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Leadership in 21st Century Learning: A Call to Libraries

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Opening keynote for the 78th Annual Quebec Library Association Conference: Libraries as Learning Places....

Opening keynote for the 78th Annual Quebec Library Association Conference: Libraries as Learning Places.

This presentation covers how libraries must pave the way as leaders in learning and information literacy. Why libraries play a crucial role in education. How to become a champion of 21st century learning and information literacy.

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Leadership in 21st Century Learning: A Call to Libraries Presentation Transcript

Leadership in 21st Century Learning:A Call to Libraries
Quebec Library Association
May 7, 2010
@lorireed
Learning & Development Coordinator
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
LoriReed.com

My 1st Library

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Renovated Library
“My 3rd Place”
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Real learning is not what most of us grew up thinking it was.~ Charles Handy

The Difference
a Century Makes
from the Center for Media Literacy
Literacy for the 21st Century medialit.org

19th & 20th Century
21st Century

Source: Future Lab Report Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum

Why Digital Literacy is Important
from the Center for Media Literacy
Literacy for the 21st Century medialit.org

Obama
McCain
Media influenceon democratic processes

 Rate of media consumption & saturation

Obama
McCain
Media’s influence on perceptions, beliefs, attitudes

Importance of visual
communication & info

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Digital Literacy is for Everyone

Digital Natives
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Children

Tweens/Teens
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College Students

Adults/Job Seekers
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Parents (and kids)

Families
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Mature Adults
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
~Alvin Toffler

5 Things
You Can Do To Promote 21st Century Learning

1. Learn Thyself

2. Teach Someone
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If there is no sharing, there is no education. - David Wiley

From this:
to this:
Idea/image courtesy of Kevin James http://engagedlearning.net

3. Embrace “informal” learning!

The information people need to do their jobs is usually not found here
Idea/image courtesy of Kevin James http://engagedlearning.net

Idea/image courtesy of Kevin James http://engagedlearning.net

Teachable moment?

“Only 10-20% of ‘training’ transfers to the job.”~ Jay Cross Informal Learning

“Informal learning accounts for over 75% of learning taking place in organizations today.”~ Marcia Conner
http://agelesslearner.com

http://lrnchat.wordpress.com

4. We need to cultivate an identity as educators.

Image Courtesy of JezmynneDene

Embedded Librarian
ChadMairn

Chad Behind the Scenes

5. We need to throw our preconceived ideas out the window
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It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
~Charles Darwin
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Learning is a journeynot a destination.
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Questions?
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Merci!

Lori Reed
lorireed.com
lori@lorireed.com