Playing around with Bubbl.us' free account for concept mapping. This is for my LTEC 676 course on Social and Ethical Issues in Educational Technology. I started in the Online LTEC (OTEC) program with the fabulous Fall '19 cohort. I wish I'd remembered to blog here about it. It was brutal, and more rigorous than many of my Library Science classes, truth be told. Partly because we were doing so many group projects in the first year.
Today, I am here to share this new site that Dr. Hoffman is having us use to create concept maps for our learning. I'm embedding it here. As of today, it is version 01, but I imagine it may change as I update it. It was fun mapping out all that we've learned so far, and I might consider using concept maps as a form of note-taking moving forward. It is a neat way to visualize my notes. Interestingly, most of my classmates have a more starburst format, less linear, and more like an expanding cloud from the center outwards. I am the only person in my class to have a concept map that looks like this so far, and am the only person to have embedded video and article links directly into my concept map, but I have a poor memory, so I need a lot of detail in my notes. Wondering if that will hurt my grade though since it is so different:
I am thrilled to be in LTEC because of all the different software tools we're utilizing, and because my brain loves the adrenaline rush of learning something new & useful. I hope to apply all that I'm learning towards helping others to learn in the future.
Being in 2 grad school classes while working full time (and during a pandemic) has been intense, to say the least, but I am truly enjoying the program. I'm blessed to have the employee tuition waiver that is making this possible. I'm blessed to be able to work during the pandemic. Mahalo, universe! I need to post a pandemic post, soon.
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My foray into grant writing has yielded one bona fide submission of a completed grant proposal. I learned a lot. I sincerely hope the grant gets awarded because it would be a great contribution to scholarship by creating open access editions of some out of print backlist items that are no longer available – but win or lose – it was a valuable (albeit stressful) experience. I hope to write more grants in my future career as a librarian/archivist. Mahalo to UH Press for giving me a chance to do this for them!
Yesterday, I created my first-ever original bibliographic catalog record! I've been fortunate to volunteer in the past with the HoMA Archives and Collections Department, and am currently spending Saturdays in the museum's beautiful Robert Allerton Art Library. I'm lucky I can volunteer on Saturdays with Ellie Kim, who has been a great teacher and colleague. I'm discovering that I enjoy cataloging! I wasn't sure whether or not I would, and I do! This has been an invaluable experience since the recent NOAA position I got requires me to catalog. It took me almost 3 hours to create my first original record, but time flew as I analyzed this work by Japanese artist Ryojun Shirasaki!
Yay! I made it through. After 6 months of courses with Library Juice Academy, I completed my goal of learning more about Linked Data and the semantic web, earning a Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems. Instructor Rob Chavez deserves a big mahalo for his thoughtfully laid-out lessons and assignments. I didn't continue with Sparql II or Sparql III, primarily because my current semester and the upcoming oral examination I need to pass in March is taking huge amounts of time and effort, but I hope to take more professional development courses in the future. I'll write more about my current internships, work, and the oral exams in another post. In the meantime, thanks for stopping by!
During my internship this summer at Smithsonian Libraries, I was introduced to Linked Data concepts through a NISO vitual conference on BIBFRAME & Real World Applications of Linked Bibliographic Data, and some other meetings and discussions with members of the Digital Programs and Initiatives Division. Alvin Hutchinson recommended Library Juice Academy to the interns as a possible way to supplement our current academic curriculum if we were interested in learning more. In August, I registered for the first course (of six) in a series that awards a Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems. All courses in this series are taught by Robert Chavez, who puts together month-long courses broken down into weekly modules with readings, examples, and assignments. Successful completion of each course allows you to progress towards the certificate. I definitely feel a greater understanding of these concepts largely attributed to Robert's course materials. I just registered for the final course in the series and if all goes well, should be getting a certificate next year. I'm willing to pay the extra money to learn concepts that aren't currently being taught at my own school and have enjoyed the experience so far!
Time is the 4th dimension. Lately, I've longed for the ability to press pause.
This semester, I've been working part time in my student assistant position in the UHM Pacific Collection, and interning at JABSOM Health Sciences Library where the staff is amazing, and I am going to deeply miss working with them. I am also taking 2 LIS courses: Database Searching, and Resources in Hawaiian & Pacific Librarianship; as well as working towards a Library Juice Academy certificate in XML and RDF-based Systems which requires me to take (6) 1-month-long classes. I just finished class 3: Introduction to the Semantic Web. I'm digging the courses and the instructor. In November, I flew to Hilo on the Big Island, for the Hawaii Library Association (my first ever professional conference) Conference. I also presented my first-ever academic poster. All that being said... I've been super busy this semester. |
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