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• Beyond the backchannel: Leveraging Twitter to enact learning processes 

  Paulin, Drew; Gilbert, Sarah; Haythornthwaite, Caroline A.; Gruzd, Anatoliy; Absar, Rafa (iSchools, 2015-03-15)

  Conferences provide opportunities for participants to learn with each other through social discovery, interaction and knowledge development. Increasingly, Twitter provides an online backchannel surrounding conference ...

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• 21st Century Information Workers: What Core Competencies Should MSIS Students Learn? 

  Barker, Lecia Jane; Broussard, Ramona; Buchanan, Sarah; Carter, Daniel; Gruning, Jane; Gursoy, Ayse; Kazim, Nida; Moon, Eunyoung; Ocepek, Melissa; Simons, Rachel (iSchools, 2015-03-15)

  The day-to-day work of information workers charged with information creation, organization, presentation, preservation, analysis, and retrieval is changing dramatically because of rapid advances in technology, the ubiquitous ...

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• Pipelines and Pathways into the Information Professions 

  Depew, Michael; Loder, Courtney; James, David; Mott, Martez; Pascal, Connie; Villa-Nicholas, Melissa (iSchools, 2015-03-15)

  i3 and other pipeline initiatives create opportunities for students from diverse and non-IS backgrounds to enter the information fields. The purpose of this session is to celebrate the work of existing pipeline initiatives, ...

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• Learning Analytics and iSchools: What, Why, & Worries 

  Teasley, Stephanie D.; Bederson, Benjamin B. (iSchools, 2015-03-15)

  This SIE is aimed at members of the iSchool community who are interested in learning about Learning Analytics (LA) and thinking through how this arena for Big Data is relevant to the intellectual agenda(s) undertaken by ...

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• Draw My Life: Creative Reflection through Stick Figure Storytelling 

  Morris, Rebecca Jane (iSchools, 2015-03-15)

  The purpose of this session is to introduce participants to the engaging and adaptable “Draw My Life” video as a form of digital storytelling and professional reflection. Garnering millions of Youtube views, Draw My Life ...

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