Betsy Diamant-Cohen – Purposeful Play for the Youngest Learners: Early Literacy from Birth to Age Five
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Master of Children’s Literature (MACL) colloquium series. Although library service to children was once mainly focused on books, today play is also a strong component. Children learn best through play. Library programs that incorporate […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 5 – Closing Ceremony
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Based on our AAI mandate (to involve Africa in the creation of Global Citizens), our closing ceremony will open up the stage to include and engage the global community. Using art and creative expression as a medium shared by diverse cultures, we will situate the re-writing of […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 2 – Student Speaker Series
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. What are the African Dreams of the students within Vancouver? How do students see themselves being active actors in Re-Writing the story of Africa? 6 students will give 15 minute presentations (much like Ted Talks) about their dreams for and within Africa, and the role that they […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 3 – The Tumaini Project
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. THE TUMAINI PROJECT, Combining ideals and pragmatism, we are bringing together people who are actively involved in ‘Re-Writing the Story’ and who are able from their own experiences of the process required to bring dreams to reality. By hosting this discussion that showcases voices from various disciplines, […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 1 – Opening Ceremony
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. As an introduction to Conference Week, we will have a night of dance and song performances, highlighted by the giving of a Keynote speech. What does it mean to re-write the African story? We will end this night by inviting all to engage with AAI over the […]
Barbara Kwasnik – The Intent of a Classification: Evaluating Classifications Based on the Concept of "Warrant"
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Clare Beghtol uses the concept of “”warrant”” as a means for evaluating classification systems based on how well they fulfill their goals. For example, through the prism of cultural warrant it is possible to […]
Richard Arias-Hernandez – Co-construction of Information Systems Designs and Social Values: An Ethnographic Study
Scholarly work usually characterizes engineers as politically and socially conservative individuals; instruments of the expansion of capitalism and neoliberalism. It also portrays them as supporters of both the State and the big corporations that employ them. This talk reports on an ethnographic study that documented the work of a group of information technology (IT) engineers […]
Margaret Munro – Muzzles, Media Offices and Message Control
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. The open system that used to encourage and trust federal scientists to discuss their work has been replaced by a tightly controlled system that churns out “approved lines.” Margaret Munro’s stories exposing how the Harper government has muzzled and silenced […]
Paul Stacey – Open Freedoms / Open Practices
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. Contemporary open education practices are based on free software and free culture movements. Join Paul Stacey from Creative Commons as he explores the extent to which Open Educational Resources, MOOC’s, open access, and other open education innovations are embodying and […]