PAST
Digital and Information Literacy within First Year Great Problem Seminars, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
EDUCAUSE 21st Century Literacies - Solutions in Action Webcast: June 22, 2009
Lightning round/5 minute presentation with Dr. Kris Wobbe, Associate Dean for the First Year and Department Head, Chemistry and Biochemistry on work with WPI's first year GPS courses.
Webcast Archive | Presentation PDF
What Makes a Great Teacher "evolving the teacher within" - improving library teaching
Spring Research Education Forum: How to be a Great Teacher in & out of the Classroom.: May 1, 2009
Efforts include implementing peer observation of librarians as well as structuring learning activities for other librarians to utilize in order to improve student engagement.
PPT | PDF
Strategic Collaborations to Promote Information Literacy Across Your Campus
NELIG Quarterly Meeting/Panel: December 4, 2008
Strategic collaborations at with partners including IGSD to provide research education.
PPT
Global Projects Preparation: Infusing Information Literacy into Project-Based Curricula
ASEE 2007 Panel: Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills: June 24, 2008
A case study of how librarians work with administrators and faculty of the Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division (IGSD) to ensure that students are prepared for real world off-site projects. Paper with Rick Vaz, Dean of IGSD.
PDF | PPT | Poster presented in Cape Town by Rick Vaz
Invited: Audio and Video Podcasting for Busy People
New England Library Association/Rhode Island, Salve Regina: June 5, 2008
How-to record video & audio podcasts. Learn about how WPI is broadcasting instructional and informational content to students through the use of audio podcasts, as well as our experimentation with instructional videos, and use of RSS feeds.
PDF Handout
Invited: Getting the Word Out: Use of Technology to Engage Students and Teachers
GSLIS Spring Conference: April 26, 2008
Use of facebook, chat, online contests and more to promote your library and build information literacy.
PDF
YouShoot Riot Library Video Contest: Reaching Out to the YouTube Generation
ACRL New England 2008 Spring Conference, UCONN, Poster Session: April 18, 2008
Poster presentation with Matt Hall, Associate Library Director, on our video contest.
PDF
Electronic Project Reports: Making Undergraduate Work Accessible Worldwide
NERCOMP 2008 Annual Conference, Rhode Island, Poster Session: March 12, 2008
Poster presentation with Debra Dexter, Software Solutions Specialist, Academic Technology Center and WPI's e-project initiative.
PDF
Audio and Video Podcasting (& RSS Feeds too)
NELIG & ITIG: Get to Know Library 2.0 WPI Salisbury Labs 104: November 30, 2007
Hands on playtime with flip videos, recording video podcasts and learn about how WPI is broadcasting instructional and informational content to students through the use of audio podcasts, as well as our experimentation with instructional videos, and use of RSS feeds.
Handout | RSS Feeds
Encouraging Use of Entrepreneurship Information Resources: Faculty/Library Collaboration
ASEE 2007 Panel: Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers: Honolulu, HI: June 25, 2007
Case study on our partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WPI
PDF | PPT
Alternative Assessment Roundtable Discussion Leader
Demystifying Assessment: Evaluating Student Learning: Assumption College, Worcester, MA. June 9, 2007
Led roundtable discussion on alternative assessment with other New England academic librarians & prepared conference bibliography on assessment.
Conference Bibliography
Distance Learning Roundtable Discussion Leader
My College Freshman is Your High School Senior: Mt. Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA. June 8, 2007
Led roundtable discussion on distance learning in libraries with faculty, librarians, administrators from high schools, public libraries and academic institutions in New England.
Handout
Audio and Video Podcasting & RSS Feeds
ARC Professional Development Committee: "Cool Tools: How and When to Use Them" WPI Salisbury Labs 104: April 17, 2007
Learn about how WPI is broadcasting instructional and informational content to students through the use of audio podcasts, as well as our experimentation with instructional videos, and use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds.
Handout | RSS Feeds
Podcasting: Drowning Out or Diving In?
2007 ACRL 13th National Conference: Baltimore, MD, Roundtable Discussion: March 31, 2007
Overview of WPI's Audio to Go series with two undergraduate students who presented findings of their course-related project.
Handout & Bibliography (PDF)
Audio to Go - Podcasts for Information Literacy
2007 North East Regional Computing Conference: Worcester DCU Center, Poster Session: March 21, 2007
Overview of WPI's Audio to Go series with two undergraduate students who presented findings of their course-related project.
