Teaching in a Paperless Classroom

TEACHING IN A PAPERLESS CLASSROOMStephen FrancoeurUser Experience Librarian

Baruch College (New York, NY)

About Me

User experience librarian @ Baruch College

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My Course: LIB 1015

20 First-Year Students

Introduction to Research

Google as Theme

Final Project: Annotated

Bibliography

Weekly Homework

In-Class Activities

Why Paperless?

• Reduce printingEnvironment

• Cloud-based collaborationTech Skills

• Google DocsCourse Theme

Blackboard replacement

Classroom portal

FlexibleModular

Connected

http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/lib1015

Free

Sharing

Feature Rich

Real-Time

Blogs@

Baruch

DiscussionClass News

http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/lib1015francoeur2011/

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• “Missing” docs

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• Uninspired blogging

• 15% not paper free