The following article (approx. 5600 words) was published online earlier today. Seven videos are embedded in the text.
Co-Author Joan Lippincott writes on the CNI Web Site:
In the article we make the case for libraries working together with faculty and students to develop new types of assignments that engage students with technologies and content to create new information products. We have a number of examples, enhanced with videos and photos, that we hope will inform and inspire you.
Title
Libraries as Enablers of Pedagogical and Curricular Change
Authors
Joan K. Lippincott
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
Kim Duckett
North Carolina State University
Anu Vedantham
University of Pennsylvania
Source
EDUCAUSE Review
October 27, 2014
Key Takeaways
- Academic libraries are increasingly adding multimedia production facilities and other technology- and service-oriented spaces as part of overall structural renovations.
- Although such remodeled spaces offer tremendous opportunities to support an institution’s pedagogical objectives and its faculty’s desire for innovative course assignments, how these opportunities can be realized is seldom discussed.
- As examples from two institutions show, academic libraries can both spur and support innovation in pedagogy and curriculum by actively linking these innovations with library spaces, technologies, services, and staff members.
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