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crl-16510	Greer, Katie; Hess, Amanda Nichols; Kraemer, Elizabeth W.	The Librarian Leading the Machine: A Reassessment of Library Instruction Methods	2016	16	.pdf	application/pdf	7960	240	32	Since that time, Oakland University Libraries implemented changes to its instruction program that reflect larger trends in teaching and assessment throughout the profession; following these revisions, librarians undertook a new study to assess the effectiveness of online library instruction in face-to-face courses in comparison to the hybrid model that had been in place. For instance, in their comparison of instruction delivered through online tutorials and face-to-face learning sessions, Beile and Boote found that online instruction represented a viable way librarians could reach students in online courses.6 Similarly, in a study that considered whether undergraduate students gained the requisite information literacy skills to carry them to graduation and success in their postacademic careers, Johnston found that those students who worked through an online information lit- eracy tutorial “gained an understanding of information literacy concepts” and that the flexible and customizable structure available through the use of the Internet helped students develop these skills.7 These studies serve to confirm what Zhang, Watson, and Banfield found in their analysis of ten studies comparing online and face-to-face learning: almost universally, online library instruction is seen as comparably effective as traditional face-to-face instruction.8 Still other research works from the perspective ascribed by Ifenthaler: among edu- cational theorists, “there is widespread agreement… that educational applications of modern information and communication technologies can be more effective when they are embedded in multimedia learning environments created to enable productive learning”	cache/crl-16510.pdf	txt/crl-16510.txt