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Ever have trouble coming up with ideas? Do you have an idea, but you aren’t sure how to make it a reality? We have a treat in store for you. We chatted with Kerry Harmer, Maker Specialist at the Mount Royal University Library Maker Studio, about ideation. Ideation is the process behind brainstorming and bringing ideas to life. Ideation is central to the making. We hope you’re inspired to reach out to Kerry and the Maker Studio team in the Fall. As we shift back to on-campus work and leave remote work behind, this podcast will take a hiatus. It has been a pleasure bringing your stories of makers and mavericks here at the Library. What would you like to see on this podcast? Feel free to reach out! Check out the audio spaces at the Library and create your own podcast in September!Bibliography DesignKit. (n.d.). Methods.  https://www.designkit.org/methods#filterFerrier, M. (2020). Ideation. In M. Ferrier & E. Mays (Eds.). Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship. https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-and-entrepreneurship/chapter/ideation-2/Music Credits: Intro & Outro: Doctor Dreamchip

How can libraries can help guide students and the community through complex information ecosystems? Brian Jackson is our guest today, a data librarian and subject librarian for Earth & Environmental Sciences, Policy Studies, Political Science, and Economics. at Mount Royal University. We’ll discuss the virtual talk hosted by Brian  “What’s Wrong with Research Assignments” that was held at MRU library and delve into what makes information literacy complex in today's world.Bibliography and Further ReadingFister, B. (2021). Lizard People in the Library. Project Information Literacy Provocation Series. https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/lizard-people-in-the-library.htmlLarson, R. (1982). The "Research Paper" in the Writing Course: A Non-Form of Writing. College English, 44(8), 811-816. doi:10.2307/377337Mount Royal University Library. (n.d.). Information Literacy. MRU Library. https://library.mtroyal.ca/faculty/literacy Sharun, S., & Smith, E. (2020). Educational development partnerships and practices: Helping librarians move beyond the one-shot. College & Research Libraries News, 81(9), 445. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.9.445

You've likely heard about 3D printing, but do you know how revolutionary it is? From teaching and learning applications to disrupting manufacturing, 3D printing is changing how we create and work. Maker Studio Technician Erin Wainwright walks us through what the library is doing to support innovation using 3D printing and why it's important. Did you know it's now possible to 3D print in concrete and whole houses can now be built?  There are thousands of new applications and innovations to discover when it comes to 3D printing!Want to record a podcast remotely? Use this tutorial to create audio files from Google Meets like we did for this interview.Bibliography and further reading:Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. (2019). EMBRACING CHANGE: Industry 4.0 and Canada’s Digital Future in Manufacturing. https://cme-mec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CME-MEC-2019-Tech-Adoption-v8.pdf Gaudillière, N., Dirrenberger, J., Duballet, R., Bouyssou, C., Mallet, A., Roux, P., & Zakeri, M. (2020). Industrialising Concrete 3D Printing: Three Case Studies. In Sheil B., Thomsen M., Tamke M., & Hanna S. (Eds.), Design Transactions: Rethinking Information Modelling for a New Material Age. 158-165. London: UCL Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv13xprf6.31 Mount Royal University. (n.d.). Curricular Integration. Mount Royal University Library. https://library.mtroyal.ca/spaces/maker/curricular-integration Paul, G. M., Rezaienia, A., Wen, P., Condoor, S., Parkar, N., King, W., & Korakianitis, T. (2018). Medical Applications for 3D Printing: Recent Developments. Missouri medicine, 115(1), 75–81. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139809/  Pomerantz, J.  (2018). Pedagogical Uses of 3D Tech. Learning in Three Dimensions: Report on the EDUCAUSE/HP Campus of the Future Project. https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/learning-in-three-dimensions-report-on-the-educause-hp-campus-of-the-future-project/pedagogical-uses-of-3d-techRayna, T. & Striukova, L. (2021). Assessing the effect of 3D printing technologies on entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 164. doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.12048Yang, F., Gu, S. Industry 4.0, a revolution that requires technology and national strategies. Complex Intell. Syst. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-020-00267-9 Zastrow, M. (2020). 3D printing gets bigger, faster and stronger. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00271-6

