Archive for September, 2012
Commuting is Not Distance Learning
The other day I met the student who won the prize drawing in my library’s new student orientation scavenger hunt this semester. She was delighted as I handed her the gift card to the college bookstore, and I was delighted that she had the chance not only to win the prize but also to get [...]
Posted: 24 September, 2012 in Community Colleges, Student Issues.
Tags: commuter, distance learning
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Active Learning and Teaching the Teacher
Ever since I attended ACRL’s Immersion Teacher Track about a year ago, I’ve been trying to incorporate more active learning strategies into my classes—and surprisingly, it’s been a lot of fun! One unintended benefit of these activities has been the opportunity for me to see inside the minds of students by seeing and hearing how [...]
Posted: 19 September, 2012 in Information Literacy.
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Yeas, Nays, and Next Steps
I was in the midst of a particularly busy day last Wednesday when the decisions on the ACRL 2013 Conference contributed paper, panel, preconference, and workshop submissions were sent out, so it was a few hours later that I had a chance to catch up on Twitter. Suddenly my feed was full of happy tweets [...]
Posted: 2 September, 2012 in ACRL News.
Tags: ACRL 2013 Conference, conferences, proposals
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