join us for NYLA 2017! the Design for Learning Program presents Librarians Learning Online to Teach Online Sponsors: NYBLC and ASLS New York Library Association Annual Conference 2017 Thursday, November 9th from 4:15-5:15pm, Saratoga Springs, NY Online instruction provides libraries of all types a way to reach a wider audience with increased opportunities for learning. In order to be successful, library workers … 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
We have 3 (count ’em, 3!) official D4L presentations at ALA this year, so we hope if you’re at the conference you can come to at least one! If you’re not going to ALA, never fear – we’ll share the materials from our presentations here, and after the conference some of … Continue reading
Today we launch our first two modules on WebJunction.org – Orientation and Foundation (Instructional Design). Join us to learn how to take your library instruction online! Tell your friends and colleagues: visit bit.ly/D4L-WJ to enroll today. More modules will be released over the course of the summer: Diversity and … Continue reading
UPDATE: All webinars were recorded and can be viewed online at http://bit.ly/D4Lwebinars. Learn how to take your library instruction online! The Design for Learning program (D4L) is pleased to announce a series of 4 free one-hour webinars in May & June, hosted by the South Central Regional Library Council. Each webinar will focus … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Jennifer Shimada, a member of the Design for Learning community who attended ACRL 2017. Thanks to Design for Learning, I was able to attend my first Association of College and Research Libraries conference! I liked the size of this conference: MUCH more … Continue reading
. . . that’s the title of the poster we just presented at the annual conference for the Association of College & Research Libraries in Baltimore, MD. This was a great opportunity for us to spread the word about our program: a free online continuing education program for library workers to … Continue reading
This is a guest post from scholarship recipient Ophelia Morey, a member of the Design for Learning community who attended the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thanks to the Design for Learning program I was able to attend the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference … Continue reading
Since 2015, we’ve been teaching library workers how to design instruction and teach online, with opportunities to practice teaching online. Our first cohort began working September 1, 2015 and the second cohort began working February 1, 2016. They included participants from all types of libraries, subject specializations, and library experience levels, all over the country. … Continue reading
