Clarence Maybee and Charlotte Droll from Colgate University described how their group re-invented themselves and worked together with professors and IT folks to enhance student learning and reach information literacy and media goals…
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Presenter: Ann Perbohner, Dartmouth College Description from program: Just In Time Teaching (JiTT) is an instruction method that creates a “feedback loop” where students are engaged in pre-class cloud computing based active learning exercises, and the ensuing in-class time together. Student responses are then used to form the basis or starting point for a classroom [...] Sarah Walkowiak from Brandeis discussed disruptive change and some of the changes they Library has made to change with the times. She highlighted that at Brandeis, the learning goals have been put into an official visual and they are on a banner in front of the library, instead of hidden on a web page, putting [...] Presenter: Maura A. Smale, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Smale is an avid gamer, starting with Candy Land as a child. She has a Wii at home which she plays with her child. Lots of learning happens in games and they are the “original educational technology.” Solving problems in an increasingly complex way are [...] Susanna Cowan and Michael Howser from the University of Connecticut presented “Make No Assumptions: Incorporating the Student’s Viewpoint to Improve Library Spaces, Services, and Resources” and outlined what survey techniques they used to find out what students wanted at the Library. What they wanted to know from users was “What would you change? What do [...] John Palfrey, one of the two authors of Born Digital and law professor (among other things) at Harvard, delivered the keynote speech, presenting several assumptions that we have about digital natives and the realities around them… [...] If you have a minute over the summer, check out and create an account at the Academic Library Learning Network, a newly formed social network for librarians who are involved in research and instruction. It was created by Ramona Islam, a Curricular Design and Research Librarian at Harvard College Library, in 2009. As of June [...] |
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