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Contributors’ Corner

Welcome to the LITE Workshops@ Addlestone’s Contributors’ Corner – a place to discuss, plan, exchange ideas, collaborate and develop instructional resources.

When an interdisciplinary team at the College of Charleston redesigned the Library’s technology workshops, collaborators decided the concept of information literacy should provide the thread integrating offerings with the Library’s goals and mission. They developed new strategies in delivering instruction, going beyond mere technological proficiency to address 21st Century literacy skills for all campus patrons.

If you would like to be a member of our collaborative teaching and learning community, please contact Jolanda-Pieta (Joey) van Arnhem at vanarnhemj@cofc.edu or 843-953-3604.

Collaborative campus partners have included:


Contributors to the LITE program include: 

Sara Calhoun Davis, PhD | Program Contributor
Associate Dean, School of Education, Health and Human Performance, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Sara: Sara Calhoun Davis is an Associate Professor and serves as the Associate Dean for Accreditation, Assessment, and Operations in the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance (EHHP), teaches courses in classroom assessment and technology, and leads the school’s National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) re-accreditation process for 2012. She frequently consults in assessment and teaching strategies for schools and businesses.

Jared Seay, MLS | Founder of the Thursday@3 Workshop Series and Program Coordinator
Reference Librarian, Director of Media Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Jared: Jared Seay is a reference librarian and head of Media Collections at the Addlestone Library where he works to provide video materials to faculty and facilitate the innovative use of videos in teaching and learning.  He teaches classes in library research, presentation and multi-media technology, and the use of games and gaming in education. He has experience in blogging, web editing, video editing, and explaining things in simple terms that even he can understand.

Jerry Spiller, MSIS | Program Contributor
Web Design and Interactive Media Faculty, Art Institute of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Jerry: Jerry Spiller is a professor of Web Design and Interactive Media at the Art Institute of Charleston, South Carolina. Jerry teaches Nonlinear Narrative, Developing Rich Media Applications, Interaction Design and Interactive Message Design. With a background in language and cultural studies as well as information design, he formerly directed the Language Resource Center at the College of Charleston.

Jolanda-Pieta (Joey) van Arnhem, MFA | LITE Program Designer and Program Coordinator
Head, Technology Support Services, College of Charleston Libraries, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Joey: Joey van Arnhem is an artist and educator with 20+ years of experience in technology and 12+ years in libraries and education. She is responsible for researching emergent technologies and advising the library on best strategies for adoption. Joey contributes her expertise to the newly formed Digital Scholarship & Services Department at the Library, providing instruction for faculty, staff, and students regarding information technology utilization and digital scholarship tools for research and classroom use. She also assists with library website and social media development, creates online instructional tutorials, and provides assistance to faculty teaching and students taking online courses.

Linda McClenaghan | Presenter

Training Specialist Office of Human Resources, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Linda: Linda has been at the College of Charleston for 10 years. Prior to joining the College, she worked for Lord & Taylor in New York city as the Divisional Vice President of Executive Development. She has a passion for all things computer (except the hardware part where she depends on her husband or HelpDesk!).
  • Presentation(s): Microsoft Office OneNote: A Collaboration Tool | October 7, 2010 | Session Flyer | OneNote Workshop Handout (GoogleDoc/PDF)

Bobby Hollandsworth, MLS | Presenter

Business Librarian, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina

  • A bit about Bobby: Bobby Hollandsworth is a Business Reference Librarian at RM Cooper Library on the campus of Clemson University, where he serves as the library liaison to the departments of Economics, Finance, Marketing, and Agricultural and Applied Economics. He has over ten years of experience as a business reference librarian. He has worked in public and academic libraries along with being a quality assurance analyst and database designer at Ovid Technologies. He has an undergraduate degree in Communications from Appalachian State University, Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Master’s of Professional Communication from Westminster College.
  • Presentation(s):What You Need to Know about Plagiarism | April 8, 2010 | Session Flyer | What You Need to Know about Plagiarism iClicker Presentation (GoogleDoc/PDF)

Megan Holt | Presenter
AmeriCorps VISTA for the College of Charleston Center for Civic Engagement, College of Charleston 2009-2010, Charleston, South Carolina

  • A bit about Megan: Upon completion of her Masters in Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina, Megan committed one year of her life to volunteer service through the AmeriCorps VISTA program at the College of Charleston in 2009. Here she used her communication and event planning skills to rally college students to step off their college campus and make an impact in the Charleston community. Megan attended Baylor University as a Founders’ Baylor Scholar where she worked as an assistant for Baylor Athletic Media Relations and spent time as the Director of Press and Public Relations for the Waco Wranglers and as an intern at the Dwyer Group and received her BA in Journalism and Corporate Communications. Megan is currently the Director of Communications and Marketing at Covenant Day School
  • Presentation(s): Give Twitter a Try | February 25, 2010 | Session Flyer | Twitter Workshop Handout & RU Ready to Facebook? | March 25, 2010 | Session Flyer | Facebook Handout

Jared Smith | Presenter

Webmaster for ReadWriteWeb 2009-2012

  • A bit about Jared: Jared Smith is a local Web developer and experimenter who specializes in social technologies. He currently works at Boom Town as a software engineer. He attended the College of Charleston and lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Previously, he was a webmaster at College of Charleston and ReadWriteWeb (www.readwriteweb.com), one of the top 10 blogs in the world. Jared also sits on the steering committee of Social Media Club Charleston, an organization dedicated to promoting good practices and ethics in social media. Jared blogs about social media and technology at his personal blog, jaredwsmith.com.
  • Presentation(s): Harnessing the Real-Time Web | March 4, 2010) | Jared’s follow-up post to the LITE blog: Notes from my real-time research session at College of Charleston