Professional Development Opportunities
ACRL e-Learning
Register now for summer 2010 e-learning opportunities from ACRL. Stretch your professional development budget by registering now for these affordable distance learning courses and events.
For more information on each course, including a link to online registration and registration fees, please visit the course page by clicking the course title. Space is limited, so register now to reserve your seat. Group rates are available for live Webcasts. Registration for all online seminars and Webcasts qualifies for the new Frequent Learner Program. Register for three, get one free.
Complete details are available on the ACRL e-Learning Web site. For more information about ACRL e-Learning opportunities, contact Margot Conahan at (312) 280-2522 or mconahan@ala.org
ACRL Online Seminars (multi-week, delivered through Moodle)
Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0 Features (May 3-28, 2010)
In this four week hands-on course we will overview of the state-of-the-art of online teaching and learning technology and its applications. We will review the use of teaching materials created with multi-media plug-ins and classroom communications tools and specifically the Moodle LMS.
Libraries and Student Affairs: Collaborating to Support Holistic Student Development (May 24-June 18, 2010)
Through collaboration with student affairs professionals, librarians can build on ways that students already use the library in order to contribute to the holistic development of students and create a robust campus environment for learning.
Electronic Collection Development for the Academic e-Library (May 31-July 2, 2010)
In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice.
Introduction to Website Usability (July 12-30, 2010)
For very little investment in staff hours and training you can reap tremendous benefits by connecting with the users of your library website and web based applications through usability testing. This three-week course is designed for the librarian or library IT staff person who is interested in setting up a usability program but doesn’t know where to begin.
Know Your Users: Employing Ethnographic Methods in User Needs Research and Library Assessment (August 2-20, 2010)
In this ACRL e-Learning course, discover how to collect and analyze ethnographic data, how to leverage data to make service changes that meet users’ needs, and how to use these techniques to gain a more complete understanding of students’ instructional and curricular requirements.
ACRL Live Webcasts (one to two hours, delivered through online classroom)
Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same location.
New Thinking for Your Information Literacy Initiative Webcast Series Webcast #1: Design Thinking Your Way to Information Literacy Innovation (May 25, 2010)
In this first segment of the three-part series, the presenters will discuss the idea of the mystery of library instruction and how it led to the vast acceptance of information literacy in higher education. This segment will then examine design thinking as a process for confronting difficult problems and achieving better solutions. Learn about the five-step design thinking process and find out how to apply it in their practice.
New Thinking for Your Information Literacy Initiative Webcast Series Webcast #2: Promoting Information Literacy through a Better Designed Learning User Experience (June 10, 2010)
In this second segment of the webcast series, learn about key concepts that may be used to design better user experiences at your library. Attendees will learn how design thinking, rooted in the methods designers use to find problems and identify appropriate solutions, may be used to create user experiences that deliver meaning to individuals.
New Thinking for Your Information Literacy Initiative Webcast Series Webcast #3: The Blended Librarian’s Approach to Rethinking Instruction and Redesigning the Information Literacy Initiative (July 8, 2010)
In the third and final segment, the presenters will discuss blended librarianship and how adopting its principles can allow librarians to innovate and enhance their information literacy efforts/initiatives. By incorporating instructional design and technology skills into traditional librarianship skills, academic librarians are better positioned to integrate themselves into the teaching and learning process.
Marketing Ideas That Work in Academic Libraries: Pecha Kucha Presentations (July 13, 2010)
This webcast, offered by ACRL's Marketing Academic and Research Libraries Committee, will provide basic hands-on marketing strategies for academic librarians. Learn about practical ways to market your library and hear from academic librarians who have won national marketing awards.
Check In with Location Based Mobile Services: Foursquare and Libraries (July 20, 2010)
People everywhere are “checking in” using Foursquare and other location-based social networks from their mobile phones. Explore this trend of geo-based mobile/social gaming and its impacts on libraries, information engagement, and learning in this ACRL Webcast.
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