A colleague mentioned that librarians at Dalhousie U. have been working towards a Library Council, including interim terms of reference. You can visit all their documents on Dalhousie U’s institutional repository. Lire la suite

I will be launching about 30 library training vidoes about doimg business research from a Canadian University context sometime in the next few days… But you can check them out during this “soft launch” on my YouTube channel, in particular the two playlists (industry research and searching for business articles). Lire la suite

Welcome to OutFind.ca™, maintained by Dr Olivier Charbonneau, Senior Business Librarian at Concordia University for Management and Marketing students at the John Molson School of Business (JMSB). Industry and market research involves much more than Google™! Concordia University, through the Library’s Business Research Portal (BRP), provides you with complementary access (meaning free of charge as […] Lire la suite

From the ProfWeb blog (Profweb : Lancement du concours des prix du ministre : une invitation aux pédagogues de l’enseignement supérieur), we leard that the Guebec government is launching a prize for innovative practices in Higher Ed. Works have to be in French and the deadline is in November for colleges/Cegeps and january for Universities. Lire la suite

Caught this on the Open Culture blog, a link to this documentary from the BBC How to Make Better Decisions. Lire la suite

I stumbled on this interesting document from McGill University, called “Tips for Engaging Students in Learning: Alternatives to Lecture”. The table of contents seems promising: Ground Rules Wait Time Give Me Five Provide Positive Reinforcement The Rule of Ten and Two Think, Pair, Share Snowballing The 60 Second Buzz 60-60, 30-30 Something I Have Learned […] Lire la suite

In addition to the news of the Gates Foundation giving 9 million dollars for “inovative education practices (see: Wired Campus blog post on June 19th), Google has joined the fray for Massively Open Online Courses (see this other post on Wired Campus, a tech blog of the Chronicle of higher education). The search Internet giant […] Lire la suite

I enjoyed reading this post on a Chronicle of Higher Education blog, called: What Can Angry Birds Teach Us About Universal Design for Instruction? It gives a simple checklist of what makes this mobile game such a success: Angry Birds involves practice without penalty. Angry Birds offers the opportunity for constant feedback. Angry Birds inherently […] Lire la suite

Sorry for the silence, I am taking some time off with my family. I’ll be back in the Fall. Happy summer to all! Lire la suite

I just finished reading The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser. It offeres a very interesting exploration into using various search tools and how we find the information that is central to our daily lives. His main argument has to do with how “filters bubbles” emerge from the algorithms […] Lire la suite