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‘Tis the season for instruction/teacher librarians to teach, teach, and teach some more.  I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion Jason, Rachel, and I had during episode 29 of Adventures in Library Instruction. We talked about strategies librarians can take — as individuals and as a department/instruction team — to relieve stress, specifically stress revolving around class [...]

welcome to james’ transliterate world…

Posted by: annavan on: 2010/10/10

Skype.  Binder of articles w/ handwritten annotations.  Twitter.  Post-its.  iTunes. These tools and more are present in the video capturing one’s recent evaluation of his “study world” [i.e., learning space]. One of the elements that stand out the most for me is that he relies on “non-technological” devices for his studying. People tend to associate [...]

mobile apps for learning

Posted by: annavan on: 2010/05/14

Mobile applications applied to learning is an area I have yet to tap into. That’s why EDUCAUSE’s recent publication, “7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Apps for Learning,” is of interest to me, especially as a mobile learning n00b. The document outlines the basics: What is it? How does it work? Who’s doing it? [...]

Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian and author of So You Want To Be a Librarian and Wikis for Libraries, from Wake Forest University, joined us on Adventures in Library Instruction, Episode 12 for an informative discussion about Learning Objects: what they are, how we use them, their support in learning, where we find them, what [...]

october’s adventures in library instruction…

Posted by: annavan on: 2009/11/05

I finally got around to listening to October’s episode of Adventures in Library Instruction.  I most wanted to listen to Rachel’s interview with Peter Larsen, a librarian at the University of Rhode Island. The interview focused on the for-credit information literacy courses URI offers as part of their information literacy program.  Along with his information [...]


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