What are These Learning Materials?
The course is professional development for librarians. As such, it will not be offered in conjunction with any institution and will have no practical credit. It does, however, fit within the first 8 areas of LIANZA's Body of Knowledge required for professional registration.
To Whom are These Materials Suited?
In short, those people working in libraries, or other information literacy areas, who wish to extend their knowledge of information behaviours. Participants may join the course at any time and carry out the activities in any order - or as they have been presented. Although the course is informal, you may wish to carry it out with a friend; it is much more exciting to get comments on your post and learning the art of collaborative exchange is a vital part of the new way we use the web.
However, the materials are freely available and open to all - practically anyone could find something valuable in the course.
What Will I Learn?
At the conclusion of the course, students should be able to:
- Describe the history of Web 2.0 and how it impacts on information literacy and library use (BoK 1)
- Understand how Web 2.0 has impacted how we create, access, and use information (BoK 2)
- Practice using Social Media to better improve information literary services (BoK 3)
The materials may be browsed casually or worked through as a complete block. Alternatively, you may simply wish to delve into a particular set of learning materials that suits your need. You are recommended, however, to set up a blog to document your journey in. This blog will not only let you "get your feet wet," so to speak, but also give you a way of both charting your development whilst providing the possibility of sharing your journey with others.
On to the materials...
