Staying One Click Ahead: A Look at Emerging Technologies & their Impact on Libraries and Learning Environments

Being impacted by ‘disruptive’ technologies and innovations has become the norm for most librarians, technologists and other information professionals. Join us in this fast-moving session as we peer into our crystal ball and look at many of the emerging technologies that have already begun to appear on the horizon and others that many experts say are destined for our future. We’ll show examples of these innovations and speculate on how they may impact libraries and other learning environments

Integrating Online Library Resources into Learning Management Systems: a Roundtable Discussion

More and more online library resources (such as ArtStor) allow their content to be embedded into an institutions\u27 Learning Management System, creating a richer, more seamless learning experiences for students while reducing the time instructors need to spend collecting and managing content. During this roundtable, we will show some examples of how online library resources available to Macalester College students and faculty can be utilized within the College\u27s Learning Management System. We will also encourage session attendees to share examples of resources that they are utilizing in their Learning Management Systems. In addition to showing examples, we will also discuss some of the challenges of finding and implementing online library resources into institutions\u27 Learning Management Systems

Capturing the Moment (and the White Board): Enhancing Whiteboard Use for Language Classes

Arabic classes at Macalester are writing intensive. Handouts and even a textbook cannot take the place of improvisation when needed. New information that students need to retain can be written on the board, but transcribing it is time consuming. Wessam El-Meligi and Fritz Vandover collaborated to find and implement the eBeam Smartmarker for Arabic elementary and intermediate classes, helping strike the balance between preserving class time and spontaneously writing new material on the board. Fritz and Wessam would like to share their experience using this device and discuss its potential for other classes, especially writing intensive language classes. Our presentation is available as a Google Slides presentation