Presentations
Building Bridges: The Library as a Service Learning Partner in a Civically-Engaged Campus
This was an invited presentation at Eastern Connecticut State University's 2018 Civic Action Conference. I was asked to present about a service learning and community engagement LibGuide I created. The guide was designed as a resource for faculty who were incorporating community-based learning into their courses. My conference presentation focused on the importance the library as a service learning partner in a civically-engaged campus. Below you will find the conference presentation and LibGuide.
Introduction to OER & Open Pedagogy
I was invited to give an introductory presentation on open educational resources and open pedagogy to the Trinity College Library's Library and Information Technology Committee (LITC). LITC is responsible for setting faculty priorities related to Library and Information Technology Services in the context of teaching, learning, and research.
Integrating Library Resources into Online Courses
I designed and delivered this presentation in collaboration with my Trinity College colleague Joelle Thomas, User Engagement Librarian. Like many other academic institutions, the COVID-19 pandemic required faculty to deliver their courses online. For Trinity College faculty, this meant delivering their course content both synchronously over Zoom and asynchronously via Moodle (Trinity's course management system). This presentation focused on ways faculty could integrate both library resources (e.g., individual articles, books, films, course reserves, etc.) and library services (e.g., research guides, an embedded librarian, etc.). We also used this presentation as an opportunity to introduce and encourage the use of open educational resources when selecting course content.
Educational Technology Summer Studio
The Trinity College Library hosted "a series of Summer Studio events designed to offer the opportunity to learn more about digital scholarship and to experiment with digital tools." The series was organized by my colleague Mary Mahoney, the Digital Scholarship Coordinator. I was invited to give a presentation that introduced attendees to Canva (a user friendly graphic design platform) and its uses for outreach as well as research and instruction. Participants were then given the opportunity to explore Canva in a workshop setting.