Carleen, Dana and Mark try to dissemble and make sense of MOOCs and open education and the possible role(s) of libraries in that movement. Download Episode 16 (mp3: 57:20) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: A New Culture of Learning (book) Q&A With The Authors of A New Culture of Learning ARL Issue Brief: Massive Open Online Courses…

The regular crew goes in-depth with information literacy standards. They declare the ACRL standards dead and look at other possible models for SUNYLA and how collaborating with the K-12 community in these efforts is needed. Download episode 15 (mp3: 49:52 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: ACRL Information Literacy Competency S…

Carleen, Dana and Mark are joined by Emerging Technologies Librarian Ken Fugiuchi of Buffalo State to discuss happenings at the 2012 SUNYLA Annual Conference, as well as issues on mobile technologies and much more. The audio levels are a little low so you may need to turn up your volume a bit to hear us (after the intro music, so you don't blow out…

This month Carleen, Dana and Mark dissect the newly released NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education; discussing some of it's issues, obstacles and emerging technologies, and the possible implications for libraryland. Download episode 13 (59 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast notes: NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education Gamification…

via Flickr CC by cambodia4kidsorg Blogs and more blogs! The regular crew shares their fave blogs and contemplates changes that have undergone the blogosphere generally, and in instructional contexts, in recent years. A side quest in search of effective screencast tutorials is taken. Download episode 12: (mp3: 49 min) or listen to the streaming vers…

Our regular crew of Carleen, Dana and Mark don their New Year's hats and sound makers and reflect on the year past and prognosticate on the coming year in the library instruction world. Topics include co-habitation with a writing center, open access and open learning, and faculty-librarian collaboration. Download episode 11: (mp3: 72 min) or listen…

Dana, Mark and Dunstan talk one-shot and Gen Ed assessments: experiments, shortcomings, follow-ups and existential musings about the utility of one-shot data. Download episode 10: (mp3: 56 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Mark's Annotated Bibliography Assessment Rubric SUNY General Education Student Learning Outcomes (Info Mg…

Better late than never! I apologize, especially to the participants about the lateness of getting this podcast up. It was recorded in June, but took me into July to post it. A small group of instruction librarians gathered one evening during the recent SUNYLA Annual Conference (several weeks ago) in SUNY Plattsburgh to discuss any and all things co…

Wherein special guest Stacy Pratt, English professor at SUNY Jefferson Community College talks to us about working with her JCC librarians and several innovative assignments she's designed to equip her English students with research skills, and give them a sense of pride and ownership over their work (I apologize that my own mic is so hard to hear;…

Wherein we discuss recent conferences (3 T's, ACRL, CiL) and dig our way into and among literacy landscapes. We scour the topic with a metal detector, trying to unearth mysteries and problems behind various issues like critical thinking, reflective learning, open learning and the transition from high school to college and the relationship/impact of…

In this episode we welcome our very first esteemed guests, Michelle Costello and Kim Davies Hoffman, from SUNY Geneseo. We talk about instruction librarian professional development and their ACRL award winning Library Instruction Leadership Academy (LILAC) and other projects they have worked on. Download Episode 4 (mp3: 60.02 min) or listen to the …

In this 3rd attempt at Episode 3 (yes, I managed to mess up the recording twice!), we discuss issues of online tools that go away, such as the now old news of Delicious and Google Wave. Issues of evaluating and adopting technology tools, adapting to the fast rates of change, backing up cloud-stored data, and some upcoming conferences are touched on…

Episode 2: Where we discuss all things assessment, teaching those darn catalogs, and much more! Download: WGIL Room Episode 2: Information Literacy, Assessment and "Catalogs Say the Darndest Things" (mp3, 63 min) or listen to a streaming version: Podcast Notes: Adventures in Library Instruction podcast ACRL Immersion programs Debra Gilchrist's 5 Qu…

Welcome to our first humble podcast! We will, for now (and due to time constraints), let our words speak for us. We are a work in progress (e.g., my crude audio editing skills!) but promise to improve as we go along. Take a listen and let us know what you think in the comments! Download: WGIL Room, Episode 1: E-Readers, E-Textbooks: Where are we he…