AMICAL 2018
4–7 May · American University of Central Asia
Schedule
Table of contents
The schedule is in Bishkek time (GMT+6).
Thursday, 3 May
15:00
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
15:30–17:00
Meeting
Coordinating Committee
T16
17:15
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
Friday, 4 May
08:15
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–11:00
Extended workshop
Digital tools for teaching, writing, and research: Building capacity in the Digital Humanities
Najla Jarkas,
Dalal Rahme,
David Joseph Wrisley
Room 432
11:00–11:15
Break
Coffee break
Conference hall (CH)
11:15–12:15
12:15–13:15
Meal
Lunch
Kitchenette
13:00
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
13:00–19:30
Social event
Long city tour
Open to all conference participants
Departure from hotel
13:15–15:15
13:15–15:15
Mini-workshop
Resource sharing in the digital age Resources available.
Thomas Hodge,
Isabelle Dupuy
Room 304
14:45
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
15:15–15:30
Break
Coffee break
Conference hall (CH)
15:30
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
15:30–17:00
Meeting
Members Council
Room 222
17:00–17:15
Break
Coffee break
Conference hall (CH)
17:15
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
17:30–19:30
Social event
Short city tour
For those participating on Friday
Departure from hotel
Saturday, 5 May
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:30
09:00–10:30
10:00
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
10:30–11:00
Exhibit hour
Exhibits & refreshments
Information Commons
11:00–11:30
Plenary session
Conference opening Recording available.
Conference hall (CH)
11:30–12:30
Keynote
Digital literacy… is it critical? Recording available. Resources available.
John Traxler
Conference hall (CH)
12:30–14:00
Meal
Lunch & cultural program
Ground floor
14:00–15:00
Community Idea Exchange
Community Idea Exchange
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Creating relevancy in holocaust education through the use of Twitter Resources available.
Lauren McConnell -
Information literacy support initiative: A collaborative project of the AUCA Writing Center and Library Resources available.
Mariya Antonova, Irina Pak -
Integrating technological innovation in learning support
Paul Drosnes -
Like a phoenix: Delivering a new library website Resources available.
Stella Asderi -
Observation of classroom teaching: How can we do more?
Rukhsana Zia -
One-world classroom: Designs for global learning across the AMICAL network
Tamo Chattopadhay -
Reading hard or soft? Student and teacher preferences of book reading formats at FCC Resources available.
Mehreen Tahir, Madiha Asghar -
Reflections on a blended learning information literacy initiative
Kathryn Vanderboll -
Reimagining a peer-to-peer writing center space
Julie Kolgjini -
Revamping Bissell Library: Refurbishing spaces to satisfy students’ needs Resources available.
Evi Tramantza -
The 3 C’s to success: Overcoming college-bound student obstacles
Eleni Mouskeftaropoulou -
The crucial alternative: Electronic Bulgarian history textbook for high school education
Evelina Kelbecheva
Room 330 & Gallery
15:00–16:00
Birds of a Feather
AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club discussion Resources available.
Vanessa Lawrence,
Kathryn Vanderboll
Room 435
15:00–16:00
Birds of a Feather
Digital humanities in the classroom and beyond
Elizabeth Kinne,
Laurence Amoureux
Room 434
15:00–16:00
16:00–16:30
Exhibit hour
Exhibits & refreshments
Information Commons
16:30–18:00
Panel presentation
New learning spaces: Transforming the way we teach, learn and research Recording available. Resources available.
Anguelina Popova,
Bushra Almas Jaswal,
David Horn,
Bella Avakian,
Henry Myerberg
Conference hall (CH)
18:00–19:00
Meal
Welcome reception
AUCA Forum
19:00–20:00
Social event
Student concert
Conference hall (CH)
20:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
20:15
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
Sunday, 6 May
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:00
Keynote
Students at the center, all of us in support: Digital competencies at scale in the liberal arts Recording available. Resources available.
Gina Siesing
Conference hall (CH)
10:00–11:00
Mini-workshop
Changing the learning culture: Frameworks for building teaching expertise Resources available.
Hoda Mostafa
Room 435
10:00–11:00
10:00–11:00
Birds of a Feather
Shared visions: The makings of a successful faculty liaison program in the digital age Resources available.
