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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. The pivotal moment of his career happened when he was teaching at Hannam University in South Korea in 2003 surrounded by the papers of 275 writing students and wondering if he had them all. Log in at [link].

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Webinar Tomorrow + Additional Speakers - "Responding to an Active Shooter in the Library"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

TOPIC: "Responding to an Active Shooter in the Library: Protecting Patrons and Staff From a Rare But Catastrophic Event." DESCRIPTION: Recent mass shootings in public places should remind all library leaders and their staffs to review their emergency response plans to this disturbing event. Our first Webinar in a special Library 2.0

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sponsored with ALA’s “Libraries Transform: The Expert in the Library” Campaign [link] and [link] this event will allow participants to interact with experts in the field to identify expectations and develop competency sets and best practices from the field, LIS education. This is a free event, being held online. and at the Library 2.0

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Library 2.017: EXPERTISE, COMPETENCIES, AND CAREERS

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This event is being organized in partnership with the American Library Association and will feature ALA president Julie Todaro as moderator for the opening panel and the closing keynote speaker. This is a free event, being held online. network to be kept updated on this and future events. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

Workshop and other in-service events are magnified by collaborative, shared-experiences. Pursuing a “sense of success”: New teachers explain their career decisions, American Educational Research Journal 40 (3) (2003), pp. New York: Free, 2003. Image Credit: Chris Stein, a superstar Teacher, and illustrator Extraordinaire!

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Final Schedule - Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This event is being organized in partnership with the American Library Association and will feature ALA president Dr. Julie Beth Todaro as moderator for the opening panel and the closing keynote speaker, with Dr. Melissa Fraser-Arnott, MLIS, PhD., network to be kept updated on this and future events. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Needing students, Appalachian colleges reach out to fast-growing Hispanic population

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of students in kindergarten through 12 th grade nationwide that is Hispanic has increased to 25 percent from 19 percent since 2003, while the black, non-Hispanic population has dropped to 16 percent, and the white, non-Hispanic population, to 50 percent from 59 percent. This small city of 9,000 is in transformation.

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