This presentation was delivered by Carol Perry, Jenny Marvin and M.J. D'Elia (me) at the OLA SuperConference 2009 in Toronto. Here's the description from the program:
Librarians commonly encounter ‘guest speaker syndrome’ when they’re invited to deliver instructional sessions: the content may be interesting and useful, but students often view the session as supplemental to the course. This presentation will focus on strategies used in the Information Management course at the University of Guelph to demonstrate how an embedded approach can encourage students to access, evaluate and use information effectively.
Organizations nowadays are expanding both regionally and internationally, and have to adopt to new ways of working, especially field-work requires enormous flexibility and mobility from employees. Thus, this has created difficulties for companies to gather employees together in order to train, develop and communicate at the same time. E-learning may be the solution for this problem.
By enhancing knowledge skills and know-how to employees, where in particular the employee has control over and personally customized whether what, when, where and how he/she learns.
Leading e-Learning Integration in Higher Education: Challenges and StrategiesCITE
4 March 2010 (Thursday) | 09:00 - 12:30 | HKU | http://citers2010.cite.hku.hk/abstract/3 | Prof. Alex FUNG, Director, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education | Dr. Elson S.Y. SZETO, Assistant Education Technology Officer, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
IBM education and training challenges and Perkins CTE ReformNed McCulloch
The skill shortage in Information Technology and STEM is broad. IBM works on skills in the Community from Cradle to Career through P-TECH, CTE, secondary and higher ed curriculum redesign, and Perkins, provides incumbent workforce training to its workforce, technology to solve education problems. The government needs to improve the supply of work ready graduates, support incumbent workforce training, and personalize education using technology
Teaching and Learning Support Activities at Osaka UniversityHaruo Takemura
This presentation describes activities of Teaching and Learning Support Center, Osaka University. These includes faculty development, pre-faculty development, IT systems for education etc.
Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe: Project ObjectivesDigCurV
Presentation by Kate Fernie, MDR Partners at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
6-7 May, 2013
Florence, Rome
Engineering Education through Professional Development: a vision from IEEE Manuel Castro
Keynote presentation at the Symposium NWRCS 2014 celebrated at Idaho Springs on May 15th, 2014, regarding the role of the Professional Societies as well as the specific activity at IEEE and at IEEE Education Society to deal with the present evolution and the future of the engineering education
Organizations nowadays are expanding both regionally and internationally, and have to adopt to new ways of working, especially field-work requires enormous flexibility and mobility from employees. Thus, this has created difficulties for companies to gather employees together in order to train, develop and communicate at the same time. E-learning may be the solution for this problem.
By enhancing knowledge skills and know-how to employees, where in particular the employee has control over and personally customized whether what, when, where and how he/she learns.
Leading e-Learning Integration in Higher Education: Challenges and StrategiesCITE
4 March 2010 (Thursday) | 09:00 - 12:30 | HKU | http://citers2010.cite.hku.hk/abstract/3 | Prof. Alex FUNG, Director, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education | Dr. Elson S.Y. SZETO, Assistant Education Technology Officer, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
IBM education and training challenges and Perkins CTE ReformNed McCulloch
The skill shortage in Information Technology and STEM is broad. IBM works on skills in the Community from Cradle to Career through P-TECH, CTE, secondary and higher ed curriculum redesign, and Perkins, provides incumbent workforce training to its workforce, technology to solve education problems. The government needs to improve the supply of work ready graduates, support incumbent workforce training, and personalize education using technology
Teaching and Learning Support Activities at Osaka UniversityHaruo Takemura
This presentation describes activities of Teaching and Learning Support Center, Osaka University. These includes faculty development, pre-faculty development, IT systems for education etc.
Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe: Project ObjectivesDigCurV
Presentation by Kate Fernie, MDR Partners at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
6-7 May, 2013
Florence, Rome
Engineering Education through Professional Development: a vision from IEEE Manuel Castro
Keynote presentation at the Symposium NWRCS 2014 celebrated at Idaho Springs on May 15th, 2014, regarding the role of the Professional Societies as well as the specific activity at IEEE and at IEEE Education Society to deal with the present evolution and the future of the engineering education
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CS0: A Project Based, Active Learning Coursedrboon
The recruitment and retention of students in early computer programming classes has been the focus of many Computer Science and Informatics programs. This paper describes an initiative underway at Indiana University South Bend to improve the retention rate in computer science and informatics. The approach described in this work is inspired by the SCALE-UP project, and describes the design and implementation of an instructor-guided, active learning environment which allows students to gradually acquire the necessary critical thinking, problem solving, and programming skills required for success in computer science and informatics.
