ALA Learning
Posted on September 22, 2011 by Leslee Shell | No Comments
My memory was jogged this week when I read Bertha Gutsche’s summary of the 2-day conference, Trends in Library Training and Learning. I attended this online event last month, along with 1954 registrants from cities and countries around the globe. Hosted by WebJunction andALA Learning Round Table, several sessions are useful for librarians in general and can be found in WebJunction’s Online Conferences Archives. Keep reading to learn about these sessions and find links!
Happiness through personal learning by Marianne Lenox was a standout for me. She made a compelling case for learning as a cause for happiness and encourages librarians to develop a structured plan for our own personal and professional learning experience. She outlines various tools for charting professional growth and includes strategies for finding people to connect and learn from in Web Junction. Not only should you plan for professional growth, but also how you will share and communicate learning to others. She advocates using the internet to find those interested in learning the same things you are interested in. She shared her personal learning model which uses twitter, email, and Google Reader as a way to learn. Who knew that you could be so proactive about construction of a personal/professional learning plan?
For any of you interested in developing videos for instruction, Lights! Camera! Action! Using video for patron and staff instruction has information on cameras, screen capture software, editing software and video examples. If you have yet to delve into producing videos for instruction or staff training, this session presented by Angela Nolet and Amber Slaven is a great resource.
Jay Turner provided the keynote, Born to Forget, How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Information Overload. He modeled techniques like storytelling in his session about memory and neuroscience and included suggestions for best practices in learning like 1) keep your learning environment fresh, 2) encourage exploration (to activate beta rhythms in the brain), 3) use appropriate scaffolding strategies and 4) master the art of the story. Engagement is the key to learning, and well-crafted story can help learners remember and can create emotional involvement which helps learners remember.
For more of the day one and day two sessions, see the Conference Program at WebJunction.
Day ONE:
• Born to Forget: How to Survive and Thrive the Age of Information Overload – Jay Turner’s mind-expanding keynote
• Happiness Through Personal Learning – Marianne Lenox
• Lights! Camera! Action! Using video for patron and staff instruction – Angela Nolet and Amber Slaven
• Getting Admin Buy-In for Training – Sarah Houghton
Day TWO:
• Instructional Literacy and the Library Educator – Char Booth
• Tech Training Skills for 21st Century Library Staff – Crystal Schimpf, Kieran Hixon, and Nancy Trimm
• Beyond 23 Things: Enhanced Self-Paced Training – Julie Erickson and Jane Healy
• Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory Culture and Learning – Buffy Hamilton
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