Learning Commonalities Series-Oct. 1
How has Google impacted the way your students do their research? With the ease of copy/paste do you find yourself having to talk to them about plagiarism and academic integrity? Discover how your colleagues are dealing with this trend in their classes. Share strategies and learn what is going on here at Loyola and other […]
Library Speaker Series -Jane Fulton Alt-9/29
Photographer and social worker, Jane Fulton Alt, will present photographs and discuss her book, Look and Leave: Photographs and Stories from New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. As a participant in New Orleans’ program, Alt accompanied Lower Ninth Ward residents back to their home for the first time since fleeing Hurricane Katrina. Alt’s photographs and stories […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / Mobile Technology
a href=”http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/locl/files/2011/01/common.png”>Mobile Technologies in the Classroom Join Bruce Montes and Carol Scheidenhelm to discuss using mobile technologies in the classroom to facilitate engagement and learning. Who is using mobile technologies in the classroom? How are they using technologies successfully? How do students feel about the use of these technologies in the classroom? Stop by and […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Join Dr. Steven Jones, Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, for a discussion about the digital humanities–which the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2010 referred to as “the next big thing” and the New York Times has covered in a recent series, “Humanities 2.0”–and its […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / E-textbooks
September 26: Electronic Textbooks Join Dean Robert Seal of the University Libraries for a conversation about electronic textbooks. What textbook will you be using next semester? Have you considered not using a textbook or relying on electronic books and resources for your classes? How are iPads and Kindles impacting higher education? Your class? What about […]
Library Speaker Series – Jian Ping
From the Cultural Revolution to the Olympic Games: Changes in China over half a Century China has undergone a great political, social and economical transformation over the last 50 years. These changes also altered individual lives. Jian Ping, author of Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China will give a personal account of the devastating impact […]