Open Your Mind, Open Your Library (Slides): Texas Library Association 2016M.J. D'Elia
As libraries face new technologies, shifting priorities, and ever-increasing competition for resources, they must learn to respond creatively to problems. You'll leave this active, hands-on session with activities and strategies you can take back to your library to make it a more creative organization (see handout for more).
Open Your Mind, Open Your Library (Handout): Texas Library Association 2016M.J. D'Elia
As libraries face new technologies, shifting priorities, and ever-increasing competition for resources, they must learn to respond creatively to problems. You'll leave this active, hands-on session with activities and strategies you can take back to your library to make it a more creative organization (see slide deck too)
With all of the pitches, promises and promotion, it’s hard not to be a little skeptical of startup culture. But if we look past the hype, what can we learn from startup thinking? This session will unpack the core approaches, key concepts, and essential tools used by serial entrepreneurs. Start thinking and acting more like an entrepreneur – wherever you happen to be.
Participants will explore the merits of using prototypes and simple dashboards to test ideas and validate assumptions; learn how an iterative build-measure-learn cycle can accelerate development; and consider the importance of engaging stakeholders early in the design process.
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Webinar: June 3, 2015
M.J. D’Elia and Helen Kula, co-organizers of Startup Weekend: Library Edition, will explore ‘startup thinking’ and what it means for libraries. What would it look like to run your library like a startup? This session offers five strategies, along with some practical tips to inspire you to approach your work differently. Come join the conversation.
Delivered at the Library Leaders Summit (April 28, 2015) in Washington, DC.
Session Description
How using low-tech dashboards can increase data transparency, improve staff morale, and assist with better decision making.
Alternative title: What baseball can teach us about assessment
Delivered at the Computers in Libraries Conference (April 28, 2015) Washington, DC.
Session Description
Games are everywhere, and kids are playing games at home, in school, in libraries and public places. But releasing the potential of games and gaming for learning means knowing about trends in game designs, cultures, and genres, in the context of both educational games and commercial games, to better understand how they meet the pedagogical, curriculum, and individual needs of learners. D'Elia talks about alternate reality games (ARGs), interactive social games that transcend media and tell stories using multiple platforms. Players dive down the rabbit hole to interact with fictional characters, solve problems with other players, and, ultimately, unravel the mystery. Immersive ARGs have been described as “chaotic fiction,” but what if there is a method to all of this madness? This (highly) speculative talk asks: What can ARGs teach us about the future of elearning?
Workshop delivered at Computers in Libraries 2015 (Washington, DC).
Session Description:
How can the popular tool from Business Model Generation be used to map library value? What insights or opportunities exist when we tweak one of the building blocks? This workshop helps to understand the interconnected parts of your organization and what can push people to think of different models that might be applied. Join our business thinking librarian and learn how to use business models that work for your community and create value propositions that you can sell to your stakeholders.
On the surface startups and libraries couldn’t be more different, but when you put members of these communities in the same room you get some amazing results – and that’s exactly what happened at the first ever library-themed Startup Weekend in Toronto. Come hear how startup thinking can improve libraries and how libraries can support entrepreneurial activity on your campus.
This presentations was given "Ignite Style" at the VentureWell Open conference (March 2015) in Washington, DC. It probably won't make any sense, but I thought I'd upload it anyway!
You’ve heard of the proverbial elevator pitch, right? The one where you’re riding down the elevator with your boss and you need to sell her on your great idea before you reach the lobby. It’s a high-stakes conversation that you need to be prepared for.
What do you do? What do you say? Of course, you may never find yourself in an elevator with your boss (people don’t talk in those things anyway), but we’ve all been in situations where we need to move others. Whether you are pitching an idea to colleagues, negotiating a new contract with a vendor, or just trying to convince your seven-year-old daughter to clean up her room, you’ve experienced a selling scenario. This workshop will tackle the fundamental elements of crafting a message that resonates with the audience, attracts attention, and, ultimately, inspires action.
Startup Thinking 101 for Libraries: WorkshopM.J. D'Elia
This half-day workshop covers the basic thinking behind launching a new product or service. It uses the Business Model Canvas as a starting point followed by an application of the Customer Development Framework. Helen Kula and M.J. D'Elia presented this workshop at Internet Librarian 2014 in Monterey, California. The workbook (.doc) from the session has also been added to SlideShare.
