The HLWiki site, supported by health librarians in Canada, offers a page on critical thinking as well as Critical Pedagogy and library instruction. Both contain references and tons of resources. Lire la suite

Edward de Bono has written dozens of books on the thinking process. He came up with the “lateral thinking” meme and even hosted a series of TV shows on the BBC in the 1980 on the subject. Many of his lectures are available on YouTube. An interesting website: Effective Thinking’s online learning resource with a […] Lire la suite

We are undergoing a library redesign project and here are some brainstormed ideas of how I would create an information experience at a modern university library: 1. Would it be desirable to have a prominent desk greeting users as soon as they enter the library, or a more open space (with a smaller desk) that […] Lire la suite

The Spring 2013 issue of Library Trends deals with gaming in libraries (v. 61, n. 4), public, academic or otherwise. The editor of this special issue presents it in light of his recent book: In my book, Everyone Plays at the Library: Creating Great Gaming Experiences for All Ages (2010), I created a model for […] Lire la suite

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Interesting press release from the FemTechNet Commons about a new approach to open education: do it in a network! From their press release: FemTechNet, a network of feminist scholars and educators, is launching a new model for online learning at 15 higher education institutions this fall. The DOCC, or Distributed Open Collaborative Course, is a […] Lire la suite

I just learned that Mike Groenendyk is joining Concordia University Libraries as a fellow business librarian. Michael comes to us from Dalhousie University Libraries, where he’s had quite a bit of impact ! In my lazy-yet-mysteriously-efficient-googling, I’ve stumbled on this really interesting project to bring 3D printing to the DAL Libraries, funded by CARL. Watch a […] Lire la suite

On a whim, I purchased access to a bundle of technology articles from the New Yorker, enjoying these long-form essays from the past years and decades. One of them, “In the Outlaw Area” by Calvin Tomkins (The New Yorker, January 8, 1966, p. 35), presents iconoclast architect and all-around scientific great Buckminster Fuller, whose work […] Lire la suite

This is a vision I had a few weeks ago, that I shared with colleagues at the Technoculture Art and Games (TAG) research group at Concordia University. It also fits with a conversation I’ve had with Marius Buliga on his blog chorasimilarity about data visualization, apps and open data (and much more). It is a […] Lire la suite

I’ve always wanted to learn a few more languages, and I am going to add a new one to my “must earn before I die” list: econometrics. I sense that this is the analytical tool that I will eventually have to use to really dig deep into the problems I want to research. The problem […] Lire la suite