IPAL Recap 2014: Circuit Training Notes

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended the IPAL Information Literacy Interest Group session held May 1, 2014 at Grand View University! I did my best to get around to as many different groups as I could during both the Instruction Swap and the Circuit Training sessions, and loved the conversations that were happening! As was discussed during the session, attendees will be contacted and asked to email me (Cara) your Instruction Swap ideas, which I will then compile and share again with the whole group. We will also be going through the surveys (thank you for sharing your feedback), and will be using those to help plan future events and blog posts.

It will take some time to compile the Instruction Swap resources, so, in the meantime, here are the notes from the different "Conversation Stations."

Those who went to this station had the following prompt, but were free to take anything within the topic & run with it:

Logistics

Interested in talking about library spaces, configurations, labs and opportunities for using other areas across campus? What about scheduling, staffing (full-time and student workers), or faculty relationships? Then this Conversation Station is right for you!
Please appoint someone to help keep track of the ideas you discussed by taking notes in this Google Doc.
All of the Google Docs will then be made available to the rest of the IPAL IL Discussion Group so others can benefit from multiple discussions. You don’t have to miss out on the conversation from one group because you decided to join another!

Find this group's notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gLGCp3j3SG1qDh3l-8PQMyYQaBK-hCgPkNP2X8W0Vm0/edit?usp=sharing

Those who went to this station had the following prompt, but were free to take anything within the topic & run with it:

Creativity

Interested in brainstorming instruction ideas? Looking for inspiration (or interested in sharing what inspires you)? What about moving beyond instruction “writer’s block?” Wondering how others practice self-reflection or what new teaching strategies they’ve used? Then this Conversation Station is right for you!

Please appoint someone to help keep track of the ideas you discussed by taking notes in this Google Doc. 

All of the Google Docs will then be made available to the rest of the IPAL IL Discussion Group so others can benefit from multiple discussions. You don’t have to miss out on the conversation from one group because you decided to join another!

Find this group's notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kNKCj5V2w8sBYakPrGL7mr7WIybK6jyiqInMCg2JYDQ/edit?usp=sharing

Those who went to this station had the following prompt, but were free to take anything within the topic & run with it:

Computers vs. Non-Computers

Wondering what others do when a computer lab isn’t available for their library instruction? Wondering when it’s best to walk away from the computers? Interested in new computer-based or non-computer based activities? Then this Conversation Station is right for you!
Please appoint someone to help keep track of the ideas you discussed by taking notes in this Google Doc.
All of the Google Docs will then be made available to the rest of the IPAL IL Discussion Group so others can benefit from multiple discussions. You don’t have to miss out on the conversation from one group because you decided to join another!

Find this group's notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Faosd7NOXDWGSIippy-SikKcpEDpkYR1VshUREAJskE/edit?usp=sharing

Those who went to this station had the following prompt, but were free to take anything within the topic & run with it:

Assessment Ideas

Interested in sharing different assessment approaches and considerations? Wondering about formal and informal assessment, and tech tools to help you assess? What about closing the gap or revisiting classes to share or discuss their assessment results? Then this Conversation Station is right for you!
Please appoint someone to help keep track of the ideas you discussed by taking notes in this Google Doc.
All of the Google Docs will then be made available to the rest of the IPAL IL Discussion Group so others can benefit from multiple discussions. You don’t have to miss out on the conversation from one group because you decided to join another!

Find this group's notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sbdmGjdZ9AUUQmfeRkRQyxQJ-9a7Tscjs776_-OMgqU/edit?usp=sharing

Those who went to this station had the following prompt, but were free to take anything within the topic & run with it:

Beyond Instruction 

Interested in discussing professional development for librarians? Wondering about librarians providing faculty development opportunities? What about webinars, sharing scholarship, programming, or other things that don’t fit within the other categories? Then this Conversation Station is right for you!
Please appoint someone to help keep track of the ideas you discussed by taking notes in this Google Doc.
All of the Google Docs will then be made available to the rest of the IPAL IL Discussion Group so others can benefit from multiple discussions. You don’t have to miss out on the conversation from one group because you decided to join another!

Find this group's notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10XXbBgOhI6SW7puCUjamENmkaWRI8f1INsJ7fyeKaJU/edit?usp=sharing