Abstract
Each semester, the instructional designers at the University of Central Florida facilitate an innovative course for faculty only. IDL 6543 is an eight-week professional development course that prepares faculty to teach online. IDL 6543 models how to teach online using a combination of seminars, labs, consultations, and Web-based instruction. A librarian was typically invited to a lab session to present information about the library’s online resources. Because there was so much information, this portion of the course was migrated to the online environment in the fall semester of 2004. The in-person presentation was transformed into an online learning module for the faculty to read and participate in at their own pace. This poster session will address collaborating with instructional designers, creating an online module of library information aimed at teaching faculty, moderating a faculty discussion of library resources, and comparing the in-person training session with an online module.

Rachel Viggiano currently serves as the Distance Learning Liaison at the University of Central Florida Libraries. Previously she was Distance Learning Librarian at the Florida Distance Learning Reference & Referral Center, a virtual reference desk for distance students from colleges and universities across the state. She has specialized in serving off-campus students throughout her career in libraries.

The University of Central Florida has 45,000 students.