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PA Forward Information Literacy Summit 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 by jjm38

Rapid Prototyping Active Learning: Aligning Your Favorite Teaching within the Framework My presentation, worksheet , and examples are available as PDF files Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework Ellysa Cahoy’s Threshold Concepts in Plain English http://bit.ly/1gbiY3g John’s Online … Continue reading →

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The future of academic libraries (my sabbatical update#1)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by jjm38

I had been told that keeping a journal during sabbatical leave can be helpful, and some of my colleagues have great examples. However, I found that my notes are much more task oriented: 1/7/2015 – COINS submitted, begin list of … Continue reading →

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Through the past, brightly. Part 2

Posted on March 8, 2013 by jjm38

This post continues Part 1 of my reflection on a recent shadowing experience at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.The second half of my day was spent focusing on library services directed at the Colleges of Engineering and Computer Science. This was… Continue reading →

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Through the past, brightly. Part 1

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jjm38

12 years after being a student at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), I returned to visit as an academic librarian. While at CMU I studied Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), which is based in the venerable Hamerschlag Hall. On the early… Continue reading →

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Are we all mobile?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by jjm38

Recently I explored the policies of PSU for the details on employer provided mobile phones, including smartphones with data. Two of the key criteria jumped out at me as a librarian:Employee supports…programs, services or systems that necessitate frequent and immediate… Continue reading →

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reading Reflective Learning, Effective Teaching

Posted on May 16, 2012 by jjm38

I have decided to blog my activities and reflections while reading Char Booth’s Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Partially to keep with the theme of the book and also so I don’t write in this… Continue reading →

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Reflections on Teaching with Technology

Posted on May 2, 2012 by jjm38

I have created an online teaching portfolio as part of the Penn State Teaching with Technology certificate program. In additional to serving as a record of my teaching, it also has example documents and learning objects I have created as… Continue reading →

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Easy Research

Posted on March 9, 2012 by jjm38

I have been tortured by the need to find ways radically change some of the ways librarians as researchers handle research, authorship, peer-review, and publication. As information professional we should be innovating in these areas and yet at least tenure-track… Continue reading →

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January 2011 C&RL – Comments and thoughts a long time coming

Posted on March 8, 2012 by jjm38

Yeah, so this entry has been “A Long Time Coming”, but I am using Penn State’s spring break 2012 to catch up on research and that means reading (though soon I may rant about that “practice of information literacy”)Guest… Continue reading →

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Reframing Academic Leadership (first 100 pages)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by jjm38

These are some thoughts about a book I am reading for the Penn State Library Leaders group. The book Reframing Academic Leadership by Bolman and Gallos is relatively short and focuses on the dissection of higher education leadership using a… Continue reading →

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