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
Hoda Mostafa,
Maha Bali,
Nadine Aboulmagd,
Reham Niazi
Conference Center P022
09:00–14:30
Full workshop
Information literacy in practice: Leadership, communication, teaching Resources available.
Evi Tramantza,
Stella Asderi,
Manlio Perugini,
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.
Rana Al Ghazzi,
Rayane Fayed
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
Conference Center P022
12:15–13:15
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
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Around the world in six novels: An Omeka exhibition built by the students Resources available.
Alessandra Grego, Eleonora Moccia -
AUB libraries partnership with the Graduate Council, Writing Center and other departments on campus Resources available.
Nabila Shehabeddine -
Building an Arabic-English parallel corpus for translational stylistics
Mai Zaki -
Digital pedagogy and information literacy in the humanities: An interdisciplinary approach for scrutinizing sources in writing-intensive courses
Julie Kolgjini -
Engaging students with primary sources: Bringing Anatolia College archives into the classroom Resources available.
Eleni Mouskeftaropoulou -
Movie actors present history sources via digital history lessons in Bulgaria
Evelina Kelbecheva -
Open Educational Resources (OER): How AMICAL institutions can improve academic success
Hawwa'u Ma'aruf -
Revamping the IL curriculum in ACT: A novel approach aligned with ACRL
Stella Asderi -
Student authored content as OER
Aisuluu Namasbek kyzy, Shirin Tumenbaeva -
Textbook 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
Hoda Mostafa
Conference Center P022
14:15–15:15
Panel presentation
Open texts, discerning minds: Broadening critical engagement with digital humanities Recording available.
Kristen Highland,
Mark Muehlhaeusler,
Amani Elshimi,
Abdel Aziz Galal
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
Shannon Russell,
Tara Keenan
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
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A visual and numerical data model for tracking student participation in class observations
Ali Chetwynd -
AUCA library space: New approaches to mobility
Jyldyz Bekbalaeva -
Challenge accepted: Reinventing information literacy in a digital world Resources available.
Livia Piotto -
Collaborative storytelling using video game platforms
Jamalieh Haley -
Creating a streaming video collection
Hani Salem -
Digital humanities + Digital journalism = Digital storytelling: A course as a case study Resources available.
Laura Kelly -
Digital reflections on evaluating information Resources available.
Michael Stoepel -
Facilitating awareness of the library at AUIS: An interdisciplinary interview project
Shko Fuad -
Open source software: Evaluation of needs
Omar Farhoud -
Research in humanities: An exploration of reliance on digital tools and methods in Pakistani academia
Muhammad Abdullah -
Scenario 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.
Elisabetta Morani,
Maha Bali,
Sawsan Habre,
Mark Muehlhaeusler
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
15:15–15:45
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
Conference Center Atrium
15:15–16:00
Virtually Connecting
Virtually Connecting Recording available.
Anita Walz,
Maha Bali,
Nadine Aboulmagd,
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams,
Robin DeRosa
CORE C124
15:45–16:00
Lightning talk
Lightning talks
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Co-creating global learning across the AMICAL network
Tamo Chattopadhay -
Learning 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
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Anatolia College’s oral histories: Reflecting on roles, interactions and opportunities from an inter-institutional collaborative project
Eleni Mouskeftaropoulou -
Developing a sustainable platform for Open Access (OA) publishing in Armenia
Hasmik Galstyan -
Digital heritage as Library-Anthropology collaboration
Jyldyz Bekbalaeva, Aida Abdykanova -
Entering a new era: The new and improved AUBG IL program Resources available.
Krasimir Spasov -
History coming alive with Timeline JS: Collaboration on a digital pedagogy project
Nadine Aboulmagd -
Implementing VoxVote activities in teaching and learning interdisciplinary courses
Ekaterina Galimova -
Information literacy instruction: A success story!
Joyce Draiby -
Mapping the sacred: Including students’ research in seminars
Marie Hakenberg -
Openness in teaching and research: Archiving Lebanese parliamentary election campaign materials
Sawsan Habre -
Openness 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 Okolo -
Teaching 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
Maya Sharsheeva,
Aijamal Sarybaeva
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.