WebJunction

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Learning at WebJunction Presentation at
ADEC April 26, 2007
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What is WebJunction all about?

• Who we serve
• Where we have been in the realm of online
  learning
• Where we are going

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Who we serve

• Visitors Library staff
• Members 28,000 library staff to date (mostly
  public)
• Customers state library agencies, library
  consortia, library systems, libraries
• Territories served Over 40 countries
  represented

WJ Membership by Population Served
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Where we have been

• Self-paced courses
• Over 250 courses from providers including
  Mindleaders, University of North Texas,
  WebJunction, OCLC
• Course topics range from Introduction to PCs,
  Time Management, RSS for your Library, Grant
  Writing Basics, Managing Difficult Patrons with
  Confidence, and Using Databases
• Blended Learning Programs
• Spanish Language Outreach (SLO)
• Rural Library Sustainability

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SLO and Rural

• Communities of Practice
• Workshops in 50 states
• Resources, Case Studies, Articles
• Discussion Boards for participants and trainers
• Monthly Webinars
• Online Programs based on materials

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Where we have been, cont.

• Research
• Original research in 2005 with public, some
  academic, school and special libraries
• Published Trends in E-Learning in 06, Blended
  Learning Guide 07

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Key Findings from Trends Report

• We need to focus on developers, purchasers and
  potential adopters of E-learning
• E-learning adoption by libraries is on the
  upswing
• Many benefits and barriers to E-learning for
  libraries

Blended Learning Guide

• Provides case studies of successful blended
  library staff training programs
• Offers best practices for designing
  implementing blended learning
• Includes additional resources to support blended
  learning programs

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Where we have been, cont.

• Pilot Programs
• Learning Partner Beta Program
• tools, tools, tools!
• Live Space web conferencing service
• Trends in e-training
• Regional Service Provider Pilot
• Content creation and distribution models

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Where we are going

• Baseline research every two years
• Next report due out at the end of 2007
• Online learning management services
• Affordable platform for managing learning
• cohort of similar organizations building
  community and content for their staff
• Communities of Practice social networking tools
• Test tools according to our customer needs
• Wikis, blogs
• flickr http//www.flickr.com/photos/webjunction/
• Ning (test/learning experiment)
  http//webjunction.ning.com/
• Facebook http//www.facebook.com/group.php?gid23
  21602498Alread

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Where we are going Field Building

• E-Learning Institute to help ensure
  organizational success, for
• Trainer and Course Creators
• Managers or Directors
• Learners
• Coaching, courses, cohort-building
• Synchronous Survival School
• Synchronous Learning Expert Program
• Introduction to Rapid Creation Tools for
  E-Learning
• How to Learn Online (free)

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Where we are going Competencies for library staff

• Skills to sustain Public Access Computing, in
• patron assistance and system administration
• management
• Why?
• To define skills for the current library
  technology environment
• to build foundation for learning opportunities
• to help individual staff self-assess skills
  through assessments
• Patron Assistance and System Administration
  sections published online in April 2007
  Management to be published in June 2007

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Competencies for library staff

• Define high level competency
• Associate each with demonstrable skills and
  knowledge

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Thank you!

• Elizabeth_Kellison_at_webjunction.org

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