the networked student: connectivismKelly Fann, MLS Lawrence Public LibraryK-LIRT July 22, 2011

Statistical Evidence

The Networked Student• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA

knowledge creation vs knowledge consumptionLearning:• has an end goal: the increased ability to "do something". • is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources. • can rest in a community, a network, or a database.• is facilitated by nurturing and maintaining connections. • and knowledge rest in diversity of opinions.• happens in many different ways. • requires different approaches and personal skills to be effective in

society. • Currency the intent of all connectivist learning.• is a knowledge creation process...not only knowledge consumption.

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Principles of Online EducationGood practice in undergraduate education:

encourages contact between students and faculty, develops reciprocity and cooperation among students, encourages active learning, gives prompt feedback, emphasizes time on task, communicates high expectations, and respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT IT?

so that’s the theory behind it...

LibGuides• Subject and course guides created by librarians for students:

– http://libguides.asu.edu/– http://libguides.bc.edu/– http://libguides.emporia.edu/– http://www.springshare.com/libguides/

Tutorials• Video tutorials with voice overlays:

– http://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/research-topics/– http://www.youtube.com/lawrencepubliclib– http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/instruction/pubchem/index.htm– http://www.techsmith.com/Jing/– http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/

Outreach: The Embedded Librarian• In the classroom:

– http://www.uri.edu/library/hottopic/distancelearning.html• Through Chat & IM

– http://www.textalibrarian.com/– http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference– http://www.library.okstate.edu/services/im.htm– http://www.rockhurst.edu/services/library/reference/ruchat.asp

Meeting Students on their Ground• Facebook

– http://www.facebook.com/manchesterlibraries– http://www.facebook.com/lawrencepubliclibrary– http://www.facebook.com/KULibraries– http://www.facebook.com/greenlibrary

• Twitter– http://twitter.com/#!/lawrencelibrary– http://twitter.com/#!/BSULibrary– http://twitter.com/#!/GtownLawLib– http://twitter.com/#!/USCLibraries

• Google+– http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/07/googleplus.html

Online Instruction• Any educational process in which Internet technology is used to

facilitate a student’s ability to access and interact with course content and activities, and to communicate and interact with the instructor and other students. EDIT

Any educational process in which Internet technology is used to facilitate a student’s ability to access and interact with course content and activities, and to communicate and interact with the instructor, the library, and other students.

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