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Stellar for Librarians
This just went out to an email list for everyone in the MIT Libraries.
Please join Ben Brophy of AMPS (Academic Media Production Services) for an update on the Stellar course management system.
The agenda will include:
- an overview of what Stellar is
- a glimpse of how some classes are using Stellar
- a demo of how librarians might use Stellar, either by creating our own sites or by adding value to instructor sites
- a discussion about how how librarians might use Stellar, and support online education in general
- a sneak preview of Sakai, the open source course management system MIT is developing with Indiana, Michigan, Stanford, and Berkeley
- a few words on how librarians may influence the development of Stellar and Sakai
This session will be primarily geared toward subject selectors and anyone involved in instruction, but is open to all Libraries' staff.
Date: Wed. April 20 Time: 3:30-5 PM Place: DIRC
I'm excited about the talk. I enjoy showing Stellar off - it's really pretty solid these days - and one of my big picture goals is to find ways to get Libraries more involved in the development of course management systems like Stellar and Sakai.