Student Project: Podcasts for Information Literacy at the Gordon Library (PDF)
Audio to Go - Podcasting @ WPI
2006 October Conference: Biomedical Libraries at Dartmouth "Cool Tools and New Technologies": October 28, 2006
Overview of WPI's Audio to Go series and our summer project to create an audio version of Two Towers: The History of Worcester Tech.
Handouts: Presentation (PDF) | Audio to Go Brochure (PDF)
Invited: Podcasting ePoster
NELINET IT Conference 2006 Social Networking: Plugging New England Libraries into Web 2.0: October 13, 2006
Overview of WPI's Audio to Go series and our summer project to create an audio version of Two Towers: The History of Worcester Tech.
Handouts: Presentation (PDF) | Audio to Go Brochure (PDF)
The Intersections of Information Literacy and Media Literacy (PDF)
NorthEast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP), an affiliate of EDUCAUSE: October 4, 2006
Presentation with Sarah Walkowiak, Instructional Technology Specialist, for Media and Information Literacy for Emerging Technologies program.
Useful links: ALA Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education | ALA Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries (2006) | Five Key Questions & Five Core Concepts of Media Literacy | Media Literacy Education: Comparison Chart of Definitions & Concepts
Webnote spaces to post thoughts: infomedialiteracy | infomedialiteracyfuture
Integrating Information Literacy Concepts Into An Upper Level Biomedical Engineering Design Course (PPT)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): June 21, 2006
Forum on Collaborative Information Literacy Programs
Content Connections: Faculty Fellows @ WPI (PPT)
Teaching with Technology Fellowship Program: @ WPI, March 30, 2006
The information realm is changing at a lightning fast speed. Learn how faculty peers are connecting students with content in creative & interesting ways including use of eAudio, eBooks, research databases, and online course readings.
Creating Quizzes in Blackboard and WebCT (PPT)
Librarians on Online Course Information (LOCI): @ Tufts University, November 4, 2005
Discussion of using assessment tools within myWPI (Blackboard) with Jim Kinnie, Humanities Reference Librarian, University of Rhode Island discussing and demonstrating WebCT.
Assessments in Course Management Systems (PDF)
Academic Research Collaborative (ARC) Special Interest Group of CMRLS: @ Clark University, December 8, 2005
Discussion of using assessment tools within myWPI (Blackboard).
Squeezing "What" into 50 Minutes (the way of the one shot warrior)
New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG): @ Franklin Pierce, December 2, 2005
Personal philosophy and strategies for maximizing and extending the "one shot" library session.
Online Tutorials
Academic Research Collaborative - Information Literacy Special Interest Group Meeting: @ WPI, March 11, 2005
Examples of web based tutorials and feedback from tutorials used at the WPI, Gordon Library and Babson College, Horn Library
Integration of Technology and Library Services at Babson College
MCCLPHEI Annual Meeting: July 6, 2004
Examples of technology use at the Horn Library, Babson College (repeat of NELINET presentation, with some updates).
Enabling the Babson College Community via Integration of Technology and Services
NELINET: Great Expectations for IT: Emerging Technologies for Administrators, Technologists and Staff: September 12, 2003
Examples of technology use in instructional services at the Horn Library, Babson College.
Library Users Reap the Benefits of Integration: Librarians Proactive Inclusion in Blackboard Course Sites.
Computers in Libraries: March 14, 2003
Liaison librarians at Babson faced the challenges and opportunities of integrating services into the Blackboard Course Management system (CMS) implemented August 2001. We created action plan "Blackboard and Liaison’s Role" which outlined goals/objectives and competencies required to succeed.
Bibliography of CMS Use & Libraries
Building Community Using Internet Tools
Computers In Libraries: March 17, 2000
Case study on Babson College and the use
of our Intranet to build community online.
Training Student Info Desk Assistants Using
an Online Tutorial on Company Resources
Association of College & Research Libraries: April 9, 1999
Overview of a web-based tutorial that teaches student
information desk assistants the key resources available at
Babson to use when doing company research.
Internet Appliances: Tools for Instructors
Computers In Libraries: March 8, 1999
Using digital cameras, presentation software, image
manipulation software, scanners, and other
cool tools to improve instruction.
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