Julie Reynolds, Duke University, Biology
Interested in helping scientists learn how to write and develop critical thinking skills through their writing.
Four questions she’s struggled with in her classes:
What are readers’ expectations?
How can we communicate nuance?
How do students balance feedback from multiple readers?
How can we help students develop their voice?
What are readers’ expectations?
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Fair Trade: Peer 2 Peer Framework
Lindsay Johnson
Angelique Mondeville
Virginia Pow
University of Alberta Libraries
Library Instruction: discipline focused, teaching by request
Range from large first year courses to specialized smaller ones
Librarians set own priorities for how to meet needs of departments
Individual work has advantages and disadvantages
Mostly one-shot sessions in 50 minutes or less, targeting specific assignments
Challenges: speaking the language [...]
These two fellows (who graduated from my alma mater) are posting humor videos to YouTube. This one is about a contest that students can participate in to win new geek toys. (If only I were a student…) The contest is being held by WorldBook, and participants make videos about website evaluation. Sounds like good [...]
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