Some local business librarians came to visit. I talked to them about our Learning 2.0 experience. These are the slides I used.

2. Highlights of
Learning 2.0 @ Mac
• Voluntary
• Incentives!
• Self-directed
• Not training, but learning
• “Teams”
• Virtual, with a little bit of F2F

3. • Intro • Online Apps & Tools
• Blogs • Online Social Networks
• RSS • Gaming & Virtual
Worlds
• Wikis
• Browser Tools
• Social Bookmarking
& Tagging

4. http://macetg.wordpress.com/

5. Decisions made, lessons learned
• It takes a village
• There’s no perfect time
• Build in lots of time for exploration & catch-up
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• http://del.icio.us/tag/learning2.0libraries
• Take different learning styles into account
• Find a content balance
• Enticements are...enticing!

6. How did we do?
• 82 Staff members signed up
• 68 completed the program

7. “the tools I have been
exposed to are only a “now I can navigate
small part of opening this vast sea of tools
up a world I was way without panicking and
too timid to explore” calling the IT guys”
“what can I say, I think
“it’s amazing to look it rocked!”
back at what has been
covered these past few “this mini course was
months. I’m so glad I the best learning
had this opportunity experience I’ve had on
and I would the internet and I
DEFINITELY would gladly continue
participate in any with it indefinitely if it
future discovery were possible (no
programs” incentives required)”

8. Follow-up: Learning 2.0
for Business Faculty
• 2-hour workshop
• Covered blogs, wikis, online social networks, social
bookmarking
• Different perspective: teaching, research, pedagogy
• Give them time to play & ask questions
• Be available for follow-up
• Support them where possible

9. 2.0 Toolbox
http://blog.lib.mcmaster.ca
• Blogs (Wordpress Mu)
• Wikis (PmWiki)
• FAQ, Contact info
• Needs:
• tech support
• instructional design support
• some hand-holding

10. Questions?