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Crafternoon: Creating Community and Cool Things Together

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Have you heard about Crafternoons?

All materials will be provided and all current students, faculty, and staff are invited to come hang out, create, and chat with each other (or not, if quiet crafting is your thing). You’ll need to sign in, so make sure you have your Durham Tech ID or know your Durham Tech ID number.

Spring 2023 Crafternoons. Main Campus events are Wednesday from 1-3 pm. Orange County Campus (OCC) events are Tuesdays 11am-1pm.

Crafternoons are hands-on workshops sponsored by the Durham Tech Library and the Student Enrichment Department.

Keep reading for a little more information about each event and don’t forget to put them on your calendar!

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Open Educational Resources at Durham Tech (and a TLC Presentation on Nov. 3)

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Have you heard of Open Educational Resources (OER)?

Maybe you’ve heard they’re “free textbooks.” Maybe you’ve heard that replacing commercial textbooks with open textbooks improves students’ success and retention rates. Maybe you’ve heard that instructors can edit OER, mix them together, or otherwise modify them to align with your learning outcomes. Maybe you know someone right here at Durham Tech who is already teaching using OER.

OER are materials for teaching, training, or research in any form –digital or otherwise– that are in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free access, use, modification, and redistribution by others – either with no restrictions or with limited restrictions.

Expanding OER adoption can be an important tool in furthering Durham Tech’s new Strategic Plan, particularly with respect to Pathways to Student Success:

Ensure that all enrolled students persist, progress, complete a credential or appropriate training, transfer, and secure living wages at equitable rates that meet or exceed regional, state, and national averages.

Students whose classes rely on OER are more likely to remain in those classes and to enroll in more credits over time.

If you’ve followed the Library blog for some time, you may already be aware of Durham Tech’s involvement with Open Educational Resources.

Librarians here attended “OER boot camp” training through NC LIVE in 2018 and have been building support for OER since then, working to help faculty incorporate OER into their courses.

Going forward, library staff look forward to helping instructors expand OER adoption in support of student success.

To learn more about about OER and how we can help, please join librarians Courtney Bippley and Stephen Brooks for their TLC presentation 
Walk the Talk: How OER Adoption Is Integral to the New Strategic Plan (via Microsoft Teams) next Wednesday, November 3, at 2:00 p.m.

Crafternoon Workshops scheduled for Fall Semester

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The Library and Student Government Association are excited to host craft workshops again this fall semester.  Workshops are held in the Library’s Group Study Area room 5-105A on the lower level of Main Campus Library unless otherwise noted and are open to all students, faculty, and staff.  All materials and supplies are provided. Join us for creative fun and to try something new!

Photos from spring semester Crafternoon workshops:

  • mask painting for Mardi Gras
    mask painting for Mardi Gras
  • Students doing wool felting
    wool felting
  • wool felted owl
    wool felted owl
  • stdudents doing wool felting
    wool felting
  • string art image of Durham Tech logo
    string art
  • student making string art
    string art
  • string art image of heart
    string art
  • students wearing masks they created
    Mardi Gras masks created by students

Main Campus Schedule
Make and decorate your own academic planner or notebook
Thurs. 8/29 2:00-4:00 Main Campus Library room 5-105A
Candle Making
Thurs. 9/19 2:00-4:00 Main Campus Library room 5-105A
Pumpkin painting
Thurs. 10/31 2:00-4:00 Wynn Multipurpose room 10-103
Native American crafts
Tues. 11/19 2:00-4:00 Main Campus Library room 5-105A

Orange County Campus Schedule
Make and decorate your own academic planner or notebook
Tues. 8/27 11:00-1:00 OCC Lobby
Candle Making
Wed. 9/20 11:00-1:00 OCC Lobby
Pumpkin painting
10/29 11:00-1:00 OCC Lobby
Native American crafts
Wed. 11/20 11:00-1:00 OCC Lobby

Crafternoon Workshops Scheduled for Spring Semester

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We’re calling all makers, artists, crafters, and those looking to try something new or have fun, to join us for Crafternoon!  The Library and Student Government Association are looking forward to hosting our craft workshop series again this spring semester for students, faculty, and staff.  Workshops are held in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level of Main Campus Library as well as other campus locations noted below.  Workshops will also be held at the Orange County Campus.  All materials and supplies are provided. Join us for creative fun, team building, and stress relief!

