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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Posted on behalf of INFOhio. Please excuse multiple postings.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Upcoming <i>Learn With INFOhio!</i> Free Professional Development Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anyone is welcome, but this webinar presentation is being prepared specifically for the use of badging in libraries. Please pass along to anyone who you think may be interested or could benefit from this webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Badging For Learning in Libraries</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:30-4:30<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Collecting online badges as signs of acquired skills or new learnings is an emerging concept in both formal and informal learning environments. Cloth badges defined scouting and gave scouts a way of displaying their skills (via sashes, kerchiefs, or vests). How can moving that practice online -- and creating digital backpacks with digital badges that also demonstrate new skills and abilities -- transform learning? How can the microcredentialing aspect of digital badging help to capture skills that are not reflected on formal academic transcripts? How can librarians use badges to empower informal learning in powerful ways that transcend current practice and empower patrons, colleagues, and students? The presenters, a team from the University of Michigan School of Information who badged October's OELMA conference, will share an overview of digital badging, discuss how badging can move beyond extrinsic motivation and into a meaningful representation of skills, and share tips for effective practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Presenters (in alphabetical order):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kristin Fontichiaro, Sharona Ginsberg, Victoria Lungu, Shauna Masura, Samantha Roslund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://infohio20130124.eventbrite.com">http://infohio20130124.eventbrite.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questions?</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Please email <a href="mailto:registration@infohio.org">registration@infohio.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Your <i>Learn With INFOhio!</i> Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Janet Ingraham Dwyer</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br><b>Library Consultant</b> <br><b>State Library of Ohio</b> <br><a href="mailto:jdwyer@library.ohio.gov"><span style='color:blue'>jdwyer@library.ohio.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>614.644.6910 <br><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/"><span style='color:blue'>http://library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices" title="blocked::http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices"><span style='color:blue'>http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>