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31 juillet 2015

Building Knowledge Together: Interactive Course Exhibits as Project-Based Learning

By Brian Mathews. A program I’m proud of at Virginia Tech is something we call Course Exhibits. The philosophy behind it is that there are all these great conversations happening behind the closed doors of the classroom—what if we could make that public. More...

31 juillet 2015

Two UX Tables

By Brian Mathews. This first one was assembled by Paul who is now the Director of Academic Technology in the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning at Stanford. The term “user experience” was being used to mean a lot of different things and so we tried to shape the context a little. More...

31 juillet 2015

Lost in the Stacks: the research-library rock’n’roll radio show

By Brian Mathews. I’ve been a long time fan of Lost in the Stacks – a weekly radio show out of Georgia Tech. I had a chance to catch up with Charlie Bennett (Undergraduate Programming & Engagement Librarian) and Ameet Doshi (Director, Service Experience & Program Design) about the show and how it has progressed since launching in 2010. More...

31 juillet 2015

Meditation & Data: toward greater well-being

By Brian Mathews. I recently returned to Apple with an iPhone 6. It included the Heath App, which I had not seen before. It’s basically a pedometer although it has other features as well. I was curious about how far (or actually how little) I walked each day. More...

31 juillet 2015

The Winnower: a “radical” publishing platform that encourages debate. Interview with Josh Nicholson

By Brian Mathews. I discovered The Winnower at an open access event at Virginia Tech several years ago. Josh Nicholson, a PhD candidate at the time, was on a panel session discussing the merits of OA. He recently earned his degree (cell biology) and is focused on building a publishing platform. More...

31 juillet 2015

The Library Renewal @ Georgia Tech. Interview with Ameet Doshi

By Brian Mathews. Here is an interview with Ameet Doshi, Director, Service Experience & Program Design. He talks about moving the collection off-campus and the new types of spaces and services they are developing. It’s a very ambitious plan and I would expect nothing less from that library. More...

31 juillet 2015

Hip Hop Librarian Spins Info Lit. An Interview With Craig Arthur

By Brian Mathews. Earlier I wrote about Carrie Donovan’s Keynote at the The Innovative Library Classroom Conference. There was another presentation that I found inspiring: Can You Kick It?  Bringing Hip Hop Pedagogy To The Library Classroom by Craig Arthur, Instruction Librarian at Radford University. More...

31 juillet 2015

NLRB Official Blocks Unionization of New School’s Graduate-Student Employees

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/Ticker%20revised%20round%2045.gifBy . A regional official of the National Labor Relations Board has held that New School students who work as graduate teaching or research assistants are ineligible to unionize as employees. More...

31 juillet 2015

Consumer Watchdog Highlights Military Borrowers’ Problems With Loan Servicers

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/Ticker%20revised%20round%2045.gifBy . A report released on Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau highlights continuing problems that military borrowers face when interacting with student-loan servicers. More...

31 juillet 2015

Education Dept. Takes Steps to Ease Repayment for Student-Loan Borrowers

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/Ticker%20revised%20round%2045.gifBy . With student debt playing a prominent role in the 2016 presidential campaign, the Obama administration is taking several steps to ease borrowers’ repayment burdens. More...

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