IL2007, Day 2: Helene Blowers and Meredith Farkas talk about learning
Posted on November 1, 2007
Filed Under Library 2.0 |
Meredith Farkas - building a foundation with five weeks to a social library
- issue - lots of people don’t have access to continuing education programs
- hands-on learning is important
- online courses can be run cheaply
talked about Five Weeks to a Social Library: had 40 participants, all kinds of libraries
tools used:
- drupal - it allows multiple blogs, all in the same place, and static content, too
- blip.tv
- opal
lessons:
- playing with technology is essential to learning technology
- reflective learning makes ideas stick
- learning from peers can be more important than learning from a sage on the stage
- online learning can be developed on the cheap
Helene Blowers: Lego Building: Learning through Play
learning 2.0 has been duplicated over 200 times internationally - coolness.
what can you do to continually keep up with changes?
need to think of ourselves as players
(note to self - always print out presentation… Helene had some tech problems)
become a knowledge player
- take 15 minutes a day to explore something new
- subscribe to 5 blogs: librarianinblack - sarah does a great job at short informative posts; techcrunch; what i learned today - Nicole does reflective learning stuff; wired; learning 2.0 - 3 new things a month
- tag “play items” in del.icio.us
- create a learning blog
- PLAY!!! give yourself and others permission to play.
become a guide - someone who exhibits and explains points of interest
become a discovery guide
- it’s about learning
- remove the classroom
- exposure is the 1st step towards learning
- learners have as much to share as guides
- focus on FUN
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