Participate in AMICAL 2018 online

Attendees have begun gathering in Bishkek for AMICAL 2018, the Consortium’s 15th Conference, hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).

The Program Committee has assembled a terrific program tied to the theme of “International liberal arts in a digital era: Reimagining a shared vision for libraries, technology and learning.”

But what if you aren’t able to attend the event? Not to worry! You can join us online:

• Watch the live stream of the keynotes and panels
• Participate in an online discussion with the Conference keynotes.

The keynote speakers

This year we are pleased to have two exceptional speakers keynoting our event on different aspects of digital literacies:

• Gina Siesing, Chief Information Officer & Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries at Bryn Mawr College, will deliver a keynote that grapples with this question: “How do we ensure that students at our liberal arts institutions are prepared to be effective in their chosen fields of pursuit both immediately after graduation and throughout their lives and careers?”
  Students at the center, all of us in support: Digital competencies at scale in the liberal arts (6 May 2018)

• John Traxler, Professor of Digital Learning at the University of Wolverhampton, in his keynote will deconstruct the simplistic assumption that digital litercacy is “easy and obvious, almost a universal human right in a digital world. It should be the educational concept that underpins learning, prosperity and fulfilment.”
  Digital literacy… is it critical? (5 May 2018)

• Both Gina & John will participate in a hybrid (of course!) discussion on digital literacies (6 May 2018). This Virtually Connecting session will be co-facilitated by Nadine Aboulmagd, Instructional Designer & Technologist, and Maha Bali, Associate Professor of Practice, both from AUC. To join this session, leave a comment on the Virtual Connecting event blog post or tweet to @vconnecting.

The panels

We also have two panels that will be live streamed.

• New learning spaces: Transforming the way we teach, learn and research (5 May 2018). Members from four AMICAL institutions, and the architect behind the award-winning AUCA building will provide ideas on further design/redesign/transformation and evaluation of learning spaces.
• Beyond Co-design! Next steps for ACRL Framework collaboration (6 May 2018). Moderated by librarian, this faculty panel will discuss the impact of the Co-Design information literacy workshop and how to sustain and institutionalize emerging practices.

Tweet along

We’ll be tweeting with the #amicalconf hashtag. Follow along and join the conversation!

See you all online!