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Breakout Session #6

Saturday, May 10th: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Light the Fire: Using Experience and Emotion to Ignite Student Learning [Ballroom C]

Educational research shows that there is a significant connection between learning and emotion. This presentation will share how librarians can positively connect with students by incorporating their experiences and emotions into the learning process.

Celita DeArmond, Instructor/Reference & Distance Learning Librarian, San Antonio College Library/LRC, San Antonio College
Angela Dunnington, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Sims Memorial Library, Southeastern Louisiana University

Looking Back: Doing End-of-Term Assessments to Explore Learner Outcomes [Meeting Room L&M]

This presentation describes a two-tier strategy whereby librarians and teaching faculty collaborate to evaluate and reinforce learning outcomes by conducting end-of-term assessments after students have completed research papers or projects.

Susan Ariew, College Librarian for Education and Human Development, Virginia Tech
Bruce Pencek, College Librarian for Social Sciences, Virginia Tech
Penny Burge, Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Virginia Tech

Reflective Peer Coaching: Crafting Collaborative Self-Assessment in the Classroom [Hall of Fame]

Discover the benefits of a formative peer-coaching model for improving teaching and learning through self-assessment and collaboration. Reflective peer coaching is a process in which the instructor sets the criteria to develop the craft of teaching within a framework of articulating intentions and reflecting upon the results.

Dale Vidmar, Library Instruction and Distance Education Coordinator/Education and Communication Librarian, Southern Oregon University Library

Teacher's Mind, Beginner's Mind: Welcoming the Possibilities [Meeting Room P&Q]

This session will use Shunryu Suzuki's concept of "beginner's mind" to help open our teaching process to the unexpected. We'll explore a range of topics, including teacher as learner/co-learner, instructional risk-taking, and intuitive improvising. The session will also outline practical steps for approaching material with a fresh outlook.

Martha C. Smith, Reference, Instruction, and Government Documents Librarian, Elmira College

The Vision Thing: Making Information Literacy an Administrative Priority [Ballroom D]

A provost and two librarians describe how information literacy in one library became a library and college priority and offer general suggestions on making the learning library an administrative priority.

Jill Gremmels, College Librarian, Wartburg College
James L. Pence, Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Pacific Lutheran University
Randall Schroeder, Information Literacy Librarian, Wartburg College

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