Best Practices for Teaching Research Online., World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (2009)
Experience shows that teaching students how to conduct scholarly research is a daunting task in...
Out Googling Google: Rethinking Library Instruction for Online Students, AACE, Ed-Media 2008 (2008)
Providing students with library instruction greatly enhances their ability to produce quality research projects, but...
Using Existing Resources to Enhance Blackboard Courses: Copyright and Access Issues (with Heather Jagman), SLATE (2004)
Technology Competency: Educating the Educators of Tomorrow (with Christine Knox-Gramlick), AACE Edmedia Conference (2004)
As the use of technology grows, the effect it has on education also grows. The...