A few articles I stumbled across that may be worth reading…
Interactivity in Library Presentations Using a Personal Response System
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/
EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/InteractivityinLibraryPre/46594
Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0640.pdf
Mentoring: A Learning Collaboration http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0647.pdf
A colleague and I have been asked to continue Mac’s tradition of holding teaching and learning roundtables for librarians. My colleague Patrick Labelle from Concordia shared some great ideas for similar activities they have done in the past. We’re going to gather ideas from our colleagues, but here are some of mine: effective questioning, pre- and post-testing (this one is stolen from Patrick), alternatives to PowerPoint in library instruction, advocacy, inquiry, problem-based learning, effective and engaging presentation skills (voice, posture etc.), Wikipedia as a teaching tool, what does “hands-on” mean (this was also done at Concordia but I had it as one of my ideas also!), assessment, teaching and learning as a concept, SAILS, diversity in the classroom, PBL, new teaching and learning technologies appropriate to libraries…
can’t wait for the sessions!
Janine and I had an interesting discussion about how new librarians (and I definitely include myself in this group) could use coaching in how to get the most out of conference presentations. I have learned so much from Janine, and she has been so supportive of me, but most of all, I think what I take away from this relationship is how to try to see the “big picture”.
