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June 24, 2009 By Lori Reed Leave a Comment

Free Webinar on Learning Management Systems

Brandon Hall regularly offers free webinars related to training, learning, development, and e-learning. In July they are offering two webinars that look like great sessions:

Managing Virtual Teams: an online roundtable and clinic(Free)
Wednesday, July 1 — 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S. & Canada) (GMT 5:00)

Learning Management Systems: Trends and Issues (Free)
Wednesday, July 8 — 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S. & Canada) (GMT 5:00)

You can view the schedule and register for these sessions here: http://www.brandon-hall.com/webinars/webinars.shtml

Filed under: Learning Opportunities, Training for Trainers

June 11, 2009 By Lori Reed 1 Comment

Pres4Lib2009 this Friday…attend virtually

This Friday will be the first Pres4Lib in Princeton, NJ where library speakers and trainers will share tips, tricks, and techniques about presentation skills.

For those of us who can’t make it to Princeton there are several options to participate virtually. You can view details about virtual participation here: http://pres4lib.pbworks.com/Virtual-Participation

I’m looking forward to presenting and participating from my office in Charlotte, NC. Hope to see you there!

Filed under: Conferences, Presentations, Public Speaking, Training for Trainers

June 9, 2009 By Lori Reed Leave a Comment

Learn to teach online…for free…at your own pace

Here is a great opportunity for anyone in libraryland to learn about teaching online:

Learn how to teach online on your own time! WISE Pedagogy offers an open-access training experience for its Introduction to Online Pedagogy workshop. Learn effective teaching practices anytime, at your own pace, without the necessity of enrollment in a program or adhering to a semester schedule. Interact with other learners/instructors via linked forums for pedagogical discussion, course development exercises, and continuing your education in new developments for distance learning.

A Certificate of Completion is available to those who finish the workshop and participate in each exercise.

Introduction to Online Pedagogy is a free resource for LIS instructors, students, and professionals from beginners to seasoned instructors looking for new ideas in online instruction.

Click here to access the on-demand website: http://introductiononlinepedagogy.pbworks.com/

For more information, please contact Anne McKinney at amckinn@illinois.edu.

Filed under: Instructional Design, Training for Trainers

June 3, 2009 By Lori Reed 13 Comments

Sleep by PowerPoint?

Here is a different take on “Death by PowerPoint.” I’m not sure of the source of this cartoon as someone left it in my mailbox a few years ago, but it serves as a reminder that PowerPoint does not equal presentation.

Do you have tips for using PowerPoint as a tool in presentations? If so please leave a comment below. I’d love to include your thoughts and ideas in the preconference Paul Signorelli and I are doing at ALA on how to give good presentations.

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May 1, 2009 By Lori Reed 1 Comment

Idea for Job Seekers – Wordle Your Resume

I’m home sick with allergies and a sinus infection and when I get really bored I like to browse through the questions posted on LinkedIn. I enjoy responding to questions–must be the librarian in me. LinkedIn is a great place for library staff to monitor, respond, and help people. I see a lot of questions about recommending resources, finding books and other materials, and information needs in general. Library staff could really be promoting the profession by responding to these requests on LinkedIn and reminding people that we are about more than buns and books.

Tonight on LinkedIn I came across a new (to me) use for Wordle a fun, web-based tag cloud creator. Resumes. Run your resume through and see what it says about you.

Wordle is great for the visual and kinesthetic learners and this may be a fun way to spice up resume and job hunting classes you are offering to the public.