By Barbara Fister. I’ve been doing some historical research lately – actually, just looking back at some documents from a decade or two ago, but it feels like visiting another time. How very different libraries were in 1997 or 2003. Read more...
By Barbara Fister. It’s mother’s day as I write this, and I’m thinking about the week ahead in the library. At this time of year the reference desk is where you ask “how do I cite this comment on a YouTube video in Chicago Style?” Earlier we began to think the students thought we were a nerdy form of hotel concierge, there to help them locate books in the stacks. Read more...
By Barbara Fister. Maybe it’s because of my liberal education in a college of arts and sciences. Maybe it’s just the way my brain is wired. I’m always looking for connections, and this often happens when scrolling through Twitter. Today two items collided with a third. Read more...
By Barbara Fister. There’s a new report out from the Association of College and Research Libraries summarizing the findings of the second year of a project called Assessment in Action, an ambitious attempt involving over 200 institutions to see how libraries contribute to student learning and how we can measure that contribution. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. Last week, I frequently found myself wishing that I was fluent in Arabic. Being fluent only in English and conversational in Spanish, most of my communication while volunteering at refugee camps in northern Greece was a mix of hand gestures, a few random English-based conversations, and a lot of digital translation aided by two apps on my aging iPhone 5. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. That was the sub-head for an article in Times Higher Education (THE) last month that asked the question "Is Snapchat the new Twitter on campus?" As you might expect, the piece generated a lot of social media traffic...on Twitter. However, it's important to read through the entire piece with a critically aware attitude. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. With so many channels to choose from, you would think that people (and their organizations) would maintain a sharp focus on strategy, outcomes, and goals. However, due to the distributed nature of social media, there's been a tendency for dilution. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. People are always asking about what to do when a leader who is active on social media leaves their organization. Read more...
By Steven Mintz. One concept that higher education should borrow from K-12 educators is differentiated instruction. This is the notion – rooted in the one-room schoolhouse – that multiple forms of learning can take place simultaneously in a single classroom. Read more...
By Kenneth C. Green. Two weeks ago some 3,500 educators, education entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate executives, plus officials from government agencies and non-profit organizations, gathered in San Diego for the seventh annual ASU GSV Innovation Summit. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
