Katherine O'Clair Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/koclair Recent documents in Katherine O'Clair en-us Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:07:42 PDT 3600 Navigating the Academic Library Job Search http://works.bepress.com/koclair/6 http://works.bepress.com/koclair/6 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:38:26 PST Katherine O'Clair et al. Articles Arizona Library Association Annual Conference: A First-Timer’s Perspective http://works.bepress.com/koclair/4 http://works.bepress.com/koclair/4 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:06:35 PST Katherine O'Clair Articles Project: Information Oasis http://works.bepress.com/koclair/5 http://works.bepress.com/koclair/5 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:06:35 PST Imagine a dry 105-degree day in the desert. It's your first day of classes -- you're hot, thirsty, and desperately trying to find your way around a large campus teeming with tens of thousands of people. Suddenly an image appears distantly down the sidewalk. You can't make it out at first, but slowly it comes into focus, a sign saying "LOST? Get Help Here!" Is it real or a mirage? As you approach you see smiling faces and people offering you free water -- you've indeed come across an oasis! And what is this place? It's a ... library? ... on the sidewalk!

]]> Katherine O'Clair et al. Articles The First Year Seminar: Setting Students Up For Success http://works.bepress.com/koclair/1 http://works.bepress.com/koclair/1 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:16:13 PDT This program will describe a First Year Seminar (FYS) course offered by the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus. The First Year Seminar is a semester-long, 1-credit course with a small enrollment that is centered around a specific topic related to the faculty member’s specialization. It is designed to give students the opportunity to interact with top-level faculty and to introduce students to college-level learning and the resources that will help them to succeed in their academic endeavors. While most seminar courses are designed for upper-division students, this seminar allows entering students to become familiar with the tools, technologies, and strategies they would use in future classes. A strong emphasis is placed on the research process, and how to effectively gather, process, and use information, all within the context of the study of a scientific discipline.

In this program, we will share our approach for teaching this course, including curriculum design, instructional strategies and the integration of information and technology literacy. We will also discuss the goals and outcomes, as well as the evolution of the course. A question and answer period will follow the presentation.

]]> Katherine O'Clair Presentations Bridging the Gap: Connecting the Scientific Literature with Learning and Teaching http://works.bepress.com/koclair/2 http://works.bepress.com/koclair/2 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:16:05 PDT One of the challenges of integrating research activities into the biology curriculum is conveying to students the importance of using the scientific literature to situate their question into the larger framework of scientific knowledge. Consulting the literature and synthesizing information from it is a critical component of the research process, yet it remains difficult to get students to do this using appropriate sources. The sources they do use and cite often fall short of our expectations. How do we bridge this gap and connect students with the best source - the scientific literature? In this workshop we will explore ways to integrate the scientific literature into the biology curriculum whether it is part of a short laboratory exercise or semester-long research project. Participants will reflect on their past experiences, create learning outcomes for their students, and identify activities that can be used in a variety of settings to expose students to the scientific literature and convey its purpose in research. Attendees are encouraged to bring their course syllabi to use during this workshop.

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