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Beyond The Paper: Incorporating 3d Printing Into Your Curriculum, Deana Brown, John Mcintosh Sep 2015

Beyond The Paper: Incorporating 3d Printing Into Your Curriculum, Deana Brown, John Mcintosh

Deana Brown

The ability to communicate effectively in writing is an important requirement for graduation, and success beyond. Increasingly, graduates are also expected to problem solve in a collaborative, and often digital environment. Do you want to foster student’s future success while they gain critical thinking skills and increase their digital literacy? You can achieve both by giving your students the opportunity to work with 3D modeling and printing. Unsure of how to incorporate 3D modeling and printing into your curriculum? In this workshop, Associate Professor John McIntosh from COBE and Assistant Professor/ Librarian Deana Brown from Albertsons Library will explain the …


Creating Audience And Environment-Friendly Research Guides: Findings From A User Study, Jessica Alverson, James Lefager, Jennifer Schwartz, Amelia Brunskill Mar 2015

Creating Audience And Environment-Friendly Research Guides: Findings From A User Study, Jessica Alverson, James Lefager, Jennifer Schwartz, Amelia Brunskill

Jessica Alverson

Like many libraries, our institution had relied on a one-size-fits-all model for our subject research guides without considering the various audiences using our guides, or the different contexts in which students encounter those guides. Learn about our user study that explored how students use these guides, and where they fit into the actual research process. We will discuss how we engaged librarians and created a new model that balances diverse research needs and expectations.


Application Of E-Devices In Teaching And Its Effectiveness In State Universities In Ogun State, Nigeria, Olukunle Saheed Oludeyi, Samuel Olutokunbo Adekalu, Afeez Kolawole Shittu Jan 2015

Application Of E-Devices In Teaching And Its Effectiveness In State Universities In Ogun State, Nigeria, Olukunle Saheed Oludeyi, Samuel Olutokunbo Adekalu, Afeez Kolawole Shittu

Olukunle Saheed, OLUDEYI

Since ICT has become a new and pervasive supplementary tool in teaching job, this descriptive survey research examines the application of electronic devices in teaching and its influence on teaching effectiveness of academic staff of Nigeria universities. Tai Solarin University of Education and Olabisi Onabanjo University, both in Ogun State, were used as case study. The study population comprises all the students and lecturers in the universities. Multi-stage sampling technique utilizing proportional random sampling was used to select the study sample. In choosing the sample size, each university was grouped into strata based on colleges/faculties amounting to ten colleges/faculties and …