This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Bethany McGowan, a member of the Design for Learning community. I attended the 2017 American Library Association Conference, June 22-27, in Chicago, IL with funding from a D4L scholarship. My goal for the conference was to learn more about incorporating gamified learning … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Kathy Smith, a member of the Design for Learning community. NYLA’s annual conference was held in Saratoga Springs November 8-11th. Choose Your Own Adventure was the theme for NYLA’s 2017 annual conference. My adventure: I attended as a presenter. It began when … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Lavonda Broadnax, a member of the Design for Learning community. I was awarded a D4L scholarship to attend the 10th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL) sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). The conference, with the … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Jessica Hadley, a member of the Design for Learning community. In November, I attended the 2017 Association of Educational Communications and Technology’s International Convention in Jacksonville, FL. This was my first time attending such a large conference with over 1,000 people in … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Kathy Smith, a member of the Design for Learning community. I had an amazing opportunity in March to attend Learning Solutions 2017. This conference was designed for training and learning professionals focused on the design, development, management, and/or distribution of technology-based learning, performance … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Dede Rios, PhD, MLS, AHIP, Director of Optometric & Clinical Library Services at the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry and a member of the Design for Learning community. I had a wonderful experience at the MLA ’17 Conference … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Denise Wetzel, a member of the Design for Learning community. This past July, I was fortunate enough to attend the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians 2017 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Through a much appreciated Design 4 … Continue reading
As of this week, all seven course modules from the D4L Program are available for free on WebJunction.org – Orientation, Foundation (Instructional Design), Diversity, Community, Content Creation, Course Management, and Capstone. Join us to learn how to take your library instruction online! Tell your friends and colleagues: visit bit.ly/D4L-WJ to enroll today. Continue reading
Social Justice Summit Summary This is a guest post from Catherine Michael, Communications Librarian, Ithaca College (1st Cohort of D4L). Event page Photos Our Keynote presentations were by Martin Garnar and Dr. Loriene Roy. We began our discussion with the question of library neutrality. At my table, I asserted that … Continue reading