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations for Main Campus

Wool Felting 
Thurs. Feb. 14  2:00-4:00  Library  5-105A

Mardi Gras Mask Decorating 
Tues. Mar. 12 from 10:00-12:00 Wynn Multipurpose Room

String Art on Wood              
Thurs. Apr. 11, 2:00-4:00 Newton 4-149

Join us for Crafternoon workshops this Fall semester

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The Library and Student Government Association are hosting craft workshops this fall semester.  Workshops are held in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level of Main Campus Library unless otherwise noted.  All materials and supplies are provided.

Images from previous Crafternoon workshops:

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Schedule for Main Campus
Mon. 8/27 1:00-3:00   Academic planners/notebooks
Tues. 9/18 1:00-3:00  Mixed media collage
Wed. 10/24  11:00-3:00 Pumpkin painting (note location: Fall Fest, Main Campus Plaza)
Thurs. 11/1  1:00-3:00 Day of the Dead masks (note location: Wynn Multipurpose Room)
Tues. 11/27 1:00-3:00 Tote bag painting

Schedule for Orange County Campus
Wed. Aug. 29 11:30 – 1:30  Academic planners/notebooks
Thurs. Sept. 20 11:30-1:30  Mixed media collage
Tues. Oct. 23 11:30-1:30 Pumpking painting during Fall Fest
Wed. Oct. 31 TBD  Day of the Dead masks
Thurs. Nov. 29 11:30-1:30  Tote bag painting

Join us for Crafternoon!

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The Library and Student Government Association are hosting craft workshops this spring semester. We made felted wool creations last week.

Participants in the wool felting workshopphoto from workshop

photo from workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All workshops are from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level. We hope you’ll mark your calendars to join us for all of the events.  All materials and supplies are provided. Next week we’ll make paper beads and valentine cards.

 

 

Here is a poster for our spring events on Main Campus:

Workshops at Orange County Campus will be held in the lobby on the following dates and times:

Valentines & Paper Beads

Feb. 14, 2:00-3:30 pm

Rock Painting

Mar. 21, 1:00-3:00 pm

Recycled Soda Can Flowers

April, date to be announced

 

Crafternoon: Make your own academic planner or notebook

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Durham Tech Library and Student Government Association are excited to host fun craft events for students!  This will be an ongoing event series in Fall and Spring semesters. We will host this first event at both Orange County Campus and Main Campus Library.

crafternoon imagePROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or notebook

LOCATION: Orange County Campus, room 104

PRESENTER: Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian

WHEN: Thursday, August 24, 11:30-1:00 pm

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PROJECT: Make & decorate your own academic planner or notebook

LOCATION: Main Campus Library; room 5-105A (Group study area)

PRESENTER: Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian

WHEN: Friday, August 25, 1:00-3:00 pm

We hope to see you there!  All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend our workshops.

Student Library Workshop Schedule for Fall semester

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Calling all Students!
Make plans to attend one of our Library Workshops this semester!  Click here for the printable schedule:
Flyer Library Workshops Fall 15 revised

Photo of students using computers in the library

WHY? Learn important skills for success at Durham Tech and beyond!

WHERE? ERC Main Campus Library Computer Lab room 520 (and Orange County Campus when noted below)

WHO? Workshops are open to all Durham Tech students and no preregistration is required

Library 101: Learn How to Use the Library
Learn to locate books, DVDS, articles, and other resources and services to help you take advantage of all that the library offers to students.

Thurs. Sept. 3 12:00-1:00 pm

Wed. Sept. 9 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Avoiding Plagiarism & Citing Sources Correctly
Learn to determine why, when, and how to cite sources and learn proper citation guidelines for MLA and APA formats.  Practice creating citations and ask questions. 

Tues. Sept. 15 11:00 am- 12:00

Mon. Sept. 28 3:00 -4:00 pm

Wed. Sept. 30  2:00 – 3:00 pm (Orange County Campus)

Tues. Oct. 6 12:00-1:00 pm

Thurs. Oct. 8 9:00-10:00 am (Orange County Campus)

Thurs. Nov. 5 1:00-2:00 pm

Database Searching Tips and Tricks  (Note: New Date!)
Learn how maximize your database searching and efficiently locate great articles for your papers and class assignments. 

Wed. Nov. 4 6:00-7:00 pm

A certificate of participation will be given to all attendees. We hope to see you at our workshops!

Citation Workshops update

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The library has rescheduled a few of our Citation Workshops due to the winter weather.
All workshops will be held in the library’s computer lab room 520.  No pre-registration required.

New dates and times:

Tues. 3/3   11:00 am – 12:00 noon
Mon. 3/9   6:00 – 7:00 pm 
Wed. 3/25  3:00 – 4:00 pm
Thurs. 4/9  10:00 – 11:00 am

Come to a workshop to learn how to avoid plagiarism and cite your sources correctly!

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