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Scaling the Impact of Libraries
Through Learning NetworksSHARON STREAMS, OCLC
JACINTA SUTTON, STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
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Director, WebJunction
OCLC
Sharon Streams
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Workforce trends change learning
needs
World Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report – 2016
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Rate of
reskilling
Frequency of
learning Lifespan Time to learn
Access to
learning
Motivation
for learning
Relevance of
learning
Learner needs have changed
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How might learning ecosystem adapt?
• Cross-sector coordination
• Businesses become learning organizations
• Online learning evolves and flourishes
• Education offers alternate credentialing
• Learning how to learn
• Informal self-directed learning
• Networked learning
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Networked Learning
Forming connections with people and information, and
communicating through those connections to support one
another's learning.
“Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than
what we know today.”
“We derive our competence from forming connections.”
— George Siemens (2009)
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student
student
student
student
student
teacher
information
information
information
information
traditional learning
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information
information
information
person
information
person
information
person
informationperson
information
person
information
information
information
networked learning
person
information
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Benefits to the networked learner
• More connections means more information
• Fast and dynamic information exchange
• Can be used throughout life
• Can shape and co-create learning
• Increased variety
• More no-cost or low-cost options
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Challenges for the networked learner
• So much out there – how do I choose?
• How do I connect?
• How do I know that information is reliable?
• It takes so much effort.
• How can this fit into my formal education?
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Co-workers
Professional
Association
learner
Group
Wikipedia
Websites
Group
follows
Online
course
News
Page
lists
hashtagWebsites
WebsitesWebsites
Group of
expertsGroup of
expertsGroup of
experts
Online
courseOnline
course
BlogBlog
BlogBlog
Professional
AssociationProfessional
Association
hashtaghashtag
hashtag
Page
Page
Page
Group
Group
Group
Websites
Group of
expertsGroup of
expertsGroup of
experts
Classmates
YouTube
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Professional
Association
learner
Group
Wikipedia Group of
experts
Website
Group
follows
Online
course
Blog
News
Page
lists
hashtag
YouTube
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Libraries guide the networked learner
• Libraries provide new connections to information.
• Librarians teach me how to find and assess information.
• Libraries help bridge to formal education or training.
• Libraries are there for me throughout my life.
• I trust the library.
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Co-workers
Professional
Association
learner
Group
Wikipedia Group of
experts
Websites
Group
follows
Online
course
Blog
News
Page
list
hashtag
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“empower and engage
people around the world to
collect and develop
educational content under
a free license or in the
public domain, and to
disseminate it effectively
and globally.”
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Community Review:
• Notable?
• Neutral?
• Reliable?
• Well-structured?
• Well-written?
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“Imagine a world in which
every single human being
can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge.
That's our commitment.”
• Open and transparent
• Free to use and share
• No ownership
• Collaboration
• No firm rules
• “Be bold”
Vision and values
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Networked learning in Wikipedia
Wikipedia Asian Month: improve
articles relating to Asian countries.
Goal: “enhance understanding
among Asian Wikipedia
communities”
Wikimedia Commons. Image by B20180 -
Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Co-workers
Professional
Association
learner
Group
Wikipedia Group of
experts
Websites
Group
follows
Online
course
Blog
News
Page
list
hashtag
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Wikipedia+Libraries: Better Together
1. Connections
2. Training
3. Action
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1. Build connections and awareness
Monika Sengul-Jones
OCLC Wikipedian in Residence
Merrilee Proffitt
Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research
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2. Train librarians via WebJunction
Why Wikipedia is important
Wikipedia culture and community
How to assess Wikipedia articles
Using Wikipedia for research
How to edit Wikipedia
Wikipedia activities for your library
• 299 participants
• 6 live online sessions
• 17 September – 13 November
• course available to reuse
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What are participants saying?
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3. Participants take actionPracticing
• Editing Wikipedia
• Networking with other Wikipedia editors
Sharing
• Staff training
• Patron training
Applying
• Using Wikipedia for information literacy guidance
• Planning community programs that use Wikipedia
• Joining Wikipedia projects
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Librarians need a
learning network too
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Co-workers
knowledge
Professional
Association
knowledge
librarian
Group
Wikipedia Group of
experts
Other libraries
Group
hashtag
Online course
Blog
Group
Group
hashtag
hashtagknowledge
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U.S. Public Libraries
www.webjunction.org
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www.webjunction.org
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The WebJunction Way
meet people where they are
show rather than tell
confidence is key
learning + application → transformation
www.webjunction.org
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Bibliography• Dirckinck-Holmfeld, L., Jones, C., and Lindström, B. (2009) Analysing
Networked Learning Practices in Higher Education and Continuing
Professional Development. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, BV.
• Dron, J. and Anderson, T., Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social
Media (2014). Edmonton: AU Press.
doi:10.15215/aupress/9781927356807.01
• Siemens, G., “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age,” in
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance
Learning, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2005.
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Thank you
Sharon StreamsOCLC
Twitter: @thinktower
Jacinta SuttonSTATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND