Create a Sense of Place for the Mobile Learner - April 19, 2012

Taken from the session description:  "“Sense of place” no longer applies only to the physical library. It’s time to start thinking of all your students as distance learners to one extent or another, and of all your distance services as a single virtual learning commons. Implement and integrate current teaching, learning, virtual reference, and mobile access technologies at reasonable cost and create online learning spaces that bring your students to the library no matter where they are."  This team from Bucks County Community College did a great job of discussing 'sense of place.' They highlighted how they have approached serving all learners at their college. I love their process of sequencing Information Literacy skills into the Composition classes...a little at a time.  Setting this up requires major buy-in from the faculty member, but it would seem to fit the students' needs the best.  They also require faculty to submit the assignment students will be doing that requires library resources prior to scheduling a library teaching session; it isn't optional.  (This reminds me of a MnSCU presentation I went to last year where the speaker said, "Students don't do optional.") They did get into some specific tools they've utilized to make their website (which is the focus of their efforts to bring everything together for the students, regardless of their location) easily accessible. They use LibGuides, video clips, xtranormal (animation tool, but now there's cost to that), and Boopsie as their backend tool.