The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois is pleased to share the following Professional Development Alliance (PDA) webinar offerings in November.
Rethink and Rejuvenate Your Meetings
Meetings should be productive and have a purpose. Many times staff members dread meetings and would rather do anything but attend them. This session will introduce and reaffirm various components of hosting and attending meetings. We will discuss group dynamics, active listening skills, conflict management, how to create an inclusive environment, and how to communicate clear meeting guidelines, instructions, and outcomes.
Wednesday, November 8, 10:00-11:00 AM CDT
Engaging Students in Their Own Learning: Incorporating OER into Science (and non-Science)
In this third webinar in our fall webinar “Open Science Stories from Florida” series, Dr. G. Douglas Kines, Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida State College at Jacksonville, will provide both science-based and non-science-based instructors/instructional designers/staffers with methods to engage students in their own learning while integrating OER. Techniques such as mastery learning, constructivist learning, service learning, and problem-based learning (and associated OER resources) will be defined and briefly explored.
Thursday, November 9, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT
Metronet Learnabout: Google Productivity
Are you always looking for new ways to increase your productivity? Google calendar, Gmail and others incorporate Google Tasks. Come learn more about this tool and built in features to help streamline your work.
Monday, November 13, 4:00-5:00 PM CDT
OER Virtual Institute for Cardiovascular Technology
Join FLVC Library Services and Florida Southwestern State College for the OER Virtual Institute for Cardiovascular Technology! Faculty, instructional designers, staff, and others interested in open educational resources for healthcare technology will find this monthly, eight session course valuable. Specific goals of the Institute are to introduce faculty/staff to:
1. OER (open educational resources) and licensing practices
2. Identifying adequate OER
3. Creating and publishing OER
4. Implementing practices of H5P with OER for course delivery and design
Participants will create/produce a chapter/section of an OER in cardiovascular technology to use in their professional setting.
Friday, November 17, 9:00-10:00 AM CDT
Venturing into any new library space can be exciting, especially when you’re committed to establishing new relationships and developing new programs and initiatives to support student growth and academic success. However, what should you do when you’re unsure of how to build your foundation? In what ways could not developing those relationships impact your professional endeavors during your tenure at your institution? Join this session for an engaging way to learn how newfound relationships through community building can increase your visibility on campus, open up prospects to grow professionally, and support increased engagement in reference services, instruction opportunities, and outreach initiatives at your institution.
Tuesday, November 28, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT
OER for the Healthcare Professions
It is widely agreed that there is a need for more OER in all healthcare fields. In this fourth webinar in our fall webinar “Open Science Stories from Florida” series, Drs. Karen Valaitis and Andi Nelson discuss their experience adapting and authoring content to create several healthcare-focused OER books appropriate for courses in healthcare or nursing programs or students in other disciplines seeking a better understanding of the healthcare field. They will discuss their reasoning for switching to OER, the process of choosing whether to adopt, adapt, or create, and share the lessons they learned along the way.
Thursday, November 30, 1:00-2:00 PM CDT