AMICAL 2019
29 March – 1 April · American University in Cairo
Schedule
Table of contents
Friday 29 March
08:10
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
08:30
Check-in
Check-in
09:00–17:00
Full workshop
Borderless design: Collaboratively designing creative solutions to our challenges
Nadine Aboulmagd, Maha Bali, Fady Morcos, Hoda Mostafa & Reham Niazi
Conference Center P022
09:00–14:30
Full workshop
Information literacy in practice: Leadership, communication, teaching Resources available.
Stella Asderi, Manlio Perugini, Evi Tramantza & Tatevik Zargaryan
Conference Center P019
10:30–10:45
Break
Coffee break
Conference Center Atrium
10:45–13:00
Full workshop
Borderless design (continued)
Conference Center P022
10:45–13:00
Full workshop
Information literacy in practice: Section I (Leadership and communication)
Conference Center P019
10:45–13:00
Full workshop
Information literacy in practice: Section II (Planning and teaching)
Conference Center P020
13:00–14:00
Meal
Lunch
Conference Center Atrium
14:00–14:45
Full workshop
Borderless design (continued)
Conference Center P022
14:00–14:30
Full workshop
Information literacy in practice (continued)
Conference Center P019
14:45–15:00
Break
Coffee break
Conference Center Atrium
15:00–17:00
Full workshop
Borderless design (continued)
Conference Center P022
16:45
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Pyramids)
Conference Hotel
17:15
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel and/or Pyramids)
AUC campus
19:00–20:00
Social event
Pyramids Sound and Light show
20:00–21:00
Transportation
Bus (Pyramids → Hotel)
Saturday 30 March
07:50
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
08:15
Check-in
Check-in
09:00–09:30
Plenary session
Conference opening
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
09:30–10:45
Keynote
Leveraging open practices in scholarship & teaching in international liberal arts education: What does success look like? Recording available. Resources available.
Anita Walz
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
10:45–11:15
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
Conference Center Atrium
11:15–12:15
Birds of a Feather
Content ownership in the digital age Resources available.
Rayane Fayed & Rana Al Ghazzi
Conference Center P020
11:15–12:15
Mini-workshop
Creating interactive learning experiences with Metaverse Resources available.
Jasmina Najjar
Library P016
11:15–12:15
Invited workshop
Introduction to OER Resources available.
Cheryl Hodgkinson Williams
Conference Center P019
11:15–12:15
Birds of a Feather
Media literacy, news literacy, information literacy and digital literacy: Differences in pedagogical approaches
Kim Fox & Naila Hamdy
Conference Center P022
12:15–13:15
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
Around the world in six novels: An Omeka exhibition built by the students Resources available.
Alessandra Grego & Eleonora MocciaAUB libraries partnership with the Graduate Council, Writing Center and other departments on campus Resources available.
Nabila ShehabeddineBuilding an Arabic-English parallel corpus for translational stylistics
Mai ZakiDigital pedagogy and information literacy in the humanities: An interdisciplinary approach for scrutinizing sources in writing-intensive courses
Julie KolgjiniEngaging students with primary sources: Bringing Anatolia College archives into the classroom Resources available.
Eleni MouskeftaropoulouMovie actors present history sources via digital history lessons in Bulgaria
Evelina KelbechevaOpen Educational Resources (OER): How AMICAL institutions can improve academic success
Hawwau MaarufRevamping the IL curriculum in ACT: A novel approach aligned with ACRL
Stella AsderiStudent authored content as OER
Aisuluu Namasbek Kyzy & Shirin TumenbaevaTextbook affordability initiative at American University of Nigeria Resources available.
Benson Ali
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
13:15–14:15
Meal
Lunch
Moataz Al Alfi Terrace
14:15–15:15
Mini-workshop
Building mindsets: Academic integration of Design Thinking skills
Fady Morcos & Hoda Mostafa
Conference Center P022
14:15–15:15
Panel presentation
Open texts, discerning minds: Broadening critical engagement with digital humanities Recording available.
Amani Elshimi, Abdel Aziz Galal, Kristen Highland & Mark Muehlhaeusler
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
15:15–15:45
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
Conference Center Atrium
15:45–17:45
Mini-workshop
Building digital oral history collections Resources available.
Elie Kahale
Library P016
15:45–17:45
15:45–16:45
Mini-workshop
Robert Duvall taught me how to read: Bringing acting techniques and a student-centered approach to the academic classroom
Alex Poppe
Conference Center P022
15:45–17:45
16:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
17:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Dinner)
18:45
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Dinner)
19:00–22:00
Meal
Dinner (sponsored by EBSCO)
JW Marriott Hotel Cairo
21:00
Transportation
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
22:30
Transportation
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
Sunday 31 March
08:15
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:15
Keynote
University of the margins: Institutional structures and open practice Recording available. Resources available.
