Using Web 2.0 to help the Millennials Peter Godwin University of Bedfordshire November 2008

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/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarygeek/741879088 The death of librarianship?

Using Web 2.0 to help the Millennials What are they going to need help with? Is Information Literacy the answer? How can Web 2.0 help? http://www.flickr.com/photos/mosmanlibrary/458631663/

What are they going to need help with?

Is Information Literacy the answer?

How can Web 2.0 help?

Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?

What they need to become Collaborators Synthesizers Adaptors Yolanda by Micheo flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/291372899

Collaborators

Synthesizers

Adaptors

Web generation http://www.flickr.com/photos/15441953@N00/2440283639

All the literacies Media literacy IT literacy Information literacy Language literacy Visual literacy E literacy Information fluency I-skills Information skills

Media literacy

IT literacy Information literacy

Language literacy Visual literacy

E literacy

Information fluency

I-skills

Information skills

Is Information Literacy our key to the future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewdomkus/238007803 /

http://www.flickr.com/photos/millzero/1523858246/ What does it mean to be Information Literate?

Information Literacy http://www.search-cube.com

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What is Information Literacy? “ Information literacy is the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.” (Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)

“ Information literacy is the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.”

(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)

SCONUL Seven Pillars framework

SCONUL 7 Pillars Recognising need for information Distinguishing sources and access Constructing search strategies Locating and accessing Comparing & evaluating Organising, applying and communicating Synthesising and adding new knowledge

Recognising need for information

Distinguishing sources and access

Constructing search strategies

Locating and accessing

Comparing & evaluating

Organising, applying and communicating

Synthesising and adding new knowledge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peskylibrary/1357064606 / But is it too late for them?

The MEGO effect! “ Most instructors have stood in front of a class only to wonder if their only purpose on that day was to serve as a sedative for the majority of the class.” Payne, et al (2006) My eyes glaze over http://www.flickr.com/photos/27261720@N00/91147636

“ Most instructors have stood in front of a class only to wonder if their only purpose on that day was to serve as a sedative for the majority of the class.”

Payne, et al (2006)

“ It’s about student learning , stupid!” Active Auditory Constructivist Collaborative Kinesthetic Visual Contextual Conversational Reflective

Active Auditory

Constructivist Collaborative

Kinesthetic

Visual

Contextual

Conversational Reflective

Web 2.0 RSS feeds Wikis Blogs Mashups Podcasting Tagging Vodcasting flickr del.icio.us FaceBook YouTube Instant messaging Second Life Bleu celt flickr

RSS feeds

Wikis

Blogs

Mashups

Podcasting Tagging

Vodcasting

flickr

del.icio.us

FaceBook

YouTube

Instant messaging

Second Life

Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

RSS Convenience Collaborative Sharing Kinesthetic

Blogs Reflective Creative Discussive Engaging Collaborative Kinesthetic

Research 2.0: Research Blogs as Windows of Opportunity Olivia Reinauer , Social Sciences Librarian, University of Richmond Terry Dolson , Faculty Development Specialist, University of Richmond

Creative Collaborative Sharing Kinesthetic http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbdbrobot/140068142 Wikis

Wiki-ing Your Way into Collaborative Learning Molly Beestrum, and Kenneth Orenic, Dominican University, Illinois Using Wikis in English 102 We designed some simple assignments to acclimatise students to wiki use.

Wikipedia Creative Shows a process Critical thinking Collaborative Kinesthetic

Use of Wikipedia Is it Encyclopaedia Idiotica?

Is it Encyclopaedia Idiotica?

Sarah who?

Flickr Visual Kinesthetic Creative Collaborative Keywords http://www.flickr.com/photos/20149359@N00/1795028581

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Shows process Trigger for discussion Creative Collaborative YouTube

Instruction

Showing a process

Trigger for discussion

delicious Sharing Keywords Critical thinking Creative Collaborative Visual Kinesthetic

Tagging Keywords Visual Kinesthetic

Pen marker http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/260004685 /

Pen marker

Facebook Creative Collaboration Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

Blackboard CourseFeed

Are you on Facebook?

Visual tools and OPACs Visual Kinesthetic Active

LibraryThing Collaborative Sharing Kinesthetic

Screencasting, podcasting and vodcasting Shows process Convenience Creative Auditory Visual http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakebouma/109039319/

Instant messaging Convenience Kinesthetic

Instant messaging

Second Life Active Personal Visual Kinesthetic

Reference Desks in Second Life http://www.flickr.com/photos/8064220@N08/509716129/

The future

We should seek to change their habits and help to improve the quality of their questions Web 2.0 tools can help us do this and to counter the mego effect

We should seek to change their habits

and help to improve the quality of their questions

Web 2.0 tools can help us do this and to counter the mego effect

Librarians go wild http://flickr.com/photos/driek/514714536 /

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