Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Library & Instructional Technology Wants YOU to Design the 2012-2013 T-Shirt Design!
Library & Instructional Technology Wants YOU to Design
the 2012-2013
T-Shirt Design!
In honor of the upcoming National Library
Week, the Georgia College Library & Instructional Technology Center is
hosting a competition for next year’s t-shirt design!
The Georgia College Library &
Instructional Technology invites current Georgia College students to design the
2012-2013 LITC t-shirt. Entries will be judged on creativity, theme, and
aesthetic appeal. Judges will be composed of Georgia College faculty, staff,
and students. The winning design will serve as the LITC’s official t-shirt for
2012-2013, and winners will receive a prize.
Entries must be received by 5:00pm,
Friday, March 2nd to receive consideration. The winning design will
be announced Monday, April 9, 2012. To enter, please fill out an entry
submission form (found online and at LITC circulation desk) and follow the
contest guidelines found at http://libguides.gcsu.edu/tshirtcontest.
Please contact Brandy Horne at (478)
445-4047 or Kate Pope at (478) 445-0074.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Graphic Artist Visiting GC LITC!
Graphic
Artist Nathan Edmondson Will Answer Questions from the Campus and Local
Community
Meet
the renowned author of Who is Jake Ellis?, The Activity, and Grifter!
Milledgeville,
Georgia, February 14, 2012 – The Georgia College community welcomes renowned
graphic novel author Nathan Edmondson to campus. Co-hosted by the Georgia
College Honors Program and the Library & Instructional Technology Center,
Edmondson will be available for a question and answer session on February 14th
from 7:30pm to 8:30pm in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in the Georgia
College Museum located at 221 N. Clarke Street in Milledgeville.
A
native of Augusta, Georgia, Edmondson is a comic book writer and screenwriter.
His titles include: Olympus, The Light, Who is Jake Ellis, The Activity, and
Grifter. USA Today describes him as “the perfect guy penning
Grifter and his work, Who is Jake Ellis? was named one of NPR’s “Six Graphic
Novels That Will Draw You In.”
Edmondson
will meet with the students of Dr. Hank Edmondson’s “Politics, Comics and the
Graphic Novel” class and the question and answer session at 7:30 is free and
open to the public.
Please
contact Dr. Stephen Elliott-Gower at (478) 445-1467 for more information.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Open Education Resources
OERs represent:
- Easy access to resources that foster lifelong learning
- Small chunks of knowledge that can be integrated into a larger curriculum
- High quality content developed and distributed in the spirit of the Open Access movement
A license that allows users to modify, combine and repurpose the content
The small chunks of knowledge in OERs are useful because they can fill in learning gaps, especially where concepts build on each other. For example, you may need to refresh your knowledge about quadratic equations in order to be successful in a calculus class. You need something quick that is focused on a specific topic. An OER is the place to get that.
The Khan Academy is an example of these resources. It is a not-for-profit organization with over 2,700 educational videos about math, the sciences, art history, economics, and history. The Khan Academy really shines in math, where there are hundreds of videos about algebra, calculus, geometry, statistics, and math problems for the SAT and GMAT. In addition to the videos, there are practice math problems you can work out on your own. You can check your answer to see if it is correct and also see the steps taken to solve the problem.
The creator of the videos is a MIT graduate. The videos are unique in that he explains the concepts as he understands them, in a conversational style that is direct and to the point. Each video is about 10 minutes long. The perfect length to focus in on a topic, but not so long that you’ll zone out.
If you are interested in learning about other OERs check out this link.
(Post by Rebecca Caudle, E-Learning Librarian at the Georgia College LITC)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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