http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2006/11/stellenbosch_da.php Just a bit that caught my eye from Richard Wallis’s notes at Stellenbosch: The New Learning Landscape Prof Johannes CronjeTeaching and Training Studies University of Pretoria – Who Killed E-learning? The buzz-word e-learning has died The vision of the e-learning doing it all died with it – monumental failures Why? – over emphasis on technology being the life blood of e-learning presenting things – push technology – ppt/pdf too much text lack of on going support – no clear e-learning strategy – no maintenance of commitment Nobody will morn its passing we are looking – elsewhere Strong competition for […]
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http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/11/03/this-is-a-library-maven/ This is a pretty bold person. She’s not going to let any native take over the technology, because she’s a leader, an information leader. She hijacks classrooms when the substitute is there. There are never enough lesson plans, so she is able to cover things that she’s been trying accomplish.
(I’m a fanboy!) http://davidwarlick.com/sljsummit/slj_summit.ppt.htm David’s son at college: still carrying on text conversations. It’s not the machine, it’s the information he’s engaged in. Kids are talking, working toward a goal, collaborating and then they come in our schools and WE CUT THEM OFF. Kids think everything should be clickable. What does a clickable library look like? Showed a video his son made. How did he learn to do that? David didn’t teach him. His teachers didn’t teach him. He taught himself. Kids use an IM language all their own. We didn’t teach them, the collaborated to make it on their […]
Dr. David Cavallo, MIT Media Lab http://www.laptop.org/ What should education be when any information is just a few mouse clicks away. He showed a picture he found by “googling ‘boring school’” of some students in class looking tired: Kids would rather be challenged than bored. (He asked how many folks were blogging live…I think it’s just me!) Cavallo disscusses the development of the $100 laptop. What we need is a lowcost computer for education, and because the computer industry ignored their pleas, they decided to build one themselves. The laptop features these technical innovations: LCD Technology Mesh networking Powermanagement Manual […]
Today, I head downtown to participate in the School Library Journal Leadership Summit. In preparation, participants and speakers have grown a wiki of discussion questions, links and insights. Take a look at the School Library 2.0 page and don’t miss Diane Chen’s incredible lists of SL2 links: http://sljsummit.pbwiki.com/School%20Library%202point0 I really look forward to hearing her speak. Also, take a look at Jack Alton Strawn’s post about trust: I am looking forward to attending the summit. I have so many questions about Library 2.0. Thank you for the reading list, as it has been very helpful. With question #2 dealing with […]
http://scanblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/ala-midwinter-events_01.html Alane posts about the upcoming Blogger’s Salon and OCLC Symposium at ALA Midwinter in Seattle: It’s back!! We will be hosting a Blog Salon at ALA Midwinter in Seattle. It will be on Friday, January 19th at the Sheraton Hotel in the “Blue Suite.” Should we start it earlyish, say 5:30pm, so people can go for dinner afterwards? Or should we start it at 7, so people can go for dinner first? If you’ve attended a Salon before you will recall that the suite number in the hotel is unknown to us until we all arrive in Seattle in […]
Now published at ALA TechSource: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/10/my-avatar-wears-tight-jeans-and-4-other-things-i-learned-from-internet-librarian-2006.html And I was glad to see how Lawley summed up the conference. Play… games… learning… “This is going to change the way people use your tools and think about what they want in an information environment,” she said. It’s something we need to take to heart and consider as we build systems, Web experiences, and put ourselves out there in places like Second Life.
Via Hans Roes, who I met in Holland at Ticer: http://www.iu-bremen.de/about/jobs/10496/ Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 Developer Information Resource Center The Information Resource Center (IRC) at International University Bremen (IUB) invites applications for a full-time position for a Web 2.0 / Library 2.0 Developer International University Bremen (IUB) is a private, independent university offering degrees in engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. Founded in 1999, the university now has over 1000 students from over 80 different countries. Core values of the university are excellence, internationality, transdisciplinarity, interactivity and independence. The mission of the […]
http://www.wpl.ca/site/home/innovation_award_2006.asp The Waterloo Public Library has been shortlisted for a provincial award that recognizes innovation in public library service. The announcement was made by Culture Minister Caroline di Cocco at the official launch of Ontario Public Library Week. WPL has been shortlisted for the 2006 Minister’s Award for Innovation, one of two library awards given by the Minister each year. WPL was recognized in the large library category for its Get Blogging! initiative, which uses weblogs to educate the community about new technologies, to share information and to create a dialogue on information issues with the community. Toronto, Windsor and […]
Woody Evans, author of the Phones are “Everyware” article at LJ, reports he’sgot a whole new look at ISHUSH. Take a look: http://woodyevans.com/blog/index.php