Interesting article from the McMaster Daily about an economics prof doing away with the traditional essay. Her solution? Posters. It tests student’s oral skills, allows for one-on-one evaluation and asks students to produce something closer to what employers will value. Lire la suite
Yesterday was my home institution’s Librarians’ Forum – a very interesting mix of new and not so new librarians presenting their ongoing research projects, held mid-April for the past 12 years. There were many fascinating research projects presented, but one of them struck a chord. My colleagues Rosarie Coughlan, Information Literacy Librarian, & Isabelle Roy, […] Lire la suite
I’ve been working hard on an information literacy program for undergraduate students in the marketing and management departments at Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (more on that later) but, in recent email exchange with a colleague, I came up with the following themes for graduate students: Off the cuff, this curriculum would obviously […] Lire la suite
Educause has a piece on what makes instructional vidoes compelling. Little surprise, the most viewed have content dealing directly with course activities. Lire la suite
Practionners have a love-hate relationship with Library and information science. Here is a recent article on the topic of whether it is a science or not: Citation: Fredrick Kiwuwa Lugya, (2014) “What counts as a science and discipline in library and information science?”, Library Review, Vol. 63 Iss: 1/2 (Lugya says yes). Also of interest, […] Lire la suite
A colleague of mine highlighted a few articles which explain how university libraries are engaging faculty and providing assistance to switch to open textbooks. Here are the links: – For more on open textbooks – The Alt textbook from Temple’s Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable – CBC radio (Calgary) interview about open textbooks Lire la suite
Hat tip to Sheila Webber and her excellent blog for bringing this interesting talk by Google research scientist Dr. Daniel Russell to my attention: [vimeo 89737037 w=500 h=281] Talk by Google research scientist Dr. Daniel Russell from UNC SILS on Vimeo. Lire la suite
A great way to think outside the box is to give yourself difficult constraints. A colleague of mine pointed out this great lecture featuring Kenneth Goldsmith Poets at the White House, discussing uncreative writing. Arguably, a great example of creatively thinking about the importance of academic integrity or plagiarism: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqHaKniXkF8&w=420&h=315] We were thinking of […] Lire la suite
The Science Blog’s Confessions of a science librarian provides for a list of 18 recent studies and reports targetting discussing contemporary issues in librarianship. Lire la suite
According to the Information Literacy Blog, the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Best Practices Committee “is looking for information literacy programs that are exemplary in any of the categories outlined in Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline.” More information here: http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/committees/bestpractices Lire la suite