Freshmen Orientation…Online: A Librarian and an Instructional Technologist Collaborate
Submitted By: jbennett
Co-Presenter: Diane Skorina
Scheduled For: Wednesday @ 11:00 AM in Water Oaks III
Session Type: Session - Presentation (includes keynote & business mtg)
Co-Presenter: Diane Skorina
Scheduled For: Wednesday @ 11:00 AM in Water Oaks III
Session Type: Session - Presentation (includes keynote & business mtg)
Abstract:
Collaboration between a librarian and an instructional technologist at Ursinus College led to the creation of a Freshman Library Orientation site in Blackboard. This session will focus on how librarians and ITs can work together to uncover needs, outline obtainable goals, and produce resources that support a school’s educational mission.
Jean Bennett is a Multimedia Instructional Technologist at Ursinus College.
She is responsible for assisting, teaching, and implementing new technologies with faculty to benefit student learning. Jean brings to this position 18 years of PK-12 technology instruction and integration, is a Pennsylvania certified Instructional Technologist Specialist, and was a semifinalist of the 2006 Technology & Learning's annual Leader of the Year.
Diane Skorina is the Reference & Instruction Librarian at Ursinus College’s Myrin Library. She is responsible for all aspects of the library’s information literacy program, including instruction, outreach and First-Year Orientation. Prior to Ursinus, she worked in public services at Swarthmore College’s McCabe Library and Temple University’s Paley Library