How will the pandemic be recorded in history? Archives are hoping to collect records of our pandemic experience so that it can be accessed by future generations. The Mount Royal University Library Archives launched the Documenting the Pandemic project to collect records from the university community. In Episode 6, we spoke with Peter Houston, who leads the Archives and Special Collections and is the subject librarian for Art History and Interior Design at MRU Library. We’ll be learning more about the archives, what’s changed during the pandemic and how technology is playing a key role in this present moment. Bibliography and further reading Baron Cadloff, E. (Sept 25, 2020). Looking back on COVID-19: how university archives are preserving this moment in history. University Affairs. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/looking-back-on-covid-19-how-university-archives-are-preserving-this-moment-in-history/ Dixon, A. (Apr 28, 2020). Documenting the Pandemic: Libraries Launch COVID-19 Archival Projects. Library Journal. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=Documenting-Pandemic-Libraries-Launch-COVID-19-Archival-Projects-archives Greenberg, S. J. (2020). Resilience, relevance, remembering: history in the time of coronavirus. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 494–497. https://doi-org.libproxy.mtroyal.ca/10.5195/jmla.2020.986 LaPierre, S. S. (2021). Participatory digital archiving and community engagement during COVID-19. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 4-8. Neal, J. (2015). Preserving the Born-Digital Record. American Libraries. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/28/preserving-the-born-digital-record/ Trace, C. (2011). Beyond the Magic to the Mechanism: Computers, Materiality, and What It Means for Records to Be “Born Digital”. ARCHIVARIA 72 (Fall 2011), 5–27. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13358/14660 Zastrow, J. (2021). The digital archivist. Computers in Libraries, 41(1), 9-11.  Music Credits: Intro & Outro: Doctor Dreamchip Interlude: Frankum

Open Educational Resources are revolutionizing academic publishing and making it possible for students to access learning materials for free. Mount Royal University librarian Cari Merkley chats with us about her work with Open Education Alberta - a service that offers collaborative publishing of open textbooks at no cost. Bibliography and SourcesBCCampus. (n.d.). The New Normal: Using OER to re-open education. https://bccampus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Using-OER-to-reopen.pdf Caldwell, J. (2020). OER: Trial by COVID-19. BCCampus. https://bccampus.ca/2020/05/14/oer-trial-by-covid-19/ Askin, N., Brunet, M., Coughlan, R., Daniels, C., Durnin, F., Khetarpal, M., Ludbrook, A., Morrison, L. & Smith, A. (2020). Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada. CARL Open Education Working Group. https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/OEWG_environmental_scan_eng.pdfCox, C. (2020). Changed, Changed Utterly. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/06/05/academic-libraries-will-change-significant-ways-result-pandemic-opinionFazackerley, A. (2021, Jan 29). 'Price gouging from Covid': student ebooks costing up to 500% more than in print. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/29/price-gouging-from-covid-student-ebooks-costing-up-to-500-more-than-in-printJhangiani, R. S., & Jhangiani, S. (2017). Investigating the Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks: A survey of Post-Secondary Students in British Columbia. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.3012Klar, R. (2020, Dec 2). Amazon under pressure to lift ban on e-book library sales. The Hill. https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/528280-amazon-under-pressure-to-lift-ban-on-e-book-library-sales McKenzie, L. (2020). Window of Opportunity for OER. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/13/pandemic-drives-increased-interest-open-educational-resources Nearly, L. (2019). You May Have To Wait To Borrow A New E-Book From The Library. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775150979/you-may-have-to-wait-to-borrow-a-new-e-book-from-the-libraryOpen-access.net. (n.d.) What is Open Access?https://open-access.net/en/information-on-open-access/what-is-open-access#:~:text=The%20aim%20of%20OA%20is,and%20legal%20barriers%20as%20possibleWalters, W. (2014). E-books in academic libraries: Challenges for sharing and use. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 46(2) 85–95. DOI: 10.1177/0961000612470279

What’s a Dataverse? Listen to find out! Open data and open data repositories, like Dataverse, are important and vital in today’s world. In this episode, you’ll learn about open data and data literacy with our guest MRU data librarian Brian Jackson. He worked on Mount Royal’s new Dataverse data repository and has a wealth of knowledge to share on understanding data. Check out the Mount Royal University Dataverse open data repository here.  More data will become available in the coming months.Bibliography and Additional ReadingDataverse Project. (n.d.) About. https://dataverse.org/about King, G. (2007). An Introduction to the Dataverse Network as an Infrastructure for Data Sharing. Sociological Methods and Research, 36,173–199. https://j.mp/2owjuRr Open Data Charter. (n.d.). INTERNATIONAL OPEN DATA CHARTER. https://opendatacharter.net/principlesOpen Data Watch. (2020). Data in the Time of Covid-19. https://opendatawatch.com/what-is-being-said/data-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Scholars Portal Dataverse. (n.d.) Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/ Statistics Canada. (2020) Covid-19: A data perspective. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/covid19

