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The journey home
I'm back from my whirlwind vacation. I returned Monday night, but I've been so exhausted since then that I haven't had the energy to post (and yesterday was my birthday,…
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If I just had 15 minutes each day
Stephen Abram wrote a column for Information Outlook on Learning 2.0 called 15 Minutes a Day: A Personal Learning Management Strategy. So it got me thinking. If I had 15…
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DrupalEd is released
When we taught Five Weeks to a Social Library, we used Drupal and kind of had to hack it to make it work as a course management system. Too bad…
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In other happy news…
I was beyond thrilled to see the Wired article featuring Helene Blowers' amazing Learning 2.0 project and model. You know when you make it into something like Wired, you've MADE…
Want to implement social software at your library?
If you have any interest in implementing social software tools at your library, you may want to check out some of the amazing proposals created by our participants for their…
Making Five Weeks to a Social Library happen: The down and dirty
In this post, I'm going to talk about the decisions we made in creating the course and what I would do differently next time. Hopefully this will be useful to…
A model for the future of online learning
Last Spring, while Chairing the library track of HigherEd BlogCon and feeling like it was not an engaging enough online conference model, I had a crazy idea to create a…
Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 4
Wow! I can't believe we've just finished Week 4. It's definitely a bittersweet feeling. I can't imagine waking up in a little over a week and not finding new posts…
Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 3
As you all know, I'm a big fan of wikis, such a big fan that I often cannot gauge how other people will respond when they are introduced to wikis.…
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Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 2
Week two of Five Weeks to a Social Library is now over. RSS and del.icio.us really generated a lot of excitement for our participants and many could see the personal…
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Lead, follow or get out of the way
I always tease Roy Tennant about how so many geek girls (me included) -- and probably geek boys too -- are totally crushing on him. He doesn't really "get it".…
Highlights from Week 1 of Five Weeks to a Social Library
The weeks and months before the start of Five Weeks to a Social Library required a significant amount of work, but I don't think I was prepared for how much…
Making things happen!
I have always been an idea person. I probably get that from my dad who has had dozens of business ideas in the 29 years I've known him. However, before…
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On speaking
I've been meaning to write about Walt's great Cites and Insights piece on conference speaking. If you haven't already read it, do take a look. He combines insights from Rachel…
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Does distance learning have to be like this?
Jennifer Macaulay, who really just has to stop writing such insightful pieces or I will never get anything done, wrote a piece on her experiences as a distance learner a…
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Help create your wiki’s guidelines!
In light of what I was writing about wikis and participation, I would like to ask for your help. I have been wanting to have some guidelines on the Library…
Encouraging participation in the wiki world
David King is in the middle of a terrific series on his blog about inviting participation in Web 2.0/social software tools. Here are the ones he's come out with so…
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Who your writing represents
I remember when I got my job at Norwich, but before I started, I wondered what the new job would mean for my blog. How would my writing reflect on…
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Five Weeks to a Social Library Update
I am pleased to announce that, after much deliberation, we have chosen our participants for the Five Weeks to a Social Library course! They are a diverse group -- geographically,…
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Living my 9th grade dream
I went to an arts magnet school for high school (and yes, it was a bit like Fame with people dancing and singing in the halls -- not exactly the…
