ALCTS event: 2013 ALCTS Midwinter Symposium
Coming Soon to Midwinter in Seattle - 2013 ALCTS Midwinter Symposium!
Friday, January 25, 2013, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Washington State Convention Center – The Conference Center (WSCC-TCC)
Rooms 301-302
Seattle, WA
Libraries and Online Learning: A Powerful Partnership
Libraries and learners have long been engaged in a successful partnership. Never
has this partnership been more important or wide-ranging than in today's online
environment. From local public libraries to national and transnational digital
public libraries, from primary schools to research universities, libraries
increasingly provide for learners' virtual educational experiences. In this
symposium attendees will learn to foster the strategic relationships possible
between libraries and online learners.
8:00-8:25 Registration
8:25-8:30 Welcome
8:30-9:30
Speaker: Mike Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus & Professor, University of Washington,
Information School
Title: Online Learning and Libraries
Abstract: Based on research and over 15 years’ experience in online teaching,
learning, and program planning, Mike will offer an overview of online learning
approaches (synchronous, asynchronous, video, online, virtual), instructional
strategies and tactics in online environments, and the roles, challenges, and
opportunities for libraries and librarians.
9:30-10:20
Speaker: Karl Nelson, Director of the Digital Learning Department, Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington
Title: Online learning in K-12 education
Abstract: Nelson will look at the role libraries and librarians play in K-12
online learning and will provide an overview of an online learning activity in K-12.
10:20-10:35 Break
10:35-11:25
Speaker: Meredith Farkas, Head of Instructional Services, Portland State University
Title: Embedding the Library into the Online Learning Experience in Higher Education
Abstract: In spite of libraries' significant online collections and services,
online students can often feel quite distant from the library. With online
courseware essentially acting as an online student's campus, libraries need to
develop a strong presence in online courseware as well as in the online courses
themselves. Farkas will explore ways to embed library services, collections and
instruction into students' learning experiences and points-of-need online.
Potentials and pitfalls as well as the sustainability of different approaches
will be discussed.
11:25-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00
Speaker: Félix Reyes, Public Instruction Specialist, King County Library System
Title: Services Strategy for Multifaceted Public Instruction
Abstract: The King County Library System Services Strategy is an opportunity for
integrated learning in public libraries. Through multifaceted public
instruction, KCLS provides an engaging and encouraging learning ecosystem for
patrons to explore and learn; in-library, off-site and online.
2:00-3:30
Hands on activity: Online learning program development (Felix Reyes)
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:40
Speaker: Jonathan Grudin, Principal Researcher, Natural Interaction Group,
Microsoft Research
Title: “I’m not sure where we’re going, but push the accelerator pedal to the
floor.”
Abstract: He will discuss shifts in the skills required of students and workers
in heavily digital environments and implications for those in support roles. He
also has thoughts about opportunities as well as challenges for archiving
potentially useful information based on observations from efforts to explore
computer science history.
Speaker biographies:
Dr. Mike Eisenberg is the founding dean of the Information School at the
University of Washington, serving from 1998 to 2006. Known as an innovator and
entrepreneur, Mike approached the iSchool as a startup—transforming the school
into a broad-based information school with academic programs on all levels
(bachelors through doctorate), increasing enrollment 400%, generating millions
in funded research, and making a difference in industry, the public sector, and
education on all levels.
Mike’s current work focuses on information & technology literacy, virtual
worlds, and library information and technology programs, K-20. Mike is co-author
of the “Big6 approach to information problem-solving” – the most widely used
information literacy program in the world. Mike is a prolific author (9 books
and dozens of articles and papers) and has worked with thousands of
students—pre-K through higher education—as well as people in business,
government, and communities to improve individual and organizational information
and technology access and use. Mike particularly enjoys working with
undergraduate students, introducing them to the opportunities and challenges of
the information field.
Karl Nelson is the Director of the Digital Learning Department for the
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Prior to that,
he was the Director of Technology and Operations for the Digital Learning
Commons, a non-profit focused on providing digital resources and online courses
to K-12 schools. Karl has a Master’s of Science in Information Management from
the University of Washington Information School.
Meredith Farkas is the Head of Instructional Services at Portland State
University and a lecturer at San Jose State University's School of Library and
Information Science. She previously worked in positions related to supporting
online learners and instructional innovation at Norwich University in Vermont.
Meredith is the author of the book Social Software in Libraries: Building
Collaboration, Communication and Community Online (Information Today, 2007) and
writes the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. She
was honored in 2008 and 2011 with the WISE Excellence in Online Education Award
and in 2009 with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in
Library and Information Technology. Her research interests include change
leadership and management, assessment of student learning, and the impact of
social technologies on scholarship and pedagogy.
Félix Reyes is the Public Instruction Specialist in the Virtual Library Services
department at the King County Library System in Washington State. He has worked
for KCLS since 2007; previously as Library Technical Assistant and then Public
Computer Instructor. Prior to KCLS he worked in bilingual-bicultural education,
and Spanish-English interpretation, translation and localization. Currently, he
is obtaining a certificate in technical writing to apply to instructional design
and pursues his interest in music and writing.
Jonathan Grudin is a principal researcher at Microsoft and an affiliate
professor at the University of Washington Information School. Prior to joining
Microsoft’s Collaboration and Educational Technology group in 1998, he was
Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of California,
Irvine. He worked designing and assessing streaming media prototype systems for
several years, then shifted to focus on enterprise adoption (or lack thereof) of
new communication technologies—blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and so on.
He has been active in the Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Supported
Cooperative Work fields since their inceptions. He served six years on the
National Academy of Sciences Board on Human-Systems Integration, was Editor in
Chief of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, and co-chaired
iConference 2011. Recent publications include a chapter in the final volume of
the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology and a forthcoming
article in The Information Society.
Registration is through the ALA Midwinter registration form and is $219 for
ALCTS members, $269 for ALA members, and just $99 for students and retired members.
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.
Received on Wed Nov 14 2012 - 03:02:04 EST