A couple of days ago, Clare posted some ideas for makerspace-type programs you could attend for your program review. Here are a few other ideas for finding programs to review. Review a program plan or program resources instead of a program While my preference would be for you to attend a program, I’m open to […]
A single feed for all student forum posts
In Monday night’s class, you guys requested the ability to access all of the student forum posts from one place. I’ve mashed all the RSS feeds for your individual forums into a single feed so you can subscribe in your RSS reader. (Looking for an RSS reader? I use and recommend Feedly.) Subscribing to the […]
Learning analytics project is go!
You might remember that back in Week 6 I told you about a learning analytics project that’s going on at QUT and elsewhere, and that you’d have the opportunity to participate. Well, we are ready to roll! I’m sold. Sign me up! This post is a bit rambly, so if you just want to cut […]
Makerspaces and other activities to inspire your blogs
A couple of folk have reported difficulties finding makerspace activities and the like. As school holidays are approaching, it’s a good time to plan ahead and also look for childrens, teens and pop culture events. Here’s a few suggestions: The Edge at SLQ: http://edgeqld.org.au/. There’s a variety of events, workshops, inductions you could try. Most […]
Assignment 2 and 3 update
As discussed in last night’s class, I’ve made the criteria available for Assignment 2 and 3. Access them from the Assignment 2 and 3 page. Please review these criteria and let me know if you see any issues by commenting here. In the end, I decided to take the literature criteria out of A2, because […]
Here comes checkpoint 1! Polishing your posts and details on marking
The first checkpoint for A1 is Sunday night, so I thought this would be a good time to review some key information about the assignment. Please read the following information carefully and ask any questions you have in the comments. Due date You must have everything done by 11.59pm Sunday 13 August. Clare will mark […]
SLQ tour
We’re looking at scheduling a joint IFN614/IFN617 tour at SLQ. On the IFN617 Managing and Organising Collection front, we’ll do a tour of the preservation labs, storage repositories, and the Asia Pacific Design Library. On the IFN614 Information Programs front, we’ll have a look at the new Business Studio and hopefully talk to some reference staff […]
Gold star posts – a few examples to inspire you
Kate has asked me to nominate a few blog posts from the first couple of weeks as “gold star” examples. I’ve chosen four which have each tackled a different activity. Please note, if I haven’t selected one of your posts, it doesn’t mean your work isn’t any good. I’ve selected these fairly randomly but they […]
Welcome to Week 7
Just a heads up that the weekly intro video for this week is up, and I’ve also just added a video on designing digital literacy programs. Both of these are available on the weekly materials page. We’re catching up tonight for our third Twitter chat at 6pm, with hashtag #ifn614infolitchat and guest tweeter Kathleen Smeaton. Kathleen […]
Study support in Week 7 and planning tools
As we’re into the thick of the semester, I thought it was timely to throw up a post about support and planning. Study support sessions this week As you’re probably aware, Alisa Howlett (a recent graduate) is providing drop in study support sessions this semester. This week, Alisa will be holding a face-to-face drop in […]