Startup Thinking 101 for Libraries: Workbook M.J. D'Elia
This document provides a number of worksheets that were used in the Startup Thinking 101 workshop at Internet Librarian 2014 in Monterey, California presented by Helen Kula and M.J. D'Elia. The slides from the session have also been added to SlideShare.
Libraries are NOT startups - we all know that; however, startups use approaches that might be worth emulating in more traditional organizations like libraries. This presentation provides a high-level summary of startup thinking, using nine key concepts with examples. Helen Kula & M.J. D'Elia delivered this talk at Internet Librarian 2014 in Monterey, California (October 27).
Creating a Culture of Innovation (in Libraries)M.J. D'Elia
My slides for a short talk on creating a culture of innovation in Libraries delivered at the ARL Membership Meeting in Washington, DC (Oct 8, 2014). Observations fall into three categories: Platforms, People and Practice - with a dash of Persistence. Note: I'm not sure if the slides will make sense on their own!
Libraries Meet Startups: An Unusual Love StoryM.J. D'Elia
A light-hearted look at my attempt to smush libraries and startup thinking together. Basically, I relate a number of stories and introduce a few experiments that I've tried at the University of Guelph Library in the past few years. Presented at the Code Meet Print Toronto Meetup on September 18, 2014.
Startup Library Full Day Workshop: OCULA Spring Conference 2013M.J. D'Elia
The Startup Library is a crash course in entrepreneurial thinking for Library Land. It is about identifying opportunities, taking smart risks, and learning by doing. This one-day workshop will engage participants in a number of activities designed to inspire, energize, and challenge. Participants will work together to identify a problem worth solving, generate potential ideas to solve that problem, strengthen their solutions, and make a final “rocket pitch” to support their best idea.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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1. Habits of Information Literacy: An Embedded Approach to Instruction OLA 2009 Jennifer Marvin, GIS Librarian Carol Perry, Government Publications Librarian M.J. D’Elia, Marketing & Consumer Studies Librarian
2. Information Literacy framework The embedded approach (case study) Considerations Information Technology People Design Implementation & Assessment Best practices Agenda 2 OLA 2009
3. Supplemental Services Generic instruction Self selected sessions, subject guides Integrated Services Customized instruction Single session directed towards course assignment Embedded Services Incorporated into the curricula From development through to assessment 1. Information Literacy Framework 3 OLA 2009
4. 2. Embedded Approach “subject-specific education programs which are developed, designed and delivered in partnership with academic teaching staff and integrated into course and unit curricula where appropriate” Learning for life: information literacy framework & syllabus. Queensland University of Technology, 2001. 4 OLA 2009
5. Embedding Examples Embedded instructor Shared responsibility for instruction Embedded project Assignment design aligned with course design Embedded technology Technical skills matched to course objectives 5 OLA 2009
6. Context MCS*2020: Information Management Required for Bachelor of Commerce 3 sections of 75 students Dual roles: Librarian and Instructor Information systems (people, information, technology) Topics: intellectual property, databases, ethics, data security, Internet, technology trends 6 OLA 2009
7. Context [cont’d] Mock corporation Students pose as employees of a grocery store Semester-long metaphor (group role-playing) Provides context for decision-making Ownership over key information issues Strategic emphasis (not operational) 7 OLA 2009
9. Debate scenarios facing the company Corporate espionage Reputation management Selling customer data Investigate technology or develop policy Biometric technology for security Employee monitoring policies Context: Assignments 9 OLA 2009
10. Context: Assignments [cont’d] Identify potential locations for expansion Collect census data Map data with a Geographic Information System Examine results Make recommendation for new location Defend decision 10 % final mark (group assignment) 10 OLA 2009
12. Why bother? Uphold professional obligation Develop information literacy competencies Broaden awareness of information Provide access to key information sources Expose users to cutting edge technology Equip students with tools for future employment Respond to user community Desire to include GIS/data into curriculum 12 OLA 2009
13. 3. Considerations Information Complexity, access, non-textual Technology Software, hardware, infrastructure People Students, faculty, librarians Design Scalability, resources, assessment 13 OLA 2009
14. Information Complexity Beyond the standard IL coverage Unique organizational structure Access Location of information Usage restrictions Non-textual Unfamiliar file formats (.ivt, .dbf, .shp….) Numbers and visualization 14 OLA 2009
18. “I think the GIS assignment was very interesting, and learning GIS concepts are definitely of value to business.” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 18 OLA 2009
