“It’s not about technology…it’s about our students.” AMEN
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Shared with me via email is the response from a university library who would not make an exception for an online student who needed an article and who was without access from home and at work due to unforeseen circumstances: The Library policy states that the Library will not send an article if the article [...] Please read: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/09/harrisburg Just posted this comment: I use social tools extensively in my teaching and interaction with students. From Facebook office hours to a WordPress/BuddyPress course site developed with an outstanding grad student, I would virtually have my hands tied during this “experiment.” I agree with commenters above: how about a week without phone [...] I’m prepping for my talk on Tuesday at the NY Academic Librarians Conference and I’m thoroughly enjoying clicking through this EDUCAUSE presentation from David Woodbury (North Carolina State University) and Jason Casden (North Carolina State University) from last January! I am sorry it took this long to get to it. Take a look: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/LibraryinYourPocketStrategiesa/195003 [...] A most enjoyable case study of using Twitter in a larger class environment to foster conversation/discussion. Have you seen this? “The ways that you’re teaching have to change as well.” There is a lot to think about here. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6670421.html Libraries had better prepare for an explosion in the capacity of mobile devices as well as the transformative increase in user capacity and expectations. This was the message conveyed by a panel yesterday at [...] Don’t miss this guest post by Mike Richwalsky, assistant director of public affairs at Allegheny College at UK Web Focus: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/facebook-usage-by-us-colleges-and-universities/ I’d like to examine how schools in the US are using Facebook and share some thoughts and experiences I’ve had from managing my [...] Frank Haulgren, Collection Services Manager, ILL – Document Delivery & Assessment Cooridnator at the Wilson Library, Western Washington University writes: Hey Michael some of your readers may be interested. Each quarter The Western Libraries sponsors a mid-term Study Break. We set aside an hour and a half in the early evening and provide food, fun and [...] A student video project from Prof. Michael Wesch’s Digital Ethnography class. |
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