MAGNA ONLINE SEMINARS
Katherine Jones
Katherine Jones is the undergraduate services librarian and an assistant professor at Kansas State Universitys Polytechnic Campus. In addition to providing personalized research assistance to individual students, Jones conducts embedded information literacy instruction to students studying a variety of disciplines--most of them STEM-based fields such as aviation, unmanned aerial systems, and mechanical and electrical engineering. Joness other roles include the development and implementation of all library programming and displays, the design and management of the librarys social media and marketing, the supervision of the campuss peer tutoring program, collection development, and wearing whichever hat is required of her at the time to best meet student needs. Katherines other areas of interest include using gamification in education, effectively addressing the unexpected gaps in technology-related knowledge among Gen Z and Millennial learners, and discussing at length the meta behind the obvious, if hidden, presence of librarians in the Star Trek franchise.
Jones strives to make information literacy easily accessible to students at all learning levels via online modules, face-to-face guidance, and course-specific instruction and activities. Her primary objective as an instructor is to encourage students to continue thinking critically about information long after their academic careers have passed. She holds a Master's of Library Science.
Last Updated: 02-26-2018
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- Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
Creating Critical Thinkers in the Information Age
- $29.00 – $697.00
- Learn to be more mindful of how to critically access information. You will gain a toolbox of skills to apply to your own information use as well as that of your students.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Technology in the Classroom
Student Technology Skills: Expectations vs. Reality
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar seeks to reveal the truth about students digital literacy and will examine the potential disparity between campus curriculum and employers expectations. Learn strategies for (re)implementing basic, necessary digital-literacy to help meet students learning needs without straying from your scheduled curricula.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can I Bring Pop to My Classroom with Pop Culture?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Create a positive and unique classroom environment in which students are more connected to your content through these concrete strategies for applying pop culture to your course.
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