The world of Ed Tech has never been more exciting. An array of platforms and tools are available for remote teaching and learning. However, what's just a trend and what's worthwhile for today's busy educators? Erik Christiansen and Kris Hans, educators and hosts of the podcast Ed Tech Examined, help us cut through the noise. How can balance be struck between using new technologies and keeping things simple? Use this tutorial to create audio files from Google Meets like we did for this interview. Join me for my upcoming workshops in December, Academic Podcasting and Intro to Audacity. Follow me on Twitter to join the conversation.Tools Mentioned:Google ClassroomGoogle Jam BoardMural PadletTop HatKahoot! Slide-OPoll EverywhereStraw Poll Show Bibliography and Additional Resources Correia, A.P. (2020). Healing the Digital Divide During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 21(1), 13–21. Hodges, C., Moore, S., Lockee, B., Trust, T., Bond, A. (2020) The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning. Educause Review, 27. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between-emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning Reed, M. (2020). Should Showing Faces Be Mandatory?. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/should-showing-faces-be-mandatory The Toronto Star. (2020). Digital inequality: How high-speed internet is dividing Canada. https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2020/11/12/digital-inequality-how-high-speed-internet-is-dividing-canada.html Watters, A. (2020). Ed-Tech and Trauma. Hack Education. http://hackeducation.com/2020/11/05/trauma Williamson, B., Eynon, R., & Potter, P. (2020). Pandemic politics, pedagogies and practices: digital technologies and distance education during the coronavirus emergency, Learning, Media and Technology, 45(2), 107-114. 10.1080/17439884.2020.1761641   Music Credits:Intro: Doctor DreamchipOutro, Interlude: eardeer

Getting tired of Zoom? Try Virtual Reality! It's not as hard as you think to get started. Our guests Anna Nuhn and Genista Kippin walk us through the latest on VR and how to get comfortable socializing in it. Anna and Genista work at the Mount Royal University  Library Experience Lab, which offers equipment, workshops , training and course integration assistance in VR and other immersive technologies. Check out Experience Lab workshops here.Use this tutorial to create audio files from Google Meets like we did for this interview.Bibliography and Further Reading:Facebook. (2020). How virtual reality facilitates social connection. https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/news/insights/how-virtual-reality-facilitates-social-connection-au Kolo, K. (2019). Disruptive Education through Immersive Learning Technologies. The VR/AR Association. https://www.thevrara.com/blog2/2019/10/29/disruptive-education-through-immersive-learning-technologiesKrokos, E., Plaisant, C. & Varshney, A. (2019). Virtual memory palaces: immersion aids recall. Virtual Reality, 23, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-018-0346-3 Oh, C. S., Bailenson J. N., Welch, G. F. (2018). A Systematic Review of Social Presence: Definition, Antecedents, and Implication. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5, 114. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00114     Riva, G. & Mantovani, F. (2012). Being There: Understanding the Feeling of Presence in a Synthetic Environment and its Potential for Clinical Change, Virtual Reality in Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Applications. IntechOpen. https://www.intechopen.com/books/virtual-reality-in-psychological-medical-and-pedagogical-applications/being-there-understanding-the-feeling-of-presence-in-a-synthetic-environment-and-its-potential-for-c Terdiman, D. (2020). I was skeptical about attending Burning Man in VR, but it’s great. Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/90547369/i-was-skeptical-about-attending-burning-man-in-vr-but-its-great Music Credits:Intro & Outro, Interlude: Doctor Dreamchip

What makes a maker? Audrey Burch, Maker Studio Technician at the Mount Royal University Library, walks us through the ins and outs of the maker movement and the technology in the Maker Studio. You’ll discover how accessible maker technology, such as 3D printers and laser cutters, is revolutionizing product development, research and more. Don’t forget the role of programming languages like Python!Learn about maker tech and other emerging technologies from specialists through free online workshops. The Library offers workshops to the MRU community and general public. Click here to view the calendar.Show Bibliography:CuriosityCommons. (n.d.). A Brief History of Makerspaces. https://curiositycommons.wordpress.com/a-brief-history-of-makerspaces/  CuriosityCommons. (n.d.). Participatory Learning. https://curiositycommons.wordpress.com/participatory-learning/ Opensource.com. (2020). What is the open source way? https://opensource.com/open-source-way Opensource.com (2020). What is Python? https://opensource.com/resources/python Opensource.com. (2020). What is Raspberry Pi? https://opensource.com/resources/raspberry-pi University of Cape Town. (2010). Human Computer Interaction (HCI): Interactive Systems. https://www.cs.uct.ac.za/mit_notes/human_computer_interaction/htmls/ch01s03.html Music Credits:Intro & Outro, Interlude: Doctor Dreamchip