ALA snuck up on me this year, despite falling later on the calendar. This year is also a big one for me, as I had a pre-conference, discussion group, and a book-signing on my calendar.
Kaeley McMahan (my pre-conference co-presenter) and I flew in and are rooming together. It’s a first for me to have planned [...]
Talkshoe is big. Uncontrolled Vocabulary has been doing shows through the service for a while, and now there’s T is for Training. Both of these shows are for the library community. People can call in at the show’s air time, talk, chat in a text box, or listen to the live program. After the fact, [...]
I’m working on a fun project at work this semester: teaching weekly classes on teaching for librarians with one of my colleagues. I’m super excited. It’s great to work with librarians from across campus, to raise the visibility of instructional design issues, to work with librarians to build confidence in their teaching, to make our [...]
Creating a Hybrid Course from Scratch or an Introduction to the Online Course Development Process
Jeff Bell – Session Chair
Patricia Schaber – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Almost easier to start from scratch rather than convert course to online.
Different way of thinking: holistic, shaped learning environment, process training, outcome driven, assessment driven: this is not the same [...]
Creating Significant Learning Experiences Through Integrated Course Design
Stewart Ross
This was very useful for me. Afterwards, my name was drawn to win the book the presentation was based on, which is great because the whole time I was thinking, “I have to read this!” If anyone (local) wants to read it, let me know… [...]
