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Pioneer of Open Education Presents at UTA
Yesterday UTA Libraries in partnership with the LINK Research Lab welcomed Dr. David Wiley, a pioneer of open education, to campus for a public…
Dr. Bonnie Boardman’s Introduction To Industrial Engineering (Ie 1205) Maker Literacies Project Report
In Spring 2017 Dr. Bonnie Boardman’s Introduction to Industrial Engineering (IE 1205) students undertook an assignment in the UTA FabLab with the…
Maker Literacies Program Alumnus At Barcelona Maker Faire
She's teaching the “Easy Screenprinting with Vinyl” workshop that she developed as part of her assignment in the Maker Literacies Program.
Experiential Learning Popping Up at UTA Libraries
In Fall 2016, the Libraries began a series of pop-up experiential learning events during which attendees would engage in design thinking and…
Maker Literacies Program Alumnus At Barcelona Maker Faire
I’m writing to highlight what I consider to be a huge success story for our beta Maker Literacies Program at UTA Libraries.
Pow! Student Self-Confidence Data Analysis
I've completed the data analysis for my project about comparing undergraduate student self-confidence before and after participation in the UTA…
Wayfinding/LibQUAL Brief Report
This is a brief report discussing some of the findings of LibQUAL report of 2015 compared with the Wayfinding project completed in 2016.
"Making Maker Literacies" Presentation At 2017 Annual Amigos Member Conference
On Wednesday, Morgan Chivers (our FabLab Artist in Residence and technician extraordinaire) and I presented to the 2017 Annual Amigos Member…
Calling All Textbook Heroes
During Open Education Week, an international celebration of the impact open education has on teaching and learning, UTA Libraries asked students…
MayDay!
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! What happens when a hurricane wipes out the records of an entire city? What if a fire burns up a family’s ancestry or a…
UTA Libraries Awarded IMLS Grant To Test Maker Literacies Program
My team has been awarded a $50k IMLS grant to expand and test our maker literacies program at other universities! Over the summer we will be…
APS and CERN Sign an Open Access Agreement for SCOAP3
Exciting news from the world of particle physics research and open access publishing.