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Note from Michael: I worked with Janette on the CAVAL Visiting Scholar Project. We had a wonderful afternoon visiting the good folks at the Yarra Plenty Library while I was in Melbourne. Congrats Janette! Famous for being a place to expand your mind and change your life, State Library of Queensland will welcome its [...] I have an article up at InfoToday Europe on the CAVAL Australian research: http://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Exploring-the-impact-of-Learning-2.0-78002.aspx Results of the research project have been presented at conferences in Australia and the United States as well as in published articles. Here is a breakdown of some of the major findings of the research: Better awareness of new technologies and [...] We just sent the revised draft to the New Review of Academic Librarianship. Here is the abstract: Replicated across the globe, the Learning 2.0 program – also known as “23 Things” – has been touted as a means to not only educate staff about emerging social technologies but as a means of moving the participating [...] Caval 2009, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. I had a great time in Portland for PLA. It was nice to catch up with folks I rarely see and to spend time in a great Northwest city. I also enjoyed talking about my research project. The slides are here: PLA [...] Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The [...] Our presentation at VALA2010 is Thursday morning (Wednesday night for me). We’re utilizing this conference to launch a new Web site dedicated to the Learning 2.0 Research we’re doing for CAVAL: http://research.tametheweb.com/ And you can follow along! Here’s an updated draft of our slides: The impact and benefits of Learning 2.0 programs in [...] I was honored to do an interview with Finding Education‘s Shannon Firth last week. We talked a lot about the Australian research project as well as other topics. The post is now up: http://blog.findingeducation.com/assignment/educators-that-rock-michael-stephens/ Here’s a bit of the piece: fE: How important is branding to libraries? And what do things like blogs and wikis [...] This year has been most magical. I traveled a bit, had some wonderful students in my classes, and learned so much from everyone I encountered. I also spent much of the summer with our new dog Cooper in Traverse City hiking and sitting by the fire. One of the most magical and life changing [...] A few days after I delivered my keynote at the Australian School Library Association, I received a wonderful email from Lyn Walsh. She asked permission to adapt the presentation for her work with the Amata Anangu School. Because my talks are all CC licensed I told her [...]
Thanks to all who attended and to those who are hosting me here in Townsville. Great group to talk with! Slides are here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/239835/QPLAChangeChallengeStephens.pdf |
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