Lately I’ve noticed an alarming number of people in my personal/work orbit discussing the severity of their respective cases of impostor syndrome. I’ve struggled with this well-documented phenomenon for as long as I can remember, due as much to deference-oriented gender socialization as to the wiring I received while reared in the Texan cult of... Continue Reading →
wait for it… new buttonmaker templates.
A while back I shared a ton of 1'' ‘love your library’ and other buttonmaker templates created for outreach/marketing purposes at the Claremont Colleges Library - all are available to download and use with a CC attrib-sharealike license on my Slideshare account. Tons of people out in libraryland and elsewhere have used them, about which I’m ecstatic... Continue Reading →
open access as pedagogy.
I've long preached the message of open access publication/sharing of student work via platforms like OA institutional repositories and Wikipedia as an unparalleled means to engage students and turn the "banking" model of higher education on its head. I do so because have witnessed firsthand in many learning scenarios the effect that public readership can... Continue Reading →
MYOB (make your own badge).
I'm joining the ranks of those increasingly interested in emerging work around digital badging as an incentivization, engagement, assessment, and credentialing tool in online and f2f instruction. This (along with MOOCs, the lumbering giant that apparently never needs a nap) was a topic of considerable interest at LITA's Top Technology Trends panel, which I had the pleasure... Continue Reading →
when DIY = sigh.
Backlogging again. As time wears on I find I'm starting to rather like being late to the party: not only am I well rested, I can take my time getting ready. DIWhy This post follows a relatively recent thread on libraries and DIY (if not exactly in response to it). On the core issue of what-is-DIY-and-why... Continue Reading →
acrl 2013 and biennial milestones.
For the record, I tend to love this conference and this year was no exception. It is organized by people I respect, draws focused talent from a broad range of specializations, and I am invariably able to touch base with well-loved colleagues past/present/future. I have also found that ACRL seems to coincide with and/or create... Continue Reading →
using collaborative sabotage (aka collaboratage) to teach tech/design/research.
Recently I've been reminded how effective consensual group hacking/editing can be when teaching (about or through) web-based presentation and authoring platforms. I am a big believer in the techno-pedagogical strategy of transparent co-creation and exploratory play, which can diffuse the anxiety and confusion that often attends learning a new tool (especially one that involves the... Continue Reading →
backlog part three: questioning learning styles.
This is the third installment in a series dedicated to dredging the recent past for things unposted. ALA Annual in 2012 was a fittingly Anaheim affair - meetings bracketed by frantic bike rides between bizarre hotels featuring piped-in lobby smells. In spite of overscheduling I was able to make an early morning drive to Huntington... Continue Reading →
backlog part two: quixotic ferocity, or embracing the library crisis narrative.
I mentioned in my last post that I have been in a long phase of non-writing, so in order to clear a backlog of matters undiscussed I'm now taking (literal) pains to re-engage the habit. The break has been welcome for purposes of battery-recharging, but a subtle sense of disjointedness has been one of its unintended... Continue Reading →
backlog part 1: come hell or high water.
Last weekend I took a surfboard to the side of the head on a truly beautiful day. I stayed in the water and rode a few lopsided waves, mostly to convince myself that I didn't have a concussion: the Pacific having dropped to the high 50s helped stave off the swelling, and all proved no... Continue Reading →
info-mational 