The Web-based tutorial is an attractive mode of delivery for information literacy instruction, but do we know that it is effective? A pre-and posttest study compared student learning from use of an online tutorial with learning from a traditional lecture/demonstration for basic information literacy instruction in freshman English composition classes. Measures of both student learning and student satisfaction were comparable for online tutorial and in-class instruction. The authors have implemented the tutorial for these classes and continue to improve it based on student and faculty feedback.here is a long tradition of library instruction at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, and the instructional program is well developed. The library has concentrated its efforts on offering course-related instruction, with particular emphasis on freshmen students taking English 102: Composition II. During English 102 sessions, students are taught basic library research and information literacy skills. The authors focused on these classes for the purposes of this project.

Over the course of the last eight years, open source software has emerged as an important stimulus for social and economic change in the communication and information technology (C&IT) industry. Even though the roots of this change stem from education, educators have been slow to adapt. This paper will present an overview of how early adopters have used open source software to enhance learning. In addition, this paper will present the results of the collaboration between the Java Society, the Bayamón Campus of Inter American University of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Government. The result of the collaboration was the creation of SNAP Development Center, an open source software development project created within Inter American University that employs undergraduate student researchers. The objectives of the project have been to to increase the number and enhance the quality of graduates with expertise in the C&IT area of interest.