- Digital Visual Literacy: Interdisciplinary Skills for the 21st-Century Learner
(source: Educause, 06/05/08)

- Envisioning the Educational Possibilities of User-Created Virtual Worlds
(source: Educause, 06/05/08)

- How to Search the Web
(source: Finding Dulcinea / via ILW, 06/05/08)

- A Seismic Shift in Epistemology
(source: Educause, 07/05/08)
Web 2.0 is redefining what and how and with whom we learn. For example, in Wikipedia, “knowledge” is constructed by negotiating compromises among various points of view. This raises numerous questions: How do we in higher education help students understand the differences between facts, opinions, and values—and how do we help them appreciate the interrelationships that create “meaning”?

- Interactivity in Library Presentations Using a Personal Response System
(source: Educause, 07/05/08)
In order to evaluate student opinion as well as the impact on students of an active learning methodology of two face-to-face presentation styles, during a 50-minute session of library research skills, participants attended either a traditional presentation or a modified one, incorporating the use of the PRS. The Personal Response System is a wireless technology in which students, equipped with clickers, respond to a variety of questions posed by the librarian in the course of the presentation. Both types of sessions, offered by the same librarian, included the same research skills content. Created for the purpose of evaluating various aspects of the library presentation, a questionnaire completed by all students was analyzed. In the evaluation, the PRS group not only indicated a greater enjoyment of the session but found the presenter to be well organized. The authors also discuss aspects of using clickers versus employing a traditional classroom setting.