Photos from 127 Dwinelle, the Active Learning Classroom
Whether you were able to make it to the 127 Dwinelle tour last month or not, you may be interested in viewing some pictures of the classroom, courtesy of Brenda Farmer (ETS). more »
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At the IDP event on March 14, Brenda Farmer, ETS Senior Learning Environment Designer, introduced us to the Active Learning Classroom "Test Kitchen" in 127 Dwinelle. The room has freely configurable seating; four monitors capable of showing two differen… more »
Course guide best practices, part 2
1. Guide usability Hintz, K., Farrar, P., Eshgi, S., et al. (2010). Letting students take the lead: A user-centred approach to evaluating subject guides. Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice, 5(4), 39-52.?Respondents to the student questio… more »
"Why you shouldn't try and be natural" when presenting
According to my favorite presentation guru, Olivia Mitchell, attempting to be natural when presenting is a big mistake. Here's from her recent email: It's common public speaking advice to say "be natural". But this is not helpful. Yes, your audience… more »
A paradigm shift in thinking about sources
I often read Steven Francoeur's Digital Reference blog, and I really appreciated his recent post about Joseph Bizup's article titled ?BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing.? To quote Stephen,
"Arguing convincingly that the… more »
