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New Learners New Resources
Who? How? Where? What?
1. Who are the new learners?
“[Today's learners] are tech-savvy, adaptive, fast learners, always connected, and ultra-communicators… They do not merely consume the information. They play it, work it, and remix it into experiences that are personally enjoyable and valuable.”
Millennial Children and Our Classrooms
YouTube Video
1. Who are the new learners?
• they are social, and depend heavily on their use of technology to keep in touch (Web 2.0)
• use multiple technologies to obtain and share information on an on demand basis.
• are multi-taskers.
Draft Document: Together for Learning: Transforming Ontario School Libraries. Ontario Library Association, 2008
1. Who are the new learners?
• are a considerable economic force • grow up in diverse family structures and cultural
contexts which influence their social tolerance and global perspectives
• are comfortable learning informally with their peers
• prefer active, hands-on learning
Draft Document: Together for Learning: Transforming Ontario School Libraries. Ontario Library Association, 2008
1. Who are the new learners?
• expect to have access to electronic information quickly and easily in visual and multi-media formats.
• have different notions of ownership of intellectual property
• readily embrace new technologies • transfer skills with one technology to
using a new one.
Draft Document: Together for Learning: Transforming Ontario School Libraries. Ontario Library Association, 2008
2. How do new learners use technology?
The interactive and social nature of digital technologies means that they are woven seamlessly into the lives of our students. To them, the online world is a reflection and extension of the offline world. For this generation, it is not about the technology, it is about real life.
Draft Document: Together for Learning: Transforming Ontario School Libraries. Ontario Library Association, 2008
3. Where do new learners learn?
YouTube
Flickr
Blogs/Podcasts
Wikis
Google Earth
4. What resources do they need?
TRADITIONAL MEDIABooks
Picture booksMoviesAudio
NEW MEDIAE-Books
Streamed Video and AudioWebsites
DatabasesBlogs and Wikis
4. What resources do they need?
School Library Website
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/links.asp?schoolNo=1521
4. What resources do they need?
LibraryDatabases
and Reference
4. What resources do they need?
E-Book Library
Collection
