MIX Conference 2024
MIX Conference 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024
Registration is capped at 80 participants due to space / logistical considerations
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MIX Conference 2024: Educate, Evolve, Empower: Navigating the Digital Frontier in Library Instruction.
- Date: Friday, July 19th, 2024
- Time: 9am-4pm
- Location: Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Grand Rapids
- Keynote speaker: Justin Bruno, AI Strategist at Michigan Virtual
- Sessions include strategies for sharing and leveraging AI prompts in educational settings, techniques to empower students in their grant writing using AI tools, how comics can improve accessibility and engagement in your presentations, and AI-generated imagery and its applications in library instruction.
Whether you're from an academic, public, school, or special library, this affordable, informal learning opportunity is your gateway to the future of library instruction.
Don't miss this chance to connect, share, and grow with fellow librarians who are passionate about evolving their instructional practices! Reserve your spot today!
MIX 2024
Educate, Evolve, Empower:
Navigating the Digital Frontier in Library Instruction
Woodbridge N. Ferris Building
Kendall College of Art and Design of
Ferris State University
8:00-9:00AM
Registration and morning refreshments
9:00-9:15AM
Opening Remarks
9:15-10:15
Boyer Hall (Room 217)
Keynote Presentation: AI - What and Why?
How AI is Already Changing Education
Justin Bruno, Michigan Virtual
10:30-11:20AM
Session 1A, Boyer Hall (Room 217):
Empowering Student Grant Writing with AI:
Using Google Gemini for Topic Development and Research Strategizing
LuMari Guth, Western Michigan University
Session 1B, Room 212:
It’s not a handout: Creating a custom library connection through a “research personality”quiz
Veronica Bielat, Wayne State University
11:30AM-12:50PM
Lunch: Boyer Hall (Room 217)
Optional visit to the KCAD FlexLab (130)
with Coordinator John Shaw (visit on your own)
1:00-1:50PM
Session 2A Boyer Hall (Room 217):
Teaching Core AI Concepts with
Midjourney Generative AI
Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University
Session 2B, Room 212:
Instruction reinforced with an online tutorial
Rui Wang, Central Michigan University
2:00-2:50PM
Session 3A, Boyer Hall (Room 217):
AI Prompt Sharing and Discussion
Emilia Marcyk-Taylor, Michigan State University Libraries
Session 3B, Room 212:
Panels & Pedagogy:
Using Comics to Improve Accessibility and Engagement in Library Instruction Presentations
Mary Ruge, Grand Valley State University
3:30PM
Hoppy Hour – HopCat Grand Rapids
Kendall College of Art and Design of
Ferris State University
8:00-9:00AM
Registration and morning refreshments
9:00-9:15AM
Opening Remarks
9:15-10:15
Boyer Hall (Room 217)
Keynote Presentation: AI - What and Why?
How AI is Already Changing Education
Justin Bruno, Michigan Virtual
10:30-11:20AM
Session 1A, Boyer Hall (Room 217):
Empowering Student Grant Writing with AI:
Using Google Gemini for Topic Development and Research Strategizing
LuMari Guth, Western Michigan University
Session 1B, Room 212:
It’s not a handout: Creating a custom library connection through a “research personality”quiz
Veronica Bielat, Wayne State University
11:30AM-12:50PM
Lunch: Boyer Hall (Room 217)
Optional visit to the KCAD FlexLab (130)
with Coordinator John Shaw (visit on your own)
1:00-1:50PM
Session 2A Boyer Hall (Room 217):
Teaching Core AI Concepts with
Midjourney Generative AI
Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University
Session 2B, Room 212:
Instruction reinforced with an online tutorial
Rui Wang, Central Michigan University
2:00-2:50PM
Session 3A, Boyer Hall (Room 217):
AI Prompt Sharing and Discussion
Emilia Marcyk-Taylor, Michigan State University Libraries
Session 3B, Room 212:
Panels & Pedagogy:
Using Comics to Improve Accessibility and Engagement in Library Instruction Presentations
Mary Ruge, Grand Valley State University
3:30PM
Hoppy Hour – HopCat Grand Rapids
The MiALA Instruction and Information Literacy IG is providing support for the 2024 MIX Conference. Please contact MIX Committee member Mari Kermit-Canfield (MariKermit@ferris.edu) with any questions.