It's taken me a while to finally be able to pen this journal entry, but one noteworthy event in my mentoring relationship with Dr. Lewis was recording my first portion of a lecture using Adobe Presenter.
We actually recorded my portion of the lecture in the last part of October. Dr. Lewis gave me a chapter from her course text to read over, and then she advised me to pick a portion of the chapter that I could use to teach as a part of the lecture using about 4-5 Adobe Presenter slides. I would then work with Dr. Lewis to create the slides and we would work them in appropriately into the online lecture.
I decided that I would make my portion of the lecture about emergent fields in information science. I thought this was relevant to the students in the class because people who get the MLIS degree should not be limited to working in libraries, and whether you wish to admit it or not, the long-term viability of libraries is in question.
I discussed four fields: informatics, user experience design, knowledge management and competitive intelligence. Dr. Lewis watched as I recorded my portions of the lecture, and she said she thought it went well.
Using Presenter was an interesting experience. Dr. Lewis makes it look so easy, but I know it is more difficult than she made it look because I was having problems with it while completing an exercise related to online teaching for SLIS 804. But I look forward to learning the program better, as having the ability to teach online is going to be essential for me to secure a job once I leave here. It is a challenge, but I am ready for it.
Introducing me to a practical skill - I think - represents a major success in this mentoring relationship.
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