RPL Events and Announcements

OPAL Event - Mark of Zotero: Two Clicks to Citation Management Research Park Library, Room B112: Starting on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. 01:00 PM

Zotero, designed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, is a free citation manager that works as part of the Firefox web browser.

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OPAL Event - Virtual Worlds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Whyville Research Park Library, Room B112: Starting on Friday, January 25, 2008. 10:00 AM

2008 will be the year of virtual worlds for kids, with rapid population growth and many ventures. Libraries and other educational and cultural organizations are exploring these virtual worlds for kids, too.

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College of DuPage - People Watching: Meeting Needs Before They Need It Research Park Library, Room B112: Starting on Friday, February 08, 2008. 11:00 AM

How many times have you planned and prepared a program or service based on what you thought was a “community need?” And how many of these didn’t quite work out like you thought? Libraries—public, school, and academic—are re-visioning their roles in communities, moving beyond the rapidly outdated paradigm of creating services for patrons and students and instead partnering with community members in building meaningful experiences: whether those happen within the library’s walls, on a digital network, or in cultural and political spaces.

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Web 2.0 for the 21st Learner

Are Web 2.0 technologies growing in popularity among your students and faculty members? Are you wondering how to integrate them into teaching and learning in a meaningful way, while supporting them across your institution? Join us for an interactive session as we explore four critical issues about incorporating Web 2.0 into higher education: Web 2.0 and the 21st-century learner, pedagogy and support tools, faculty development possibilities, and institutional support.

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Educause ELI Event - Active Learning Revisited

Active Learning Revisited Malcolm Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Dartmouth College

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