Krasimir Spasov,
Christine Furno
Room 304
11:00–11:30
Exhibit hour
Exhibits & refreshments
Information Commons
11:30–12:30
Mini-workshop
Changing the learning culture: Frameworks for building teaching expertise
Hoda Mostafa
(continued)
Room 435
11:30–12:30
11:30–12:30
Birds of a Feather
Worlds colliding: A library help desk consolidation project
Christine Furno
Room 304
12:30–12:45
Social event
Group photo
AUCA Forum
12:45–13:45
Meal
Lunch
Kitchenette
13:45–14:45
Community Idea Exchange
Community Idea Exchange
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“Ilim Elim”: Online courses in Kyrgyz language
Elira Turdubaeva -
A faculty-librarian collaboration to integrate information literacy into a taught disciplinary humanities course at Al Akhawayn University Resources available.
Aziz El Hassani, Paul Love -
Archives vs. this generation of students Resources available.
Jasmina Najjar -
Building oral history collections through collaborations between archives and scholars Resources available.
Stephen Urgola -
Development of a portable self-contained open-source system to conduct massive open online courses
Dmitrii Toksaitov -
Digitalizing oral stories
Medet Tiulegenov, Meerim Nurbekova -
Executing a podcasting project on your campus
Kim Fox, Hoda Mostafa -
From one-shot to co-teaching: A story of a collaboration Resources available.
Livia Piotto -
Good sports: Sharing AMICAL institutions athletic collections online
Ryder Kouba -
Implementing a video-based approach in teaching english as a foreign language Resources available.
Ekaterina Galimova -
Student motivation in a non-credit online information literacy course Resources available.
Gintaras Rishkus, Olga Mikhaylova
Room 330 & Gallery
13:45–14:45
Virtually Connecting
Virtually Connecting with Gina Siesing & John Traxler Recording available.
Nadine Aboulmagd,
Gina Siesing,
John Traxler
T16
14:45–15:15
Exhibit hour
Exhibits & refreshments
Information Commons
15:15–16:15
Unconference
Unconference
Conference hall (CH)
16:15–17:45
Panel presentation
Beyond Co-design! Next steps for ACRL Framework collaboration Recording available. Resources available.
Tatevik Zargaryan,
Stavros Hadjisolomou,
Paul Love,
Linda Ziberi
Conference hall (CH)
17:50
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:45
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Dinner)
19:00–21:00
Meal
All-conference dinner
Supara Ethno-Complex, departure from hotel
22:00
Transportation
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
22:30
Transportation
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
Monday, 7 May
08:00
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:00
Community Idea Exchange
Community Idea Exchange
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Co-curricular activities and experiential learning
Linda Martz, Robbie Robinson -
Creating fake news to spark information literacy Resources available.
Jasmina Najjar -
Disability and education in the real world: Accessibility and e-learning in higher education
Lynn Rose -
Experiential learning and educational technologies Resources available.
Elizabeth Kinne, Elena Berg -
Faculty-librarian collaboration in organizing workshops for Philosophy MA and PhD students
Ivett Molnar, Angelika Gulyás -
Framing and reframing: Adapting a learning activity to a new context Resources available.
Vanessa Lawrence -
From zero to fifty in one year: Library and faculty collaboration to integrate digital literacy training in the core curriculum of English Literature Resources available.
Shannon Russell, Eleonora Moccia -
Instructional training for library staff: The benefits of cooperation Resources available.
Manlio Perugini -
Online courses in library management: Library Juice Academy’s “Certificate in Library Management” as a case study Resources available.
Clélie Riat -
Open educational practices at AUCA
Zhanylai Keldibekova, Aisuluu Namasbek kyzy -
Teaching an intercultural communication course using iSpring Suite Resources available.
Maya Sharsheeva, Liubov Jdanova -
Teaching with technology and learning with technology: Reporting back from 2017’s ACRL Immersion
Michael Stoepel
Room 330 & Gallery
10:00–10:30
Break
Coffee break
Information Commons
10:30–11:30
Mini-workshop
Creating narrative non-fiction podcasts in the classroom Resources available.
Kim Fox
G31
10:30–11:30
Birds of a Feather
Digital literacies across AMICAL: Toward shared visions, frameworks and strategies
Nadine Aboulmagd,
Jeff Gima
Room 432
10:30–11:30
Birds of a Feather
Technology in education: A friend or foe? Resources available.
Rosa Fusco,
Petros Korovesis
Room 435
11:30–11:45
Break
Coffee break
Information Commons
11:45–12:45
Unconference
Unconference
Conference hall (CH)
12:45–13:30
Plenary session
Conference closing
Conference hall (CH)
13:30–14:30
Meal
Lunch
Kitchenette
14:30
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
14:45
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
Thanks to our sponsors for making AMICAL 2018 possible.