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Description: Lori Bell, lead developer for the Content Creation Module, and Samantha Settimio, lead developer for the Course Management Module, will lead program alumni in a discussion about the practices they have incorporated into their own online teaching as a result of their experience with this module. They will also present the new and improved versions of their modules, launching on WebJunction.org this summer.

Ms. Bell is Interim Special Projects Coordinator at SCRLC and has worked in a wide variety of library settings. She has been honored as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for her work to apply technology to library services.

Ms. Settimio is a current graduate student in the MSLIS program at Syracuse University and will graduate May 2017. Her interests involve digital humanities, critical and digital pedagogy, liaison librarianship, and assessment.

Arden Kirkland, Project Coordinator for the D4L program, will also help facilitate the discussion and will share information about the D4L program as a whole, including the relationships formed among alumni as they keep in touch through a continuing community of practice. Ms. Kirkland is an independent digital librarian, providing consulting services for digital collections and online learning.

Program Alumni Panelists: 

Jan Keiser is the Lead Researcher for JKE Research. Her capstone project begins with a slideshow that depicts a basic search using animation to navigate PubMed. 

Ashley Middleton is the Digital Services Assistant at New Lenox Public Library in New Lenox, IL. Her capstone project brings her library's in-person Digital Media Lab orientation online, helping patrons access this valuable resource at their convenience.

Paul J. Lee is an Associate Manager for the New York Public Library Out-of-School-Time Program in New York City. His capstone project is an online tutorial for program coordinators who want to observe tutors in an after school tutoring program called Enrichment Zone.