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Starting my 2022 Georgetown University ed tech seminar

Bryan Alexander

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. It’s a master’s degree course for Georgetown University’s excellent Learning, Design, and Technology program. In this post, I’d like to share some course materials and my thinking behind it. These seminars are mostly discussion based.

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The Humanities May Be Declining at Universities — But They’re Thriving on Zoom

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It sounds at first like an ambitious book club—except for the fact that many of these seminars are organized and led by college professors, some so eager to participate that they do it for free. Although some of their seminars are intended as what Hitz calls a “friendly supplement” to college curricula, others are more openly antagonistic.

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‘Why Am I Just Learning About This?’ In New College Board Offering, Students Explore the African Diaspora

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Those are some of the emotions Mario Herrera’s high school students experienced as they learned about the African diaspora, as part of a two-year pilot for the College Board’s new curriculum on the subject. Why am I just learning about this?’ And that tends to draw out a lot of indignation, exasperation and “wows,” Herrera says. “‘Why

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Annual All-Access Passes for "The Safe Library" Webinar Series & Recordings by Dr. Steve Albrecht

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Steve Albrecht, in addition to his regular blog posts, podcast recordings, and author interviews for Library 2.0 , hosts one or two paid webinars a month on the topics of library service, safety, and security. Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0 Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0 Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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AI and Libraries Mini-Conference in Just One Week: Schedule Now Posted | 23 Sessions!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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October 10th Library Training Day Special - "Service, Safety, and Security" Discounted Group Showing Rates

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a great program and can be managed, for groups that prefer, through Niche Academy as well as at Library 2.0. Significant group discounts are available that allow a certain number, or all, of your staff to watch any of his training videos at any time during the year. For more information email admin@library20.com

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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching

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Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person. Learning design is a discipline,” she says. I never delivered a lecture in real time on Zoom.

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