The WGIL Room

Monthly(-ish) podcast on library instruction, information literacy and emerging technology.

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Episodes

Episode 16: MOOCs and Open Education

Carleen, Dana and Mark try to dissemble and make sense of MOOCs and open education and the possible role(s) of libraries in that movement. Download Episode 16 (mp3: 57:20) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: A New Culture of Learning (book) Q&A With The Authors of A New Culture of Learning ARL Issue Brief: Massive Open Online Courses: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries MOOCs and the Future of the University MOOCs: What role do they have in higher education? The Yea...

Nov 30, 2012

Episode 15: IL Standards

The regular crew goes in-depth with information literacy standards. They declare the ACRL standards dead and look at other possible models for SUNYLA and how collaborating with the K-12 community in these efforts is needed. Download episode 15 (mp3: 49:52 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards The Seven Pillars of Information Literacy Quick Overview diagram layout The Big Six Skills overview UNESCO/IFLA joint Information Literacy st...

Jul 12, 2012

Episode 14: Live at SUNYLA 2012

Carleen, Dana and Mark are joined by Emerging Technologies Librarian Ken Fugiuchi of Buffalo State to discuss happenings at the 2012 SUNYLA Annual Conference, as well as issues on mobile technologies and much more. The audio levels are a little low so you may need to turn up your volume a bit to hear us (after the intro music, so you don't blow out your eardrums :-) Download episode 14 (mp3: 49:36 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: SUNYLA 2012 Presentations Pew Research hub:...

Jun 27, 2012

13: The Horizon Report

This month Carleen, Dana and Mark dissect the newly released NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education ; discussing some of it's issues, obstacles and emerging technologies, and the possible implications for libraryland. Download episode 13 (59 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast notes: NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education Gamification Dynamics: Identity and Story Learning Conversations in World of Warcraft Learning and Knowledge Analytics (George Siemens site) Marc Prensky's writi...

Feb 29, 2012

WGIL Room 12: Invasion of the Blogs!!!

via Flickr CC by cambodia4kidsorg Blogs and more blogs! The regular crew shares their fave blogs and contemplates changes that have undergone the blogosphere generally, and in instructional contexts, in recent years. A side quest in search of effective screencast tutorials is taken. Download episode 12 : (mp3: 49 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Carleen's fave blogs: ACRLog Lauren's Library blog Information Wants to be Free Attempting Elegance Dana's fave blogs: In the Lib...

Jan 26, 2012

WGIL Room 11: Late Reflections, Early Predictions and the Collaborative Effect

Our regular crew of Carleen, Dana and Mark don their New Year's hats and sound makers and reflect on the year past and prognosticate on the coming year in the library instruction world. Topics include co-habitation with a writing center, open access and open learning, and faculty-librarian collaboration. Download episode 11 : (mp3: 72 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: SUNY Empire State College Vision 2025 (focuses on Open Education) SUNY Central pushes shared president deci...

Jan 11, 2012

WGIL Room 10: Got the One-Shot Assessment Blues

Dana, Mark and Dunstan talk one-shot and Gen Ed assessments: experiments, shortcomings, follow-ups and existential musings about the utility of one-shot data. Download episode 10 : (mp3: 56 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Mark's Annotated Bibliography Assessment Rubric SUNY General Education Student Learning Outcomes (Info Mgt and Critical Thinking req's are at bottom of list) RAILS (Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) LibQUAL+ SUNY Delhi Gen Ed Campus-Based...

Nov 17, 2011

Episode 7: SUNYLA Annual Conference Confab

Better late than never! I apologize, especially to the participants about the lateness of getting this podcast up. It was recorded in June, but took me into July to post it. A small group of instruction librarians gathered one evening during the recent SUNYLA Annual Conference (several weeks ago) in SUNY Plattsburgh to discuss any and all things conference-y or instruction-y. I started the recording in mid-discussion, so please forgive the confusing start. A more formal introduction is buried a ...

Jul 08, 2011

Episode 6: Pride and Ownership

Wherein special guest Stacy Pratt, English professor at SUNY Jefferson Community College talks to us about working with her JCC librarians and several innovative assignments she's designed to equip her English students with research skills, and give them a sense of pride and ownership over their work (I apologize that my own mic is so hard to hear; not sure what happened - DL) Download Episode 6 (mp3: 55.00 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Using Wikipedia as a teaching too...

May 17, 2011

Episode 5: Doing the Literacy Wiggle

Wherein we discuss recent conferences (3 T's, ACRL, CiL) and dig our way into and among literacy landscapes. We scour the topic with a metal detector, trying to unearth mysteries and problems behind various issues like critical thinking, reflective learning, open learning and the transition from high school to college and the relationship/impact of technology on all of them. Download Episode 5 (mp3: 55.00 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: The Transliteracy Debate Carleen's ...

Apr 15, 2011

Episode 4: LILAC in Winter (our 1st guests!)

In this episode we welcome our very first esteemed guests, Michelle Costello and Kim Davies Hoffman , from SUNY Geneseo. We talk about instruction librarian professional development and their ACRL award winning Library Instruction Leadership Academy (LILAC) and other projects they have worked on. Download Episode 4 (mp3: 60.02 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Library Instruction Leadership Academy (LILAC) 2011 ACRL Instruction Section (IS) Innovation Award announcement The...

Mar 08, 2011

Episode 3: Adaptability and Delicious Sunsets

In this 3rd attempt at Episode 3 (yes, I managed to mess up the recording twice!), we discuss issues of online tools that go away, such as the now old news of Delicious and Google Wave. Issues of evaluating and adopting technology tools, adapting to the fast rates of change, backing up cloud-stored data, and some upcoming conferences are touched on. Download Episode 3 (mp3: 48.18 min) or listen to the streaming version: Podcast Notes: Delicious Going Away News [TechCrunch] Flickr rumors [NY Time...

Feb 08, 2011

Episode 2: Information Literacy, Assessment and "Catalogs Say the Darndest Things"

Episode 2: Where we discuss all things assessment, teaching those darn catalogs, and much more! Download: WGIL Room Episode 2 : Information Literacy, Assessment and "Catalogs Say the Darndest Things" (mp3, 63 min) or listen to a streaming version: Podcast Notes: Adventures in Library Instruction podcast ACRL Immersion programs Debra Gilchrist's 5 Questions (on assessment, pronounced "Gil-crist" I'm pretty certain, despite how I mispronounce it in the podcast) Assessment-as-Learning (brief summar...

Oct 29, 2010

Episode 1: E-Readers, E-Textbooks: Where are we headed? "We Have No Idea"

Welcome to our first humble podcast! We will, for now (and due to time constraints), let our words speak for us. We are a work in progress (e.g., my crude audio editing skills!) but promise to improve as we go along. Take a listen and let us know what you think in the comments! Download: WGIL Room, Episode 1 : E-Readers, E-Textbooks: Where are we headed? "We Have No Idea" (mp3, 1:07:40) or listen to a streaming version: NEW! Listen to us via iTunes Podcast Notes: Buffalo State Lib 300 Classroom ...

Sep 07, 2010

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