When Facebook debuted all those many years ago – back when it was open to just .edu addresses and before it had status updates and ads and games and timelines – I joined it* to provide another point of contact for students at my institution, and make it easier for them to find me. I [...]
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As I was wrapping up the semester grading semester projects and looking back on the numbers from our first-year instruction program, I heard about the report from the Institute for the Future entitled “Future Work Skills 2020.” What I appreciate about the report is its focus on skills, as laid out on their site: Many [...] For more information from the meeting visit the NELIG website. Presentation 1 Bubble Over: Filter Bubbles, Internet Personalization, and You, Sarah Faye Cohen, Andy Burkhardt, Michele Melia (Champlain College) This presentation simulates an instruction session with the Concepts of Self Class for 1st semester freshman. This instruction session is the first in-class experience freshmen [...] For more information about the meeting, visit the NELIG website. Presentation 1: Scene: Fairfield Edition: Orienting First-Year Students to the Library Using Interactive, Multimedia Game Play, Laura Weber & Jessica McCullough, Fairfield University. Workshop attendees were divided into 3 teams and played a library version of the game Scene It. Each team watched a short [...] This lively discussion at last week’s ITIG DigiCamp included not only a discussion of the pros and cons of various tools, but also of the importance and the challenges of teaching students the why of citing sources. EasyBib was a favorite for its simplicity, perfect for most undergrad papers. At the time of the discussion, [...] Ever since I learned about the Statistical Abstract of the United States when I was in grad school, it has been one of my favorite reference tools. Where else can I easily find the per-capita consumption of asparagus [pdf] as well as data on state government debt [pdf], all with citations leading to the original [...] With so many reports about holiday purchases in the news, this recent report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project on the Use of the internet in higher-income households seems to have been pushed off the screen. The report essentially notes that households making more than $75,000 per year use the internet [...] Hi everyone! Registration is now open for the NELIG Winter Meetings on December 3, 2010 from 9:00am to 12:30pm. We have been inspired by Project Information Literacy (http://www.projectinfolit.org). Project Information Literacy has been using qualitative research methods to get a better understanding of students’ research and study habits. This meeting will feature speakers discussing their [...] Way back in March, I attended the ITIG DigiCamp (and blogged about it here, here, and here), and saw a tool I decided to try in my information literacy class this spring. Jason Soohoo from the Salem State College Library showed us how he uses Xtranormal videos in his LibGuides to get students’ attention and [...] NELIG’s Fall 2010 Meeting is scheduled for October 22, 2010 from 9am to 12pm at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. Mary MacDonald (URI) will be giving the presentation: “Finding the Right Information Literacy Fit for Your Institution: It’s All in the Design.” Following this will be a discussion of the ACRL Immersion program by Immersion [...] |
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