Ruby Leadership Certificate

RUBY CERTIFICATE FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL AGE LEADERSHIP
The Ruby Certificate program is designed to help students become discerning members of the information society, able to find and evaluate information quickly and with confidence. Upon completion of the program students will be: able to sift through the massive amounts of information thrown at us in this society; capable of evaluating sources of information for accuracy and relevancy; confident in their ability to do solid research crucial to the decision making process; and aware of the ethical issues involving the use of information. Though particularly useful for students in their first and second years of college, these skills will help anyone save precious time by increasing efficiency in their personal and professional lives.

The Ruby Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight workshops, including the four required workshops (Creating e-Portfolios for the Job Market, Critical Inquiry in Research, Fair Use? and Social Networking for Professionals) and submission of journal reflections for each workshop. During 2011-2012 we will only offer four additional workshops that qualify to earn the Ruby Certificate.

REQUIRED WORKSHOPS:

Creating e-Portfolios for the Job Market 10/17, 11/6, 2/13 & 3/26
Critical Inquiry in Research 9/12, 10/25, 2/5 & 3/27
Fair Use? 10/16, 11/14, 2/21 & 4/3
Social Networking for Professionals 8/23, 10/4, 11/7, 2/26 & 4/2

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS:

Becoming an Uber Efficient Researcher 10/18
Collaborating in the Cloud 11/13
Create Better Looking Reports Using Microsoft Excel Analysis 3/13
Create Podcasts & Enhanced Pod w/Apple's Garage Band for Mac 10/24
Mendeley: PDF Management and Automatic Bibliographies 10/3
Mobile Apps for Research and Education 3/6
Online Emerging Tech. for Multimedia Content 2/6
Organize Your Web Research with Diigo 9/20,
Using iMovie to Create Winning Videos 11/15 & 3/12