Open all hours: WebCT and the 24hour library

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Open all hours WebCT and the 24hour library

• Brian Gillespie
• _at_ DIT Learning teaching showcase
• 17th Jan 2007.

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Changing definitions and directions in education
and learning

• New learning paradigms
• Student control over their learning
• Lifelong learning
• The VLE
• Web 2.0 and emerging technologies
• Software as service
• The hybrid library

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Web 2.0 - emerging technologies(interactive,
intuitive, responsive, personalized)

• RSS feeds http//www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search
  /RSS.cfm
• Blogs http//ucdscience.blogspot.com/
• Podcasts http//www.dowling.edu/library/newsblog/p
  odcasts.asp
• Wikis http//www.libsuccess.org/index.php?titleMa
  in_Page
• Social networking http//www.myspace.com/brooklyn
  collegelibrary

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The hybrid library a tale of two services

• Clicks and bricks -
  mix of print and electronic resources offered
  in a variety of formats delivered either locally
  or remotely
• Connecting people with information
• Linking content knowledge and learning
• Digital collections and full text access
• Institutional collaboration and cooperation

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Coming over the horizonnew discovery and
delivery tools

• Aquabrowser http//www.medialab.nl/
• Endeca guided navigation http//endeca.com/
• Encore (in development) http//www.iii.com/
• Watson Intellext http//www.intellext.com/
• University of Rochester http//www.extensiblecatal
  og.info/

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LTT, WebCT, and the librarycooperation,
collaboration, communication

• year 1 aspirational and planning
• year 2 progress and implementation
• year 3 consolidation
• year 4 experimentation with emerging technologies

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LTT, WebCT and the librarywhat weve learned

• Advantages of online learning
• Enhancing the student experience
• Beware of technology for technologies sake
• Focus on content and material not the tech or
  platform
• The joys of the 3Cs

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LTT, WebCT, and the librarywhat weve done

• Links in modules to library resources and reading
  lists
• Virtual library tour
• The 24 hour library
• Making information work guide and tutorial
• NDLR
• http//webcourses.dit.ie/webct/public/home.pl