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IFLA - Lyon, France Monday 18 August - 2014 Session 95 MOOCs: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries - Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning 11:45 – 13:45 | Forum 1 ▪ Introduction to MOOCs Sandy Hirsh (San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science, san Jose, United States) ▪ MOOCs for professional development Michael Stephens (San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose, United States) ▪ MOOCs and library and information science schools Wendy Newman (University of Toronto, iSchool, Toronto, Canada) ▪ MOOCs and public libraries John Szabo (Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, United States) ▪ MOOCs as access to information in developing countries Loida Garcia Febo (Information New Wave, New York, United States) ▪ MOOCs and Open Education Initiatives Jan Holmquist (Guldborgsund Librarires Nykøbing, Falster, Denmark)TRANSCRIPT
MOOCs & Open Education Initiatives
The next 15 minutes:
23mobilethings.net – Brief intro - Not a MOOC – Pros & cons
Other ways libraries fascilitate learning – gamified examples
Megatrends – New ways to know & learn
There will be a zombie slide ! ! !
23mobilethings.net
Findings
Applications on a tablet device will enhance ourLibrary services. 60 % -> 82 %
Very / somewhat familiar: Twitter 27 % -> 100 %
Very / somewhat familiar: QR 33 % -> 84 %Survey by Dr. Michael Stephens
23 goes global
FranceAustralia New ZealandUSAGermany
RussiaSingapore – PhilippinesNorwayDenmark
23 Mobile Things is…
Less structured than MOOCs…Everyone can join – at any time…Selfpaced…You can pick and choose things…You do not get ”an examn”…Harder to belong to a study group…
The times they are …
Sirius is eight-point-six light years awayArcturus is thirty sevenThe past is the pastAnd it’s here to stayWikipedia is heavenWhen you don’t want to remember no more
Nick Cave - We Real Cool
https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanwide/84107876/
Shift happens…
Wisdom of the crowd
Crowdsourcing
Crowdfunding / microfinancing
Community gardening
Neuroscience
Local
…Shift happens
Maker movement
Smart devices
Health
Social aware
Social innovation
Share economy
It is all about the #learning
There is a need for different platforms because people learn in different ways…
MOOCS / 23 / Etc…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclingforlibraries/9146927932/
Gamification
https://www.flickr.com/photos/guldborgsund/9268495872
janholmquist.net
Moraine Valley Community College LibraryWorld War M: Humans vs Zombies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kordite/3345389584
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54459164@N00/7670356328/
Learning as strategy
Library learning strategy…
Learning empowers people…
Education for the young and life long learning for all.
The library supports learning on all levels - and for people of all ages.
Libraries have the skills to support transformation of information to knowledge.
Thank you!
Jan Holmquist
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Twitter: @janholmquist
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