Ashton Speaker Series, Spring 2019

Wednesday, March 20th
Waters Room, Zimmerman Library

12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 PM: Part 1 Overview of Podcasting and MVCC program

3:00-5:00: Part 2 Recording an “Information Literacy” Focused Podcast

Audience: Library professionals and others interested in podcasting

Registration for the workshop is free, but limited to 25 participants. In the event that the workshop fills, we will maintain a waitlist. Please register only if you are certain you can attend!

In this workshop, we will discuss the podcast infrastructure at Moraine Valley Community College including conceptual approaches, hardware, software, and staff training. We will discuss the practical challenges of working with students and faculty in creating podcasts while also incorporating this into an information literacy program. Participants will emerge from this workshop a basic understanding of podcasting, potential applications to the college classroom, and the role of libraries in facilitating this content creation. Participants in Part Two of the workshop will record and publish a podcast about information literacy.

Presenter

Troy Swanson is Library Department Chair at Moraine Valley Community College where he teaches information literacy and coordinates the library's online presence. He has published on social media, website usability, and information literacy. Troy co-edited the book  Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think About Information which received the Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award from ARCL’s Instruction Section. In 2017 & 2018, Troy guest hosted a series of interviews on fake news for the Circulating Ideas podcast. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on the management of Web 2.0 in higher education. He served on ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force which drafted the Framework for Information Literacy.