This document discusses setting up a "Teaching the Teachers" digital brown bag series at Oregon Institute of Technology to provide training sessions for staff and faculty on various topics. The sessions would be held concurrently in-person and online, and also recorded for those unable to attend live. Free or low-cost web conferencing tools like Dim Dim or Elluminate would allow participation from remote locations. Sample topics covered include copyright, using library resources, evaluating online information, and research tools. The goals are to address training needs for a geographically dispersed university and create an engaging experience for both in-person and remote attendees.

1. Teaching the TeachersTeaching the Teachers
A digital brown bag series atA digital brown bag series at
Oregon Institute of TechnologyOregon Institute of Technology

2. The IssuesThe Issues
• Staff and faculty are missing information
that could help them in teaching their
classes
• OIT has campus spread throughout the
region and DE students and faculty across
the country
• Not everyone can make it at the same
time

3. The IdeaThe Idea
To have concurrent in-
person/online/recorded sessions on
various topics

4. Huh?Huh?

5. The Idea - part 2The Idea - part 2
• To provide sessions online and in-person
• To record the session for people who
could not attend the live presentation
• To provide instruction on advanced topics
• To provide instruction for instructors

6. Media AvailableMedia Available
• Dim Dim - free
• Elluminate – Subscription available
through our DE office
• Similar products:
– Wimba
– Opal (ALA’s web conferenceing software)
– Activate
– Many others

7. • No install needed
• Open source
• Free up to 20 people
• PPT, PDF, and desktop sharing
• Widgets
• Recordings available
• Interactive whiteboard
http://www.dimdim.com/

8. • Available through DE office – free to the
library
• Support on site (for main campus only)
• Live and recorded available
• Desktop sharing
• Video options
• Interactive board and live chat
http://www.elluminate.com/

9. How to moderate an elluminate session
Creating a session:
Go to http://elm.elluminate.com/OREGONINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY and logon in
the upper right corner:
Once you logon under the search box there will be a link to . Select
that link to set up your session. The next screen will look like this:
You will be able to select a title and date/times for your presentation. Other options are
the amount of time to set up (early access) – the default is 15 minutes. Select create in the
lower right corner when you have entered all the information.
The next screen will look like this:

10. How It WorksHow It Works
• The 3rd
Thursday of every month there is a
session (academic year)
• Each librarian picks a topic/ month
• Sessions are advertised to the whole university
for 1 - 2 weeks prior
• In person session is held in the main library
classroom
• Webpage is provided with a link for everyone
else

11. The TopicsThe Topics
• Creative Commons Copyright
• Using Summit and ILL
• Evaluating info on the web
• Organizing research
• Searching the Deep Web
• Open Source Research tools
• Millennial Information searching behaviors

12. Getting a Creative CommonsGetting a Creative Commons
LicenseLicense
• Fill out this worksheet to determine type
and receive html code to publish with the
work http://creativecommons.org/choose/
• Some collaborative sites offer creative
commons options to their users, such as
http://www.flickr.com/

13. No full-text; Not
owned by OIT
Search for Article
Full-text from
database
Get Directly
No full-text; Owned
by OIT
Get at Library

14. The WebsiteThe Website
• Technical info
• Schedule
• Links to archived sessions
• Clickable slideshows of past sessions (via
slideshare.com)
http://www.oit.edu/libraries/brownbag

17. • Post ppt files
• Post audio
• Embed in web pages
• Downloadable
• Share with others
• Comment on slideshows
http://www.slideshare.net/

18. Steps to doing it at your librarySteps to doing it at your library
• Identify your audience
• Pick your topics
• Pick your platform
• Train the trainers
• Advertise, advertise, advertise
• Follow up with the audience

19. TrialsTrials
• Getting everyone acquainted with the
software
• Getting people to commit to a month/ topic
• Advertising to a specific audience
• Getting the recordings posted and
available for playback

20. Good things that happenGood things that happen
• All librarians, faculty and staff can
participate no matter their location
• Building a better DE community
• Recordings can be used as tutorials
• More familiar with the technologies used

21. TipsTips
• Remember you are teaching teachers and
trainers, not their students
• Poll the audience before during and after
• Have interactive sections that will engage
in-person and distance participants
• Remember to hit the record button

22. Your Thoughts?Your Thoughts?