For Faculty Eyes Only: Teaching Naked

Get Dr. José Bowen’s amazingly popular book Teaching Naked from Twin Cities Library. Teaching Naked: Flipping the Classroom, is the theme for 2014’s Faculty Development 6-month Teaching and Learning Series.

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Faculty - Register Now!
Saturday, April 26th 9:00-12:00

Teaching and Learning Series Description: This year’s faculty development 6-month series focuses on Dr. José Bowen’s amazingly popular book Teaching Naked. Bowen’s book discusses how to maximize learning by restructuring our courses so students have first exposure to content through digital technology outside class, reserving precious in-class time for application and interaction (i.e., flipping the classroom).  The idea is to deepen understanding and promote critical thinking through continual engagement with course content and concepts.

All attendees of the teaching and learning series kickoff will receive a FREE COPY of  Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning by Dr. José Bowen (2012).

Check out Twin Cities Library's other resources on flipping the classroom, too!

EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection expansion

Oh hello SMU community. We just received a few updates from EBSCO eBooks, a collection that you automatically search when you search with SuperSearch. We've got over 114,000 eBooks for you, and the academic caliber of our offerings just got stronger.

University Press Content Increases with May 2013 Update
The eBook Academic Collection subscription has added more university press content with its latest update. Titles from Harvard University Press and Yale University Press were recently added, and new books from The Brookings Institution and more titles from Harvard University Press will be included with future updates.

Coming Soon: Early Check-In Feature
Users will soon be able to check in eBooks before the check-out duration has expired using the Adobe Digital Editions software. Returning eBooks early will allow titles to be available for other users sooner. This is beneficial for libraries that have purchased titles on a single- or three-user model.

EBSCO eBooks

What a nice surprise to start a new school year off right! Twin Cities Library is excited to announce a HUGE addition to our collection--over 83,000 eBooks.

EBSCO eBooks -- click to play!

EBSCO eBooks is a collection of over 83,000 electronic books covering many topics—new titles are added each month. Subjects include art, business, education, literary criticism, biographies, history, law, psychology, medicine, and religion.

Need help? EBSCO eBooks User Guide

New Year's Facelift: GVRL

Visit the new Gale Virtual Reference Library HERE.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) has a new interface. In early December, Gale "announced a totally redesigned user interface for Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), its online ebook platform. After extensive user analysis and market feedback, the interface has been overhauled with improved navigation and organization, and a vibrant and engaging display to draw in students, researchers, professionals and general readers."

Lost? Watch a demo of the changes here.