Beyond LinkedIn Meg Ecclestone, Instruction and Liaison Librarian, York University Kim Stymest, Business Librarian, York University
Nov 01, 2014
Beyond LinkedIn
Meg Ecclestone, Instruction and Liaison Librarian, York UniversityKim Stymest, Business Librarian, York University
Your Personal Brand
ePortfolios: Showcase your talents
ePortfolios
• Control your online presence and persona• Use as an extension of your resume• Illustrate your reflective practice• Grapple with issues, skills, or challenges you
are facing• Showcase your talents in a variety of formats
ePortfolios: Getting Started
Blogging Platforms• Blogger• Wordpress• Google SitesDrag and drop websites• Weebly• Yola• Wix
Visual Resume Tools
• Visualcv.com• Visualize.me• About.me• Re.vu
Visual Resumes: A Cautionary Tale
Re.vu
About.me:
• Resume Design• Images• Learning Object Repositories
Gathering Inspiration
Images
• Flickr– “Only search within Creative Commons-licensed
content”• Haiku Deck• Google Images
Learning Object Repositories
PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials OnlineCORIL: Cooperative Online Repository for Information LiteracyMERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online TeachingQuest Garden
Supporting Multimedia
Screencasting
• Screen-o-matic• Jing• Captivate• Camtasia• Storyline by Articulate• Windows Movie maker• iMovie
Slides and PDFs, Social Media Archives
• Slideshare• Scribd• Storify
Infographics
• Infogr.am• Visual.ly• Pictochart
Data Sets
• Generate your own!• Wolfram Alpha• Wordbank.org
Your Professional Development
Your Professional Development
MOOCs• Coursera• EdX• UdacityOpen Courses • MIT Open Courseware• Open Yale CoursesFree Learning• Instructables• Khan Academy• Code Academy
Cheap Learning• SkillshareLibrary Learning (Cheap & Free)• ASIS&T Webinars• Libraries Thriving• IFLA New Librarians
webinars• JISC RSC
Connecting with your professional community
• Academia.edu• Mendeley• Twitter
#libchat#edchat#edtech#elearning#SLATalk
Closing Thoughts
Thank you! Questions?
Meg Ecclestonewww.meghanecclestone.com