http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/online_education_and_blogging Joshua Kim writes: The best preparation I received for blogging was teaching online. One of the most important elements for running a successful online course involves presence. The instructor must be “present” in the course discussion boards and blogs. Teaching online gave me tons of practice in writing rapid, hopefully thought provoking, discussion and blog posts around the curriculum and the student’s work. Much has been written about how teaching online can improve on-ground teaching. I’d add comfort with blogging to the benefits online learning. Is the ability to quickly produce prose that (at least sometimes) may interest a […]
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Via John Schumacher on Twitter comers this opinion piece from Oregon Live: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/shhh_its_a_library_not_the_cor.html Ellen Hansen writes about her love of quiet and the lack of it in her library: (emphasis is mine) No, my full wrath is reserved for library-quiet abusers. When did the library turn into the local coffee shop? One man comes into our library and sets up as if it’s his own, private office space. That’s fine, if you’re reading, writing or even typing on your computer nonstop. But his work entails talking on the phone nonstop, for hours on end. Others conduct education tutorials or hours-long […]
Guten Abend nach Berlin! The talk at the US Embassy went well – what a great group. Tomorrow: StammTisch. See you there.
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Here’s a breakdown of the events and presentation/discussions I’ll be doing over the next ten days or so in Switzerland and Germany. A big shout out to Nancy, Professor Hans-Christoph Hobohm and everyone at the embassies and U.N. Mission for making this trip happen. Geneva: March 8: Morning Tour of CERN March 8: Two hour lunch discussion with members of AILIS, the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists Trends Tech 2010 for LibrariansView more presentations from Michael Stephens. Due to security protocols, I cannot bring my Mac into the mission, so I will be working from PDFs stored on local […]
This provides so much food for thought – school librarians please take a look – and really, everyone in LIS – how will can we provide them a world for learning?
So nice to see this video conversation featuring Jenny Levine as another entry in ACPL’s ongoing “Conversation” series. Take a look for some insightful commentary about library content and reaching our users. My video (taped in December 2007) is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBC8q_hTHY
Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The Web has changed everything. Its impact on every facet of our lives — home, work and school — would be difficult to measure but the ‘always on, always available’ Internet is certainly a game changer. Can you recall the first time you realised that the […]
A most enjoyable case study of using Twitter in a larger class environment to foster conversation/discussion.