LOEX 2006 ~ Moving Targets:
Understanding Our Changing Landscapes

This web site is a summary account of the 34th annual LOEX conference held May 4-6, 2006 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Conference web site
Contains links to Presentation and Student Poster Session descriptions.

LOEX web site
Links to conference presentation materials. Find information about and connections to the world of library instruction and information literacy.

Keynote presentations

Teacher/Librarian 2.0: Upgrading Your Instruction for the Net Generation (and Beyond) (ppt)
Scott Walter ~ Assistant Dean of Libraries for Information and Instructional Services, University of Kansas

Re-thinking Information Literacy for Net Gen Students (pdf)
Joan Lippincott ~ Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (joint project of ARL & EDUCAUSE)

Breakout Sessions attended

Assessment: Builds Strong Programs Eight Ways! It's Good for You! (web)
Tom Bickley, Kyzyl Fenno-Smith, Steve Philibosian ~ California State University, East Bay

student and teacher porfolios

How They Learn/How You Teach: Building Library Instruction Sessions for Multiple Learners (ppt)
Jeff Newman, Pia Russell ~ University of Toronto

millennials, teaching is dynamic, each learner is unique, cognitive load

Grains of Learning: Learning Objects & Library Instruction
Deborah Diller ~ Madison Area Technical College (email presenter for presentation)

reusable, short, defined outcomes in an online format. NOT a tutorial. use for ViewletBuilder

Creating Avenues: Partnerships in a Changing Library Environment (ppt)
Kate Jenkins, Judy Pula ~ Frostburg State University

put college goals on bookmark, what did you learn today? accreditation: assessment binder online, working with assessment mandates, accountability cycle

Let the Games Begin! Changing Our Instruction to Reach Millennials (web)
Bee Gallegos, Tammy Allgood, Karen Grondin ~ Arizona State University

millennials, social, collaborative, non-linear thinking, Survey Monkey, learning communities, outcomes, Great Library Race, lesson plans

Effective Methods for Incorporating Problem-Based Learning into Library Instruction
Barbara Kenney, Susan McMullen ~ Roger Williams University

activity for freshman speech class, senior advisor to Senator Britney Aguilera from NYC..., designing a PBL activity

Assessing the Foundation
Gayla Byerly, Annie Downey ~ University of North Texas

develop software, pretest, posttest, post-posttest at end of semester, questions that test the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Standards for Information Literacy and be customizable for other libraries to use

Hitting a Moving Target: Curriculum Mapping, Information Literacy & Academe (ppt) handout (doc)
Kristen A. Bullard, Diana H. Holden ~ University of Tennessee

integrating info lit learning outcomes into coursework, working with faculty on standards for their assignments, rubrics, use department's language not library lingo

Dancing with Problem-Based Learning: The Perfect Partner (web)
Celita DeArmond ~ San Antonio College

Student Poster Sessions

All Contributions Welcome: Using Wikis in Libraries
Amy Chatfield, Wayne State University