2024 Symposium Schedule & Program

Schedule

December 3rd, 2024 (10:15 - 16:20 EST)

10:15 - 10:30: Opening Remarks

Welcome and introduction to the conference

10:30 - 11:30: Lightning Talks

1. Enhancing E-Learning Accessibility for Architecture Students with Visual Disabilities, Amy Dye-Reeves

2. Making Space Online: A Star Guide to Deep Accessibility, RJ Dill

3. Using Lightboard Technology to Create Educational Videos, Fiona Kovacaj, Michelle Schwartz & Cecile Farnum

11:30 - 11:45: Break

11:45 - 12:45: Workshop

Going Beyond Captions: Creating Accessible Instructional Videos, Melissa Wong

12:45 - 13:45: Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:00: Lightning Talks

1. The Perceived Value of Open Educational Resources (OER) by Francophone Linguistic Minority Students, Michelle Brown

2. From Data to Discovery: Crafting E-Learning Solutions Using Data Collection and Analysis, Sam Vettraino

3. From Synthesis to Success: Enhancing Knowledge Synthesis Skills through the LMS, Lydia Thorne & Chelsie Lalonde

4. Introducing Library Resources with YouTube Shorts, James Henry-Smith & Nada Abdelrahim

15:00 - 15:15: Break

15:15 - 16:15: Workshop

What are you reading? Collaborating with our hospital community to build an online learning resource, Emilia Main

16:15 - 16:20: Closing Remarks

December 4th, 2024 (10:10 - 16:30 EST)

10:10 - 10:15: Welcome Back

Recap of Day 1 and preview of Day 2

10:15 - 11:30: Lightning Talks

1. AI, Algorithms & You: Developing a Curricular Resource to Foster Critical AI Literacy, Chris Rugo

2. Exploring Generative AI: Creating a Black Studies Research Guide, Amal Hussein

3. Generative AI & Digital Literacy: Ethical Practices and Skills Development with Seneca Sandbox, Michael Myers

4. AI Literacy in an Asynchronous Environment, Kate Newton

11:30 - 11:45: Break

11:45 - 12:45: Workshop

Building Blocks for Success: Creating and Launching Asynchronous IL Modules in First-Year Writing, Alexis Murrell & Kim Looby

12:45 - 13:45: Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:00: Lightning Talks

1. Emerging Enthusiasms: Gamification and Digital Literacy Integration in a Library Video Game Project, Halie Kerns & Leah Fitzgerald

2. Doing More with Less: A Series of Asynchronous Information Literacy Tutorials, Jane Lah

3. Form-ing Fun: Using Google Forms to Gamify Basic Information Literacy Instruction, Kaelan Caspary

4. It’s a funny thing: building connections with humour and live-polling in the library classroom, Chelsea Humphries

15:00 - 15:15: Break

15:15 - 16:15: Workshop

Video Creation Essentials: From Storyboarding to Success, Darlene Aguilar

16:15 - 16:30: Closing Remarks

Final remarks, acknowledgements, and thanks

Program

See the full 2024 program.