AMICAL 2020
15–18 January · American University of Kuwait
Schedule
Table of contents
Wednesday 15 January
08:30
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–09:15
Check-in
09:15–16:45
Strategic approaches to the development of digital literacies Resources available.
Doug Belshaw
B202
10:30
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
10:45–11:00
Check-in
11:00–16:45
Asma Al-Kanan, Donna Scheeder, Jorge Sosa & Evi Tramantza
B201
17:00
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
Thursday 16 January
08:30
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–09:15
Check-in
09:15–09:45
Opening session Recording available.
Auditorium
09:45–11:00
The operating system of our lives: How we misunderstood the digital transformations Recording available.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Auditorium
11:00–11:30
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
11:30–12:30
How does your digital pedagogy transform your students learning? Resources available.
Anguelina Popova
B202
11:30–12:30
Information literacy practices at AMICAL institutions: First survey results and needs discussion Resources available.
Stella Asderi
B201
11:30–12:30
B208
12:30–13:30
Lunch
TBC
13:30–14:45
Community idea exchange
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Heba Sayed
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Developing a collaborative corpus-builder platform for Urdu language OCR system: A multi-Institutional initiative Resources available.Muhammad Imtiaz Ahmed & Bushra Almas Jaswal
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Digital technologies across universities: A collaboration of AUC and AUP faculty and students Resources available.Martin Dege & Irene Strasser
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Digitizing students’ publications: Why it is important to an international liberal arts institution Resources available.Gergana Atanasova & Nikolina Ivanova-Bell
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Muhammad Abdullah
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Fundamentals of online facilitation: A course for developing (online) teachers Resources available.Nadine Aboulmagd
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Implementing project-based learning in liberal arts through digital apps Resources available.Ekaterina Galimova
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Reem Al Ali & Hana Kaouri
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Shko Fuad
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One hundred years of lessons learned: How AUC’s university archives leveraged digital collections in service of our centennial Resources available.Stephen Urgola
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Students as historians: Teaching students how to be researchers and creators in digital humanities Resources available.Aidai Anvarbek Kyzy & Aijamal Sarybaeva
Library Ground Floor
14:45–15:15
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
15:15–16:15
Integrating digital projects in the classroom: Presentations of projects at Franklin University Switzerland and Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane Resources available.
Derek Elliott, Aziz El Hassani, Clelie Riat, Kate Roy & Daniel Twumasi
B205
16:15–17:00
Unconference pitches
Auditorium
17:15
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:30
Bus (Hotel → Museum)
19:00–21:00
Visit to the Bait Al Outhman museum
21:00
Bus (Museum → Hotel)
Friday 17 January
08:30
Bus for CIE presenters (Hotel → Campus)
08:45
Bus for all attendees (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:15
Community idea exchange
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Hani Salem
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Creation and development of a digital humanities LibGuide Resources available.Evi Tramantza & Liza Vachtsevanou
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Jyldyz Bekbalaeva & Kamilya Kadyrova
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Dimitar Christozov
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Impact assessment of librarian-faculty collaboration to develop the digital literacy skills of a first-year composition class Resources available.Emilienne Idorenyin Akpan
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Zhuzumkan Askhatbekova & Jyldyz Bekbalaeva
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Benson Ali & Nasiru Yakubu
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Rebecca Fares Salem & Tatevik Zargaryan
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What good did we do? Assessing impact with ACRL project outcome toolkit Resources available.Livia Piotto
Library Ground Floor
10:15–11:15
Unconference #1
Various
11:15–11:45
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
11:45–12:45
Library Resources Buyers Group meeting
Elisabetta Morani
B209
11:45–12:45
The video diary as reflection: Engaging selfie culture in the curriculum to develop innovative learning and digital media skills Resources available.
Elisabetta Petrucci & Kwame Phillips
B209
11:45–12:45
B201
12:45–13:00
Group photo
TBC
13:00–14:00
Lunch
TBC
14:00–15:00
Community idea exchange
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Assessing the role of academic support services in student success Resources available.Mariya Antonova
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Assessment and learning: Transforming the course evaluation process online to improve data collection and decision making Resources available.Rosa Fusco & Petros Korovesis
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AUCA pilot project: Documenting, demonstrating and assessing student learning with “Portfolium” Resources available.Anguelina Popova & Maya Sharsheeva
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Faculty-librarian collaboration: A pilot project for using OER-based courses at Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane Resources available.Said Ennahid & Rachid Zegrane
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Laura Kelly & Julie Kolgjini
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Aisuluu Namasbek Kyzy & Shirin Tumenbaeva
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Love triangle: A collaboration between Wikipedia, AUB libraries, and communication skills classes in teaching academic writing Resources available.Fatme Charafeddine & Abir Ward
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Student-faculty research team collaboration in the liberal arts: Lessons learned from the GLCA-Library of Congress program Resources available.Michael Stoepel & David Tresilian
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To transfer or not to transfer? Digital transformation and the exclusivity of higher education “offline” Resources available.Ekaterina Kombarova
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Workflows in transformative open access agreements: CEU library’s first year Resources available.Ivett Molnar
Library Ground Floor
15:00–15:30
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
15:30–16:30
Unconference #2
Various
16:30–17:00
Closing session
Auditorium
17:00
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:30
Bus (Hotel → Dinner)
19:00–22:00
All-conference dinner
22:00
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
Saturday 18 January
09:00
Bus for Members Council (Hotel → Campus)
09:15–10:45
Members Council meeting
Library - 1st floor
10:30
Bus for Coordinating Committee (Hotel → Campus)
10:45–11:15
Coffee break
11:15
Bus for Members Council (Campus → Hotel)
11:15–12:45
Coordinating Committee meeting
Library Conference Room
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