A big shout out to the libraries in Canada that participated in my Education Institute talk today. I can’t believe how much we covered in one hour. Exploring trends shaping users information experiences and environments always fires me up. The trends I highlighted today include:
- Ubiquitous Social Tools
- Personal Learning Networks in the Cloud
- Spaces with Heart
- Immersive Learning & Play
- The Changing Path of Content
- Location Aware Information Environments
- Transliteracy
- Integrated Devices & Tablet Mania
- Building a Community of Users
- Learning & Teaching in Flux
The slides are available here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/StephensTrends2010.pdf



Thank YOU Michael — very inspiring talk as usual! We had six staff listening in at Thunder Bay Public Library. As the Head of Virtual Services (which is a lone “Department of One”) is is always a boost when other peeps hear that we’re doing a lot of the “top tech trend”-y stuff here already.