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The inaugural ACRL Springboard Event was held on April 2, 2008.  Click here to access the archive.
 
PROGRAM
Join us on Wednesday, April 2, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CDT for a lively discussion about the future of higher education with Henry Jenkins, the Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities.  Henry will also explore the skills and fluencies students will need for the 21st century and what the library can do to prepare for the future of higher education. 
 
Henry Jenkins has published extensively on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, and From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games.  He writes regularly about media and cultural change at his blog, henryjenkins.org.  Henry is one of the principal investigators for The Education Arcade, a consortium of educators and business leaders working to promote the educational use of computer and video games and of the Knight Center for Future Civic Media, a joint effort with the MIT Media Lab to use new media to enhance how people live in local communities.  He is one of the principle investigators for GAMBIT, a lab focused on promoting experimentation through game design, and of Project nml, a MacArthur Foundation funded project that develops curricular materials focused on promoting the social skills and cultural competencies needed to become a full participant in the new media era.
  
MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS BENEFITS
By providing this Springboard event, the ACRL Board is responding to your feedback that professional development is one of the most important services that ACRL provides and that members want additional online learning opportunities. ACRL is pleased to offer this inaugural free professional development event and will continue to sponsor a free Springboard event annually if there is sufficient interest.