Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community and their guests, Brian Mathews, Gardner Campbell and Shelli Fowler, all from Virginia Tech University, invite you to attend the next Blended Librarians webcast. In this session “Augmenting the Learner Experience & Awaking the Digital Imagination” our guests will explore new directions in teaching and learning. From studio-based experimental classrooms to establishing online domains and awakening the digital imagination, this session presents a discovery-oriented outlook for instructional endeavors. Continue reading Augmenting the Learner Experience & Awaking the Digital Imagination: new media, new pedagogies, & new possibilities→

Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community and their guest, Jonathan Finkelstein, Founder and Executive Producer of LearningTimes and Director of the BadgeStack Project, invite you to attend the next Blended Librarians webcast. In this session, we will explore the latest thinking around the use of Digital Badges as an engagement strategy and as a form of microcredential or certification. Continue reading Digital Badges for Learning: Exploring the Possible Impact on Higher Education & Libraries→

In this session “Evolving as a Blended Librarian” we will explore the many different paths to becoming a Blended Librarian. For some it happens on the job as their work requires more instructional design and technology activity. For others it may develop through their interest in integrating the library into the teaching and learning process. And yet for others they enter the library workplace as a skilled instruction designer or Blended Librarian. Continue reading Evolving as a Blended Librarian: A Conversation with Three Blended Librarians→