Friday, June 6, 2008
9:45am - 3:10pm
Western New England College, Springfield, MA
The ACRL/New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) and Western New England College Library present a one day program examining how students learn in the 21st century and methods that we can employ to facilitate the process.
9:00am | Registration and Refreshments |
9:45am | Opening Remarks Heidi McCann and Kari Mofford, NELIG Co-Chairs Angie Locknar and Laura Hanlan, NELIG Co-Chairs Elect Priscilla Perkins, Library Director, Western New England College |
10:00am | Keynote: Getting to know today’s college students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester Vicki Burns, Head of Reference, University of Rochester |
12:00pm | Lunch with discussion table topics:
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1:15pm | Breakout Sessions:
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1:45pm | Break |
2:00pm | Presentation: Debate and Collaborate: Applying Evaluation Criteria Corinne Ebbs, Teresa Shiel, Oliver Zeff, Westfield State College |
2:30pm | Presentation: Personal Connections: Using Context to Enhance Learning Kate Cheromcha, University of Rhode Island |
3:00 | Conference Wrap-up |