Posts Tagged ‘e-learning’
adventures in library instruction w/ meredith farkas [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2012/04/25
Our dear Rachel was battling a stomach bug this month, but Jason and I had the great pleasure to chat with Meredith Farkas, head of instruction at Portland State University in Oregon, for Episode 35 of the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast. Our discussion revolved around Meredith’s recent column, “The Guide on the Side“, in American [...]
adventures in library instruction: balance and burnout [podcast]
Posted by: annavan on: 2011/09/12
‘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? [...]
learning objects: adventures in library instruction, march 2010
Posted by: annavan on: 2010/03/19
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 [...]
