I’m presenting today as part of Library Journal‘s The Digital Shift: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/reinventinglibraries/ Here are my slides as a PDF: for slide please Contact Michael I go on at 12:55pm, talking about The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. More below: This post was originally published at the Center for Information Research and Innovation (CIRI) blog at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science in May 2013. MOOC Meets Learning 2.0 In Fall 2013, the SJSU School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) will be offering its first open online course, the Hyperlinked Library MOOC. It is adapted from an existing […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Carrie writes: Michael asked us to do a kindness audit of our library this week, and I made mine into a little video. I’m hoping to post again soon on UX because it’s pretty much my favorite topic – as Aaron Schmidt said, I’m a “library UX nerd”. This is just one sample of the incredible work coming out of #hyperlibMOOC – Thanks Carrie!
Visions of the future: http://www.miamistudent.net/news/google-glass-gives-miami-visions-of-future-1.3073029#.UlHDnBZQGIk Waller was one of 8,000 “glassholes” selected to be among the first to play with the new gadget, with the winning tweet: “MT @glennplatt: #ifihadglass my students and I would show that learning is everywhere. We’d help lead our university redefine higher ed.” An innovation grant from the Miami University libraryfunded Waller’s purchase, but the Glass is hers to use, according to Library Coordinator of Strategic Communications Peter Thorsett. “The innovation grants allow employees to play around with new ideas like this,” Thorsett said. “We like to encourage that kind of work.” Though the Glass belongs […]
Greetings from the Pushing the Envelope in Education: Roles for Libraries — MOOCs, eLearning & Gamification Symposium in Toronto! It’s been an incredible event centered on sharing ideas about learning in our ever-evolving world. I was honored to present today about #hyperlibMOOC with SJSU SLIS Director Dr. Sandy Hirsh and my co-instructor Kyle Jones, who both Skyped in to be with us. Dr. Hirsh’s slides: for slides please Contact Michael My slides: Intro to the Hyperlinked Library MOOC: for slides please Contact Michael #HyperlibMOOC Toolkit for Student Success: for slides please Contact Michael Kyle’s slides: for slides please Contact Michael THANK YOU to […]
My new “Office Hours” column is up: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/09/opinion/michael-stephens/bridging-the-lislibrary-divide/ Other professions (though not journalism) have strict continuing education (CE) requirements. CE, mostly carried out by consortia and state or national associations, is not as formalized for us. Consider this another call for professional development “with teeth.” Professional librarians should be expected to be always adding skills and knowledge as part of their duties. Formalizing a rigorous process says we mean business. Wafting through a few conference sessions, sitting with a group for a webinar over the lunch hour, or spending a desk shift doing “professional reading” should yield to more active […]
From #hyperlibMOOC student Megan Egbert. What do badges at Meridian Library District mean for professional development? Megan writes: We are piloting a program that would use digital badges to increase staff member’s professional development and ongoing education participation. The badges act not only as incentive, but also as a visual reminder of completion. We are using Credly to design and award badges which allows for anyone to award anyone else a badge. So in addition to competences that can be demonstrated to earn a badge, peers can also award them for performance. The program is designed using a Google site discussion […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D19gyGmJCpI& On Sept. 9-11, 2012, 350 library professionals from 38 states and three countries embarked on a journey to Telluride, Colo., to rethink libraries and learn about taking risks to move libraries forward. This is what they discovered. http://www.rsquaredconference.org R2 continues to be the most engaging, rewarding and challenging conference I have ever attended! I wrote about my experience at R2 here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/09/opinion/michael-stephens/did-you-miss-the-r-squared-conference-it-was-a-barn-burner-office-hours/
Note from Michael: Just wanted to let TTW readers see what our week one wrap post included over at The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. Follow along here: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hyperlibMOOC&src=hash A Goodreads community has sprung up, created by the students: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/113641-hyperlibmooc Here’s the wrap up, complete with a pic of Cooper! (Note the @names below are for the MOOC platform Kyle built) Greetings all! This week has been incredible! I am so knocked out by all the folks joining us, the profiles going up, blogs taking shape – and the site wide interaction filling our virtual learning space. During the summer, this adventure felt […]
Nice news story about my home library: http://www.theticker.tc/story/how-traverse-city-really-uses-its-library by Lynn Geiger “I love looking at data of all kinds, but not everyone does,” says TADL Director Metta Landsdale of the system that offers data and insight into material circulation, library use and collection size. “The dashboard presents what I believe is excellent TADL performance in a way that more and more people can absorb and appreciate.” In addition to those nearly 290,000 adult books, 222,658 children’s books have been checked out in 2013, along with 205,484 movies, 109,578 albums, 17,217 magazines, 31,492 audiobooks and even 2,456 puppets. TC’s most […]
However engaging, thought-provoking, and even polarizing the speakers were at the Future of Academic Libraries Symposium presented by McMaster University and Library Journal, they couldn’t match what five McMaster University students had to say. “Hearing from Our Users: What Students Expect,” moderated by Mike Ridley, CIO and chief librarian at the University of Guelph, offered the most striking, honest, and emotionally charged views of the entire day. It gave symposium participants a glimpse at students’ perceptions and opinions. Ridley urged the panel to “tell us what we need to hear,” and they did. While all five own a smartphone, not one said they had ever accessed library […]