19. Technology Software Steep learning curve Short time frame Availability Support Hardware & infrastructure Availability of machines and labs Reliability Troubleshooting 19 OLA 2009
20. Software Hardware and infrastructure Public computer pool Computer lab for scheduled drop-in sessions Portable media for data (USB key) 20 OLA 2009
21. “Yes, [GIS] is practical in the business world and I already can’t wait to use B2020 [software] in the future (seriously!).” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 21 OLA 2009
22. People Students Inexperience with concepts Inability to recognize value and relevance From a variety of programmes Faculty and Librarians Receptiveness to collaboration Familiarity with concepts Trust and comfort levels 22 OLA 2009
23. “At first I thought the GIS assignment was too much trouble, but it’s actually very useful and I learned that location is important to business.” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 23 OLA 2009
24. Design Scalability Randomization Delivery and support Resources Impact on staff Time constraints Technical Versatility Changing themes and updated information To be used in other contexts 24 OLA 2009
25. “I liked the GIS assignment. It was sort of tedious, but we were so happy being able to see it come together. I think it’s a great business tool and the situation we were given made it seem very purposeful.” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 25 OLA 2009
42. “Yes, GIS was awesome! Every group got to play with cool, legit computer programs for data analysis. Plus, the results looked professional.” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 28 OLA 2009
43. “The GIS was kind of cool and kind of a pain. I think it is a good skill, but then again you could always get a geography major to do it for you.” - MCS*2020 student (Fall semester 2008) 29 OLA 2009
44. 5. Best Practices Pre-test assignment design Multiple user groups Provide multiple support modes Lecture, modules, FYI’s, drop-in help Develop a plan for assessment Formal and informal Include: instructor, librarians, students Expect to refine the assignment Based on observations and feedback 30 OLA 2009
45. Ferrer-Vinent, Ignacio and Christy Carello. Embedded library instruction in a first-year biology laboratory class. Science & Technology Libraries, Vol. 28(4) 2008. Lougee, Wendy Pradt. Diffuse libraries: Emergent roles for the research library in the digital age. Council on library and Information Resources. 2002. Matthew, Victoria and Ann Schroeder. The embedded Librarian Program. Educause Quarterly Vol. 29 (4) 2006. Queensland University of Technology. Learning for Life: Information literacy framework & syllabus. 2001. OLA 2009 31 Selected Readings
Editor's Notes
JENNYOpenwith discussion about titleWant to develop habits of IL in studentsWe also want to challenge our own old habits and move beyond traditional information literacy to embed new and complex information resources and technologies.
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Refer to handout for future referenceAt Guelph our information literacy framework has 3 levels that increase in level of library involvement. Your library’s IL activities may look similar or may be a variation of this.Describe slide
JENNYThisdefinition published by Queensland University for Technology is quite succinct; it emphasizes the key elements of :Subject focusedDeveloped, designed and delivered via a partnership of teaching faculty and librarians
JENNYMust ask yourself the question of “what are you trying to embed?”In our example we embedded IL through:Describe slide
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CAROLNot the library catalogue or literature searchInformation that cannot be organized / presented in familiar waysMedical, law, government, archives, data, gisLimited hours to access and assistanceOnline access or mediated to resourcesHow much spoon feeding with provision of access to information and matching to outcomes (ie: is the purpose to teach people how to find information or how is information utilized)
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JENNYLabs, online access to information sources, access to software on computersTechnical supportNeed to provide students with skill sets in a short period of time
JENNYElaborate on our context-publicvs private machines (specialized software need to come to library)-
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MJStudents are often not narrowly focussed (pre-specialization) – they do not know enough about a particular thing, wait until they decide…. But concepts are important
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CAROLDevelopmentstages and maintenance stagesChanges in:Class numbersChange in theme and dataSupportGroup sizes
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In an embedded approach you have the luxury of assessing the experience throughout the implementation of the assignment. It becomes a very iterative processes allowing for continued improvements.
How to spin this:Assessment tool…. How to instruct students of importanceNeed to have this awareness that would allow you to delegate this role later in your employment.
Richness of feedback in the embedded model that you do not get in other methods