2007/03/28: Supporting scholarship: issues, opportunities, and service development
I've been catching up on work-work since giving my presentation to the Cal State University senior research officers last Friday. I finally managed to put the presentation up at my work web site. I present for your reading pleasure:"Supporting scholarship: issues, opportunities, and service development" Feel free to steal whatever you'd like from it. I know I borrowed liberally from the papers and news I've been reading lately (with attribution in the notes).
To provide context: The CSU research officers are provosts and vice-presidents. They recently drafted a white paper about the role of research within the Cal State system. The gist of it is that they want to promote research more since it's integral to our mission as a teaching/learning centered institution. I gave them a lot of feedback on their draft document. The officers know there are impediments to expanding research and they are trying to address those issues. Go them!
I'm sorry the presentation is in PowerPoint. I know I said I was going to take a more demonstration-based approach. As I got into writing the presentation I realized there was a metric ton of material to discuss which necessitated the slide-based approach. I'd like to get into using slidy or something more webbed. It's a matter of balance. Do I want to spend time on the newer applications when the old familiar software does the job adequately? Yes, but I don't get to dictate what my priorities are on any given day. This week I'm dealing with some campus committee deadlines. Ultimately this campus committee work assists me in marketing and filling my repository so the effort expended is worthwhile. I'm sure that some day I'll join the cool-kids in eschewing PowerPoint.
I've been playing with
posted by Laura @ 10:52 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home