MILEX Conference 2008
How in the World?: Getting Students to Think CriticallyPractical Approaches and Successful Practices
DATE: Friday, October 24, 2008
LOCATION: Loyola College Graduate Center (Timonium Campus) - Timonium, MD
REGISTRATION DUE DATE: REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
On October 24, 2008, United Nations’ Day, we ask the question, “How in the World … do we get our students to think critically?” College faculty and librarians interested in the goal of improving students’ critical thinking skills will have an opportunity to share their best practices and learn from colleagues about this aspect of pedagogy central to all teaching and learning. Presenters at the MILEX Conference 2008 will share techniques, lead exercises, and illustrate classroom applications.
MILEX (Maryland Information Literacy Exchange), a new and growing organization of academic and instruction librarians, invites proposals from those interested in presenting at this conference. The MILEX Conference Committee is striving to construct an experience for academics that will be heavy on specific models and practical information for instructors to use in sparking their students’ critical faculties. The aim of this conference is to offer sessions that model the integration of critical thinking skills into lessons and collaborative projects between faculty and librarians.
REGISTRATION:
Member - $75 | Non-member - $100 | Student - $40
The conference registration deadline has passed. For questions please contact:
Dr. Seán Henry (MILEX Treasurer)
Lewis J. Ort Library
Frostburg State University
101 Braddock Road
Frostburg, Maryland 21532-2303
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The official conference hotel is the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The conference rate is $119 per night (ask for the
Advanced Purchase Rate and mention MILEX and Loyola College).
NOTE: Once booked, the hotel deems this rate as non-refundable and cannot cancel the registration.
Room reservations at the $126 per night rate can be canceled. Ask hotel about reservation policies.
Crowne Plaza Hotel
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
Front Desk Telephone: 410-252-7373
DIRECTIONS, MAP & PARKING: Parking is free at the Timonium campus facility (Map & Directions)
DOCUMENTATION: Conference Flyer (PDF) | Conference Program (PDF)
PROGRAM:
- 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration, coffee & pastries
- 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome
- 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
- UMUC: Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum - Sara Godbee, Stevenson
University, Ed O’Donnell, M.L.S. & Cynthia Thomes, M.S.L.S. (UMUC)
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- Bullish on Critical Thinking: Making the Connection from Sources to
Argument - Kathryn Delahanty, J.D. & Shana Gass, M.S.L.S. (TU)
- 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break
- 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Presentation
- Eye on Information Literacy: Critical Thinking in the Visual Arts - Judy
Zebrowski, M.S.I.S., Bucknell University
- 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Pecha Kuchas (Brief PowerPoint Presentations on Critical Thinking)
- 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Keynote Speaker, Ken Bain, Ph.D.
- 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Break
- 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Presentation
- Critical Evaluation of Information: Is that a Good Therapy or Pseudoscience?
Alan Bensley, Ph.D. & Deborah Crowe, M.S. Counseling Psychology
graduate student, Frostburg State University
- 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- HIST 300: Exploring the Past, Preparing for the Future - Tamara
Smith, M.L.I.S. & Elizabeth M. Nix , Ph.D., University of Baltimore
- Nursing Research: Taking It Beyond the Textbook - Regina M. Phillips,
Ph.D, R.N., & Sue Bonsteel, M.L.S., Stevenson University
- 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Wrap-up