14.Jul.2011 “Explaining Science” – A presentation at the Western Conference on Science Education
I had a brief, but enjoyable, visit to the Western Conference on Science Education at UWO (July 6-8, 2011). I attended on the Thursday to share with educators in attendance some of the things we’re experimenting with in the Science Literacy component of iSci. The format was interesting – speakers were paired up by topic [...]
03.Apr.2011 Three Models of Embedded Librarianship at ACRL 2011
On Thursday March 31st, Krista Godfrey, Karen Nicholson and I participated in a panel presentation on three models of embedded librarianship at ACRL 2011. In an unusual twist, we had no convener to introduce us, so we ran the show ourselves. We were playing to packed house, probably due to a combination of talking about a hot topic, and [...]
13.Apr.2010 A New Approach to Science Education – EDUCAUSE Review
This is an article that I co-wrote with the director of McMaster’s Integrated Science program about the some of the new ideas and collaborations we’re trying. It’s great to be able to share our ideas with a wide audience. The article was originally published in EDUCAUSE Review. Colgoni, A. & Eyles, C., January/February 2010. A [...]
14.Sep.2009 Library 101 for iSci 2009
Technically, my first information literacy class. The first hour and a bit was taken up with this ‘lecture’, which included some opportunity to discuss evaluation criteria for websites, and a source jeopardy game. Part II, the second hour and a half, required the students to find, collect, checkout, photocopy, print, and cite. They did this [...]