Robin Derosa
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
10:15–11:15
Birds of a Feather
Challenges of implementing digital humanities in the classroom
Tara Keenan & Shannon Russell
Conference Center P019
10:15–11:15
Birds of a Feather
Digital literacies across AMICAL: Survey results and opportunities for consortial action Resources available.
Nadine Aboulmagd & Jeff Gima
Conference Center P022
10:15–11:15
Mini-workshop
EdTech for giving feedback on coherence in writing classes
Naglaa Seddiek
Conference Center P020
10:15–11:15
Mini-workshop
Video essays in the curriculum: Collaboration across the university to develop multimodal learning and digital media skills Resources available.
Antonio Lopez & Kwame Phillips
Conference Center P021
11:15–11:45
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
Conference Center Atrium
11:45–12:45
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
A visual and numerical data model for tracking student participation in class observations
Ali ChetwyndAUCA library space: New approaches to mobility
Jyldyz Bekbalaeva & Elena TurdievaChallenge accepted: Reinventing information literacy in a digital world Resources available.
Livia PiottoCollaborative storytelling using video game platforms
Jamalieh HaleyCreating a streaming video collection
Hani SalemDigital humanities + Digital journalism = Digital storytelling: A course as a case study Resources available.
Laura KellyDigital reflections on evaluating information Resources available.
Michael StoepelFacilitating awareness of the library at AUIS: An interdisciplinary interview project
Shko FuadOpen source software: Evaluation of needs
Omar FarhoudResearch in humanities: An exploration of reliance on digital tools and methods in Pakistani academia
Muhammad AbdullahScenario planning and simulations as a teaching aid for ‘fake news’ and information warfare
Chad Briggs
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
12:45–13:00
Social event
Group photo
TBD
13:00–14:00
Meal
Lunch
Moataz Al Alfi Terrace
14:00–15:15
Panel presentation
The battleground: How is OA changing our work? How can we advocate and foster OA? Recording available. Resources available.
Maha Bali, Sawsan Habre, Elisabetta Morani & Mark Muehlhaeusler
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
15:15–15:45
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
Conference Center Atrium
15:45–16:00
Lightning talk
Lightning talks
Co-creating global learning across the AMICAL network
Tamo ChattopadhayLearning from a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) experience
Kim Fox
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
16:00–17:15
Unconference
Unconference
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
17:30
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
19:00–21:00
Meal
All-conference dinner (sponsored by AUC)
Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel
Monday 1 April
08:00
Transportation
Bus for CIE presenters (Hotel → Campus)
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:00
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
Anatolia College’s oral histories: Reflecting on roles, interactions and opportunities from an inter-institutional collaborative project
Eleni MouskeftaropoulouDeveloping a sustainable platform for Open Access (OA) publishing in Armenia
Hasmik GalstyanDigital heritage as Library-Anthropology collaboration
Aida Abdykanova & Jyldyz BekbalaevaEntering a new era: The new and improved AUBG IL program Resources available.
Krasimir SpasovHistory coming alive with Timeline JS: Collaboration on a digital pedagogy project
Nadine Aboulmagd & Gretchen McclloughImplementing VoxVote activities in teaching and learning interdisciplinary courses
Ekaterina GalimovaInformation literacy instruction: A success story!
Joyce DraibyMapping the sacred: Including students’ research in seminars
Marie HakenbergOpenness in teaching and research: Archiving Lebanese parliamentary election campaign materials
Sawsan HabreOpenness in teaching, research and best practices: Initiative incorporating information & digital literacies in a first year composition syllabus at American University of Nigeria Resources available.
Emilienne Idorenyin Akpan & Omachi OkoloTeaching old traditions with new technology: The AKYN Project at AUCA
James Plumtree & Anguelina Popova
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
10:00–10:30
Break
Coffee break
Conference Center Atrium
10:00–10:30
Sponsor presentation
FOLIO: The future of libraries is open [Sponsor presentation] Resources available.
Ali Abdallah
Conference Center P019
10:30–11:30
10:30–11:30
Birds of a Feather
Engaging faculty in teaching excellence activities
Anguelina Popova & Rebekah Rast
Conference Center P019
10:30–11:30
Birds of a Feather
Future of the past: Student-driven digitalized archiving
Aijamal Sarybaeva & Maya Sharsheeva
Conference Center P020
10:30–11:30
Birds of a Feather
Open educational practices: Ideas and seeds for collaboration Resources available.
Maha Bali & Robin Derosa
Conference Center P022
11:30–11:45
Break
Coffee break
Conference Center Atrium
11:45–13:00
Unconference
Unconference
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
13:00–13:30
Plenary session
Conference closing
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
13:30–14:30
Meal
Lunch
Moataz Al Alfi Terrace
14:45–16:15
Meeting
Members Council
Conference Center P020
16:30–17:45
Meeting
Coordinating Committee
Conference Center P020
Thanks to our sponsors for making AMICAL 2019 possible.