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Upcoming Webinar: “Start with Summon”: Information Literacy in the Age of Web-Scale Discovery
Note the Distance Education angle in this upcoming Webinar from Serials Solutions: “Start with Summon” is what novice and experience researchers at Royal Roads University hear. Easy for novices and great for experienced researchers conducting interdisciplinary searches, the Summon service exposes students to many things they might not otherwise find. How are students introduced to
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Calgary Mini Maker Faire = Awesome fun!
I took the kids down to the East Village today for the inaugural Calgary Mini Maker Faire, and we all had a blast! I've been wanting to get involved somehow in the maker movement for quite some time, but never made the effort to get down to our local hacker lab, Protospace. That'll probably change
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Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning Summer Reading List
Just received via email: The Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning is excited to offer FREE access to its Summer Reading List: a collection of Editor selected articles from its archives centered on the theme of Online Instruction. Articles include: Using Adobe Connect to Deliver Online Library Instruction to the RN to
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Canadian Learning Commons Conference Proceedings
On May 7-9, 2012 the University of Calgary hosted the 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference. The theme of the conference was New Media, New Fluencies and Life Skills Development: Preparing Learners for the 21st Century. The proceedings for that conference have now been posted in the UofC Institutional Repository. Enjoy!