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Title: The Relevance of Libraries in the 21st century


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The Relevance of Libraries in the 21st century
  • Leanne Cameron
  • Macquarie University
  • Leanne.Cameron_at_mq.edu.au

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Consider
  • The need for the library as a physical building
    has gone.
  • We need multi-functional teachers, not
    specialist support staff. Flexibility is the
    key. We can no longer afford one-trick ponies.

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Is there a future for libraries?
  • Some dont think so.

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Macquarie Universitys New Library
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Is there a future for schools?
  • Some dont think so.

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Where we are headed today
  • What do we know about our current learners and
    how they have changed - introducing the "Net Gen"
  • How does effective learning take place now and
    what is the role of learning spaces?
  • How might this be applied to the school context?
  • Should we reshape our school libraries?
  • An e-library perhaps?

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What do we know about how we learn?
  • Learning changes the physical structure of the
    brain
  • Learning organises and reorganizes the structure
    of the brain

9
Marc Prensky(Digital Natives, Digital
Immigrants)
  • Todays students think and process information
    fundamentally differently.
  • Many of our current teachers are struggling to
    teach a population that speaks an entirely new
    language.
  • www.marcprensky.com

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The Net Gen students are used to receiving
information really fast
BA (Google) Graduating to information literacy
  • Research involves three steps
  • finding relevant information,
  • assessing the quality of that information, and
    then
  • using appropriate information either to try to
    conclude something, to uncover something, or to
    argue something.
  • The Internet is useful for the first step,
    somewhat useful for the second, and not at all
    useful for the third.
  • Beth Stafford (1999)

http//www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cd/docs_dandt/r
esearch/ed/elearning/Lead20papers/BrabazonPDF.pdf
Tara Brabazon
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Your students have a problem
  • Too much information,
  • It takes too long to find reliable, relevant
    information
  • Learn from the success stories
  • Amazon.com has made a science of user
    engagement
  • Harness your students to annotate YOUR data
  • (refer Tim OReilly blog)

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Net Geners parallel process and multi-task
they prefer random access
  • Non-linear learning, multi-tasking
  • how do teachers cope when this is
    incompatible with current teaching practice.
  • Primary versus Secondary schools
  • (have a look at the ICT success stories)

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And they function best when networked
  • Students want to talk all the time
  • F2f, on the mobile, MSN
  • often at the same time
  • These students dont want to observe,
  • they want to participate

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How does effective learning take place
now? Lets talk about it.
http//www.tefma.com/infoservices/papers/2005_Futu
reLearningEnvironments_Workshop_Mar05/KennFisher_T
EFMA_EvolutionOfHybrid_Mar05.pdf Dr Kenn Fisher,
Rubida Research Pty Ltd.
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Back to the Future
  • Learning by questioning (Socrates)
  • Learning by doing (Piaget, Papert)
  • Learning in the company of others (Wenger)
  • Learning through dialogue (Vygotsky, Mercer)
  • Learning through reflection (Dewey, Jarvis)
  • http//www.tefma.com/infoservices/papers/2005_Fut
    ureLearningEnvironments_Workshop_Mar05/KennFisher_
    TEFMA_EvolutionOfHybrid_Mar05.pdf
  • Dr Kenn Fisher, Rubida Research Pty Ltd.

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Consciously make the move to learner centred
learning
http//www.tefma.com/infoservices/papers/2005_Futu
reLearningEnvironments_Workshop_Mar05/KennFisher_T
EFMA_EvolutionOfHybrid_Mar05.pdf Dr Kenn
Fisher, Rubida Research Pty Ltd.
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How are universities thinking about learning
spaces?
  • A learning space should be able to motivate
    learners and promote learning as an activity,
    support collaborative as well as formal practice,
    provide a personalised and inclusive environment,
    and be flexible in the face of changing needs.
  • http//www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearn
    ingspaces.pdf

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Spaces themselves are agents for change.
  • Changed spaces will change practice.

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Spaces that facilitate learning in Higher Ed
  • Flexible (including furniture) inter-connected
    environments with high tech support
  • Facilitates project / team / multi-disciplinary
    work
  • Adaptable for change in purpose or usage
  • Flexible access everything online
  • And space for discussions
  • http//www.tefma.com/infoservices/papers/2005_Futu
    reLearningEnvironments_Workshop_Mar05/RMIT_TEFMA_W
    orkshop_Change_Mar05.pdf

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My Learning Space
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Moodle (Open Source)
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.LRN (Open Source)
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Breeze (Video conferencing)
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Assignments
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Lesson Plans
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  • Is any of this research relevant to schools?

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Effective classrooms exploit
  • Motivation
  • Flexibility
  • Connectivity
  • Interactivity
  • Collaboration
  • Authentic problems
  • Extension opportunities
  • Resource production JISC (2004)

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Tools of the trade
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Webquests
  • LAMs
  • Blogs and Wikis
  • SMS texting
  • PDAs / Origami
  • Graphics tablets

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How can teacher librarians create effective
learning environments?Should we reshape our
school libraries?
Discussion
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  • We need multi-functional teachers, not
    specialist support staff. Flexibility is the
    key.
  • We can no longer afford one-trick ponies.

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And remember
  • If you dont know where youre going,
  • youll probably end up somewhere else
  • Quote from Yogi Berra

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References
  • For more information about learning spaces
  • http//www.cfl.mq.edu.au/led/literature.htm
  • BA (Google) Tara Brabazon
  • http//www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cd/docs_dandt/r
    esearch/ed/elearning/Lead20papers/BrabazonPDF.pdf
  • Marc Prensky
  • http//www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp
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