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Learning 2.0 at WIRED Online

Woohoo!

http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/03/learning2_0

Public Library Geeks Take Web 2.0 to the Stacks

When the IT director at North Carolina's Charlotte & Mecklenburg County public library began training staff in the latest web technologies, she lured reluctant participants with bribes -- a free MP3 player and the chance to win a laptop.

Six months later, the program they developed is the real prize. Learning 2.0, developed by public services technology director Helene Blowers, has become a surprise grassroots hit, available for free on the web and adopted by dozens of other libraries around the globe.

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Posted by Michael on March 29, 2007 08:46 AM |

Comments

Hey way to go you and the NC librarians!

Posted by: jessamyn | March 29, 2007 10:25 AM

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