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Supporting The 21st Century Learner: Building A Mutlimedia Production Center, Sarah Hutton Nov 2012

Supporting The 21st Century Learner: Building A Mutlimedia Production Center, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


[Manuscript | Japanese] Supporting The 21st Century Learners: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton Oct 2012

[Manuscript | Japanese] Supporting The 21st Century Learners: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


[Manuscript | English] Supporting The 21 St Century Learner: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton Oct 2012

[Manuscript | English] Supporting The 21 St Century Learner: Building The Multimedia Production Center At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Sarah Hutton

Sarah C Hutton

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, instructors are increasingly utilizing active,group, and participatory teaching methods and are offering students opportunities to opt into more creative assignments requiring the use of advanced technologies in support of multimedia projects. Traditionally, video projects would be expected from discourses such as Film Studies, Journalism and Communications students; the insurgence of this type of multimedia project has come to subjects from Anthropology to History, and the incoming required Freshman Writing course now has a built-in unit which specifically invites writing and research in a variety of technological media outside of the traditional research paper. The …


Open Educational Resources As Learning Materials: Prospects And Strategies For University Libraries, Marilyn Billings, Sarah Hutton, Gerald (Jay) Schafer, Charles Schweik, Matthew Sheridan Aug 2012

Open Educational Resources As Learning Materials: Prospects And Strategies For University Libraries, Marilyn Billings, Sarah Hutton, Gerald (Jay) Schafer, Charles Schweik, Matthew Sheridan

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


Umass-Amherst Open Education Initative: A Grant Incentive Program For Faculty To Create Free Textbooks, Matthew Sheridan, Sarah Hutton, Charles Schweik May 2012

Umass-Amherst Open Education Initative: A Grant Incentive Program For Faculty To Create Free Textbooks, Matthew Sheridan, Sarah Hutton, Charles Schweik

Sarah C Hutton

To combat the rising cost of textbooks, the University Libraries and Provost funded ten $1,000 grants for faculty who would replace their current textbook with one that would be openly accessible and free. The end result of this program will see nearly 700 students affected by these new textbooks for a recurring savings of over $72,000. In this session the challenges and opportunities of using open educational resources and library materials to replace traditional print textbooks will be discussed from a faculty point of view, as well as this program’s impact on the student learning experience. Librarians will also have …


Getting The Most Out Of Your Data, Sarah Hutton, Rachel Lewellen May 2012

Getting The Most Out Of Your Data, Sarah Hutton, Rachel Lewellen

Sarah C Hutton

Sarah and Rachel will discuss the broad range of techniques utilized to gather data for the development of student learning spaces in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. While libraries have been becoming more adept at gathering qualitative and quantitative data, an abundance of information can be challenging when it comes to the application of the results. They will also describe a few approaches to help library staff make sense of and use this data. - See more at: http://nercomp.org/index.php?section=events&evtid=141#sthash.Gv8k5lQ1.dpuf


Proactively Supporting Active Learning For The 21st Century Learner: Collaborative And Team Based Student Spaces In The Learning Commons, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis May 2012

Proactively Supporting Active Learning For The 21st Century Learner: Collaborative And Team Based Student Spaces In The Learning Commons, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis

Sarah C Hutton

No abstract provided.


Team-Based Ingenuity Supporting 21st Century Learners, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis, Carol Will Dec 2011

Team-Based Ingenuity Supporting 21st Century Learners, Sarah Hutton, Robert Davis, Carol Will

Sarah C Hutton

Supporting the active learning process of the 21st century student is one of the main goals of the Learning Commons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Building and maintaining effective student learning spaces and academic services requires proactive assessment of University climate, pedagogical direction, and curriculum development. Increasingly instructors are using active, group, and participatory teaching methods and are offering students opportunities to opt in to more creative assignments requiring the use of advanced technologies in support of multimedia projects. The UMass Libraries aim to anticipate the needs of instructors and students by tailoring student spaces to support teaching and …