April 2013

Attending:

April 3 in Olin 703, 11 am - 12 pm

Agenda

1. R&O's Unconference: Jim Del Rosso and Hilary Wong will join us to discuss possible PSEC Instruction participation.

2. CTE Workshops for Library Instructors. HOMEWORK: Before next week's meeting, please ask your unit's instructors about their top concerns with their own teaching. Are there topics that they would like to explore in a workshop? 3. May Teaching Forum planning, etc.4. Assessment of Law Research Sessions
5. Request by the Office of Undergraduate Research for a CUL page that lists for-credit research courses that the library offers or is embedded in (e.g., Writing 1420, English 4500, HADM 2720, Writing 2100)---available to undergraduates (this would exclude LAW, for instance).

March 2013

Attending: Nina, Patrick, Tony, Gaby, Thomas, Kaila, Marsha, Carissa, Chris

March 6 in Olin 703, 11 am - 12 pm

Agenda

1. Announcements

• AEM class: Tom Ottaviano is looking for volunteers to assist students with their assignment. It's an opportunity to learn about business resources and work with students across the disciplines who are minoring in Business.
• Mann Instruction Coordinator - Life Sciences Librarian position posted. 
• Legal Research Series offered by Law Library (March 25, April 1, April 8). Business could be a good topic to do in the Fall. Chris will ask HLM group.
• Chris Miller will represent PSEC Instruction at CD Week committee lightning round.

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February 6 in Olin 106G from 11-12

Agenda

1.  Article discussions - dates for spring semester, etc.

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•  Based on feedback from December's charette
• Another session would get a new group of people
• Could we have a speaker? Not necessarily a forerunner in the field, could be someone from NY state (mid-level) who could bring value
• Nicole at NYU (Kaila's former colleague), interested in promoting reflection in the classroom, could be interesting to have her here for the charette, as she was involved, we could learn what people are doing at NYU
• Larger theme?
• Opportunity to discuss PSEC Instruction including IL
• Depending on other readings, we could invite authors for continuity
• Gaby can share notes typed up from charette
• Could have someone from CTE during the day (could be almost a full day)
• R&O Unconference is May 21, could do the summit in the fall semester (May 4 is the last day of classes), could do a morning (or morning, with something optional in the beginning of the afternoon), could have Barbara Freedman and/or someone from CTE
• Best week would be before Unconference
• We have the funding this year
• Half-day with Nicole/charette and optional afternoon session (1 or 1.5 hour(s)) which is open to everyone and about the discussion of future direction of PSEC Instruction
• If not Nicole, someone from CTE with the idea of feeding out of a past article discussion

December 2012

Agenda

 Attending: Kaila Bussert (co-chair), Gaby Castro Gessner (RAU liaison and notetaker), Tony Cosgrave, Amy Emerson, Chris Miller, Thomas Mills (co-chair), Mary Ochs, Nina Scholtz, Patrick Stevens, Marsha Taichman.

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•  speaker/s
• summit

November 2012

Agenda

• Announcements & Updates 
  • PSEC
  • Speakers
  • Information Literacy Task Force
  • Cornell MOOCs
• End of Semester Instruction Forum 
  • Charette Protocol idea. See worksheet and powerpoint.
  • Co-host with R&O on Dec. 11 (allotted 65 min.) or host alone at another date for 90 min. ?
• Reading for next Instruction Discussion, Nov. 20. See Nina's email for choices.
• Planning for Spring semester and Summit
• IMLS grant on library services and their impact on student success. 
  Lisa Hinchliffe, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University; and Kara Malenfant, Association of College and Research Libraries have received an IMLS grant to conduct a study of the impact of library services on student learning and student success. They will be looking for 75 institutions and will have a call for applications in January.

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For more information about these positions, see the full call for the peer-to-peer instructional design expert advisor and the curriculum designers/facilitators. If you have questions about these positions, the Assessment in Action project, or ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries initiative, please contact Kara Malenfant, ACRL Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives, at kmalenfant@ala.org or (312) 280-2510.

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October 2012

Agenda

• Discussion with Information Literacy Task Force members (20 minutes)
• CUL MediaSpace categories for instructional videos 
• Articles/Topics for Fall Instruction Discussions
• Announcements & Updates
  • Budget status and speakers
  • Information Literacy month 
  • MOOCs

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Kaila will make a mock-up of a list of categories based on the group's suggestions and present it to the group for input.

September 2012

Agenda

• Welcome and introductions
• Goals for the year
• Committee roles and responsibilities
  • Instruction Discussions Coordinator
  • Wiki administrator
• CUL MediaSpace categories for instructional videos 
• Learning@CUL feedback

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