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aecklund started the topic New MLA International Bibliography tutorial on cross-cultural communication in the discussion
Bibliographic Instruction Materials Group on MLA Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoWe at the MLA have recently released a new tutorial on the subject of researching cross-cultural communication in the Bibliography. Please share with your students and colleagues! And let us know if you have suggestions for topics we should cover in our tutorials.
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Engaging Students: Using the MLA International Bibliography to Teach the Research Process in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 11 months, 2 weeks agoGet tips on using the MLA International Bibliography to teach scholarly concepts and analytical skills.
For more than a hundred years the Modern Language Association, creator of the MLA International Bibliography, has worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature. As part of that mission, the MLA has developed an online…[Read more]
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography, Charleston Library Conference, Nov. 2020 in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 11 months, 2 weeks agoThe MLA International Bibliography is an essential tool for research in all aspects of modern languages and literature, but did you know that the MLAIB can be brought into the classroom and used as an effective teaching tool as well? Learn how the most powerful research tool in the humanities is being used in the virtual classroom to engage…[Read more]
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Understanding the MLA International Bibliography in Intermediate and Advanced Courses in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 11 months, 3 weeks agoObjective: To bring all students up to par on research skills using the MLA International Bibliography’s free Online Course. Students will also explore uses for the MLA International Bibliography beyond finding sources to back up individual arguments and engage with academic discourse as it pertains to the bibliography.
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Understanding the MLA International Bibliography in First-Year Courses in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 11 months, 3 weeks agoObjective: To review and reinforce search skills learned in the MLA International Bibliography’s free Online Course and to engage students in discussion of academic discourse, particularly with regard to what constitutes evidence in different academic fields. Students will demonstrate competency in limiting searches by date, period, publication t…[Read more]
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aecklund started the topic New recorded presentation from the Charleston Library Conference, November 2020 in the discussion
Bibliographic Instruction Materials Group on MLA Commons 1 year, 3 months agoMLA staff member and University of Scranton instructor Dan Connor shares his recent experience teaching with the MLA International Bibliography in this recorded presentation from the November 2020 Charleston Library Conference.
View the recording on Vimeo here: Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography
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aecklund started the topic Engaging Literature Students in the Virtual Classroom with the MLA Bibliography in the discussion
Bibliographic Instruction Materials Group on MLA Commons 1 year, 6 months agoLast Wednesday’s webinar on using the MLA International Bibliography in the virtual classroom, hosted by Library Journal, is now available as a recording. Register here to view the recording at any time: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2828627/53D250B9352103D18AA7D5DA574AABBD?partnerref=LJSPNSREBSCO121620
The webinar focuses on using the MLA…[Read more]
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Katsuyo Motoyoshi started the topic Tutorial Video “What is the MLA International Bibliography?” is now in Korean in the discussion
Bibliographic Instruction Materials Group on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe MLA International Bibliography is an online database that covers literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller deposited Constructing the Innocence of the First Textual Encounter in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThree faculty members from UMass Boston’s English Department—a team responsible for the department’s M.A. course on the Teaching of Literature and for the training of novice teachers of literature—examine the complex process of reading texts that they teach as if they are encountering them as their students do, for the first time. Accepting the p…[Read more]
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Farrah Lehman Den uploaded the file: Engaging Students with the MLA International Bibliography: The Scholarly Conversation Project to
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 3 years, 5 months agoA variation on the Scholarly Conversation Project that asks students to capture the MLA International Bibliography’s indexing metadata in order to perform an initial survey of a scholarly field. Students gather evidence that can be used to draw conclusions about the ways that the “literary conversation” has changed during the last sixty…[Read more]
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Angela Ecklund uploaded the file: Presentation on the Online Course and Other Teaching Tools from the MLA International Bibliography to
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 3 years, 5 months agoThese are the Powerpoint slides for my presentation on the Teaching Tools, given January 3rd at the MLA Convention 2019 in Chicago.
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited History of Scholarship Project (MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools) in the group
MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools Group on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoObjective: Using the MLA International Bibliography, students will develop a presentation that demonstrates their understanding of how scholarship on a single work of literature changes over time.
