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A short open access textbook which presents main concepts of various kinds of information literacy to students. It includes case studies and hands-on exercises.

Do bullet points oversimplify the nuanced arguments in a lecture? I'm not prepared to give an unequivocal "yes" like this author, but I think questioning your PowerPoint style (and perhaps your students' lecture-attending style) is a good exercise.

This article does not address the reasons why faculty restrict access to technology in the classroom, such as distraction or the confusion of dictation for note taking, but it does present an interesting model for how technology could be used better to create a backchannel for a course through student collaboration.

You may know Michael Wesch from his videos "The Machine is Us/ing Us" or "What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me". In this interview he talks about his next project, a podcast series which will present ethnographic participant-observations of student life, with the goal of deeper understanding of student life.

Remarkable suggestions here about the real potential benefits of being an active "moderator" for your panel and not just a time-keeper. The "take 3 questions before giving any answers" approach sounds particularly interesting.

Xavier University of Louisiana uses the "deliberative discussion" framework in a public speaking class to facilitate community conversations about current political issues.

An English professor presents three activities designed from a strategy of disruptive pedagogy. In order to break students out of their accustomed digital isolation, the professor introduces elements of social discomfort into the classroom. In extreme cases, he surprises students with pizza to keep them on their toes.