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I Need My Teacher to Learn 3.0

Have you seen this? “The ways that you’re teaching have to change as well.” There is a lot to think about here.

Piloting BuddyPress as a LMS

Beginning this Fall semester, Michael Stephens and myself (Kyle Jones) began piloting an open source learning management system (LMS) built on WordPress Multi User (WPMU) and BuddyPress.  This post explains our history with WPMU, the move to BuddyPress, and some of Michael’s initial thoughts on the pilot.

By TTW Contributor Kyle Jones http://thecorkboard.org @thecorkboard

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Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0 Survey Results

Learning 2.0: 23 Things Survey FindingsView more presentations from hblowers.Helene writes:

In going through some old posts still in draft, I realized that I had never shared the findings of the Learning 2.0: 23 Things survey that I had conducted last summer specifically with coordinators of other programs. In conducting the survey I had [...]

Yarra Plenty offers Learning 2.0 for the Public

http://www.yprlconnect.blogspot.com/

This is from last year, but I wanted tio add it to the CAVAL Research category for future reference – and ask TTW readers: has your library extended Learning 2.0 to the public? (or the Board, City Government, or other agency?)

Measuring the Value and Effect of Learning 2.0 Programs in Libraries

This is from the proposal. It frames what we’ll be investigating:

“I believe that this has been one of the most transformational and viral activities to happen globally to libraries in decades.”   Stephen Abram., Stephen’s Lighthouse, February 5, 2008

The genesis of Learning 2.0 began with an article by library futurist Stephen Abram. “Helene Blowers [...]

Beyond 2.0: Playful Teamwork

 

 

 

 

http://beyond2point0.blogspot.com/

From February 23 to May 4, 2009, the Virginia Beach Public Library will offer Beyond 2.0 – Playful Teamwork, a life-long learning and team collaboration experience for library staff. The program is designed to:

enhance business practices through the use of technology to improve internal operations and [...]

Right Here, Right Now: Ready for the Unexpected/Future

We’ve said it time and time again as we continue to forefront Library 2.0: Meet the user where they are.

A friend passed this video off to me and I thought it was an excellent argument as to why 2.0 is essential–and most especially in the library field.  We’re technology leaders, and if people are [...]

Ten Tips for 23 Things at SLJ

Helene Blowers presents “Ten Tips for 23 Things” in the new SLJ:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6600689.html

I especially appreciate this one:

9. Enable transparency and practice radical trust.

Transparency and radical trust are two of the cornerstones of the whole 2.0 movement, and these elements are no less important to the learning environment. In creating this effort to [...]

Excuse me, Prof. – Can I Twitter that?

I take notes, share those notes, and build a community with my peers – just by using twitter -it’s really quite simple.

This is how I feel about Twitter in the classroom.  But the 9/18/08 article over at Techdirt, and the comments in particular, paints some different hues (see: “Should you live blog/twitter a [...]

London…Paris…Hamburg…Rome!

Cindi Trainor responded to my question in this post with a Google map mash up with this link. Thanks Cindi!

 

 

A map of libraries who have participated in the Learning 2.0 program created by Helene Blowers at PLCMC. [...]