Pressley, Lauren & Kaeley McMahan. “Instructional Design for Librarians: The What, Why, and How of ID.” American Library Association Conference. ACRL Pre Conference. Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 2009.
Technology and Pedagogy: The Best of Both for Gen M Students
Pressley, Lauren. “Chapter 14: Technology and Pedagogy: The Best of Both for Gen M Students” In Teaching Generation M: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators. Eds. Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic & Robert J. Lackie. NY: Neal-Schuman, 2009: 253-63. <http://www.neal-schuman.com/bdetail.php?isbn=9781555706678>.
Teaching Them (2.0) to Fish: Web 2.0 as Subject and Method in Information Literacy Instruction
Smith, Susan Sharpless, Rosalind Tedford, & Lauren Pressley. (2008) “Teaching Them (2.0) to Fish: Web 2.0 as Subject and Method in Information Literacy Instruction.” Library Instruction 2.0 Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, November 17, 2008.
Consulting
Salem College, 2008
- Meet with faculty piloting hybrid courses
- Presented on several topics for groups through spring and summer 2008 semesters introducing hybrid learning concepts
Learning From the Context: Teaching Skills While Teaching Content
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Learning From the Context: Teaching Skills While Teaching Content.” Innovation In Instruction, Elon, NC, August 21, 2008.
The Hybrid Classroom: A Presentation for the Salem College Continuing Studies Task Force on Scheduling
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “The Hybrid Classroom: A Presentation for the Salem College Continuing Studies Task Force on Scheduling.” Consulting Presentation. Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC. January 30, 2008.
Educating the Millennial User
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Educating the Millennial User.” In Our New Public A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries. Eds. James R. Kennedy and Gerard B. McCabe. Portsmouth, NH: Libraries Unlimited.
Instructional Design Librarian
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
July 2007-present
- Develop and co-teach a weekly class on instruction for librarians
- Develop and teach monthly emerging technology talks for library staff
- Develop and co-facilitate a monthly educational technologies discussion group with the Teaching and Learning Center
- Develop information literacy course activities
- Create a local Learning Objects repository
- Create content for social sites to extend library’s presence
- Manage Women’s and Gender Studies, Philosophy, and Teaching and Learning Center collections
- Implemented text message reference service
Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference
University of North Carolina’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference; Raleigh, NC.
MLIS Practicum
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
June 2006 – December 2006
- Designed learning objects for information literacy course with Technology Team Head and Webmaster
- Created learning objects logical framework
- Used Captivate to create flash-based learning games
