(via Ashley Bean, Rogers State University)
Registration is now open for unCOILed 2021, “Teaching Information Literacy with Projects, Passions, and Pastimes”. The event will take place via Zoom on Friday, July 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM CDT. The cost is $20 ($15 for students). Sessions will be recorded and sent to all registered participants. *Please note that we are unable to accept POs. Payment will be accepted via PayPal.* Register here.
More information on the conference content, including the keynote program, is below.
Are you interested in learning how to utilize your own geeky hobbies and passions in information literacy instruction and outreach? Join the Community of Oklahoma Instruction Librarians (COIL) at this year’s unCOILed conference and hear how librarians are using their interests to engage students and become better instructors. This year we have a very exciting keynote speaker and sessions presented by librarians from Oklahoma and across the US!
We are very excited to announce our keynote speaker, Jessamyn Neuhaus, author of Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers. A description of the keynote session follows.
“Geeky Pedagogy: A Path to Effective Online and Face-to-Face Teaching for Bookworms, Nerds and Introverts”
In this keynote, I discuss ways that nerdy college instructors like myself, who are often better at research, reading, and scholarly work than “peopling,” can apply our academic skills and abilities towards acquiring pedagogical content knowledge and effective teaching, whether online or face-to-face. In short, I’ll be inviting you to geek out about teaching and learning! Through the lens of the five pedagogical practices I detail in my 2019 book Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers (West Virginia University Press)-awareness, preparation, reflection, support and practice-we’ll explore some proven, sustainable techniques for effective teaching and learning in the new poly-synchronous higher education class modality. My goal is to empower you to fight the “super-teacher” myth, inspire you to cultivate an educator’s growth mindset, and add some new tools to your teaching tool kit.
The conference will also feature 50 minute-sessions and 15-minute lightning talks discussing the following topics.
- YA Lit
- Escape rooms
- Dungeons & Dragons and other TTRPGs
- Comic books
- TikTok
- Video games
- Cosplay
- And more!
Please contact Ashley Bean, 2021 COIL Chair, at abean@rsu.edu if you have any questions.