This document provides links to various resources about the use of technology in education, including reports, conference websites, podcasts, blogs, and articles. Many of the resources discuss the impact of digital tools and online learning on topics like school libraries, digital literacy, e-books, MOOCs, and the role of technology in raising educational attainment. The document collects these resources from organizations around the world investigating technology's role in transforming teaching and learning.
Ken spoke at the University College London (UCL) and Ciber research event ‘Digital textbooks: where are we?’ in May 2018. He outlined some of the drivers and themes that are influencing the future of e-textbooks and digital learning resources. He focused on the student as consumer, the user experience, digital platforms and the importance of data and analytics.
E. A. Draffan (University of Southampton), Accessibility of etext, ebooks and...TISP Project
E. A. Draffan (University of Southampton), presentation, Accessibility of etext, ebooks and ejournals: their market places and devices - UK, given at the TISP Workshop @ ICCHP 2014.
Monitoring and Evaluation of electronic resources in academic institutions in...Evan Njoroge
Overall findings to emerge, as detailed in the summary report and appendices, provide us with a comprehensive picture of the current situation in relation to the provision and access of e-resources in Kenya, and likely in many similarly positioned countries elsewhere
Mala Muralidaharan: "Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative" Ignite AZ Br...gazelaz
Mala Muralidaharan, Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative - Erate Administrator for Public Libraries, Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records
Ken spoke at the University College London (UCL) and Ciber research event ‘Digital textbooks: where are we?’ in May 2018. He outlined some of the drivers and themes that are influencing the future of e-textbooks and digital learning resources. He focused on the student as consumer, the user experience, digital platforms and the importance of data and analytics.
E. A. Draffan (University of Southampton), Accessibility of etext, ebooks and...TISP Project
E. A. Draffan (University of Southampton), presentation, Accessibility of etext, ebooks and ejournals: their market places and devices - UK, given at the TISP Workshop @ ICCHP 2014.
Monitoring and Evaluation of electronic resources in academic institutions in...Evan Njoroge
Overall findings to emerge, as detailed in the summary report and appendices, provide us with a comprehensive picture of the current situation in relation to the provision and access of e-resources in Kenya, and likely in many similarly positioned countries elsewhere
Mala Muralidaharan: "Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative" Ignite AZ Br...gazelaz
Mala Muralidaharan, Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative - Erate Administrator for Public Libraries, Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records
Libraries and library professionals in the new normalNabi Hasan
The PPT talks about the innovative library resources, services and products by the libraries and librarians during the pandemic from different parts of the India
Mary Joan Crowley-going mobile-london-online-2011.ppt-29novMary Joan Crowley
The DISG Library asks itself how can we remain embedded in the information flow, find new ways to interact with students, promote information literacy, and stay engaged with the academic community. Particularly successful is a current project centred on providing tailored content on ereaders to our students.
At the American Library Association's National Library Legislative Day, Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie will discuss 11 key takeaways from the Project's libraries research.
This is a transcript of an interview I (Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten) had with the community manager (Gonzague Dambricourt) of Ziki.com on February 14, 2007 via Skype Chat
The awards presentations and panel discussion featuring all of our Positively Powerful Women
will continue to be the spotlight event.
We will honor outstanding Positively Powerful Women who have founded legacy
entrepreneurial and nonprofit organizations.
This year, we will announce our first Positively Powerful Corporate Woman Award Recipient and
our first Positively Powerful Nonprofit Executive Woman Award Recipient.
Libraries and library professionals in the new normalNabi Hasan
The PPT talks about the innovative library resources, services and products by the libraries and librarians during the pandemic from different parts of the India
Mary Joan Crowley-going mobile-london-online-2011.ppt-29novMary Joan Crowley
The DISG Library asks itself how can we remain embedded in the information flow, find new ways to interact with students, promote information literacy, and stay engaged with the academic community. Particularly successful is a current project centred on providing tailored content on ereaders to our students.
At the American Library Association's National Library Legislative Day, Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie will discuss 11 key takeaways from the Project's libraries research.
This is a transcript of an interview I (Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten) had with the community manager (Gonzague Dambricourt) of Ziki.com on February 14, 2007 via Skype Chat
The awards presentations and panel discussion featuring all of our Positively Powerful Women
will continue to be the spotlight event.
We will honor outstanding Positively Powerful Women who have founded legacy
entrepreneurial and nonprofit organizations.
This year, we will announce our first Positively Powerful Corporate Woman Award Recipient and
our first Positively Powerful Nonprofit Executive Woman Award Recipient.
Presentation on E-Developments in Academic Libraries at the Collaborative Partner Academic Support Development Day held at De Montfort University on Thursday 7th July 2011. Audience: academic staff and learning developers.
Presentation by Ingrid Parent: Digital Academic Content and the Future of Lib...Ingrid Parent
International Library Cooperation Symposium presentation May 14, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Presentation by Ingrid Parent, President elect of IFLA, and University Librarian at the University of British Columbia
In 2006 a group of library and information studies academics and experts from three European universities – Oslo University College in Norway, Tallinn University in Estonia and the University of Parma in Italy - began talks and consultations to develop a Master programme to impart knowledge and skills in digital libraries. The outcome was the formation of the two-year International Master in Digital Library Learning (DILL) programme. After taking in the first batch of 18 students from 16 different countries across the world in 2007, DILL has continued to train different cohorts of varying numbers in the last decade. In this paper, I identify the various stages in DILL’s developmental process following a community of practice framework by (Wenger and Snyder, 2000). Data was drawn primarily from literature including the various DILL websites from the different consortia institutions, combined with a reflection of my own experience of the DILL programme and activities. My analysis of the DILL programme is mainly based on the activities of its first two years, as I was a member of the first batch of DILL students. However, my continuous association with key contacts in the programme also offered useful observations that provided data for this study. While DILL was planned to primarily provide education for the Digital Librarian new professional, specific details of the programme also offer extensive knowledge in other areas including understanding of innovative digital services, interactive digital exhibitions, gamification techniques (such as topic maps), etc. There was also understanding of skills in knowledge management and human resource management, which are still relevant for emerging trends in modern global education and digital information environment. The programme is rich with expert local professors and numerous visiting lecturers who made DILL a unique learning experience.
DILL programme is developing into a virtual community of experts who collaborate from various locations of the world to discuss and share ideas not only on digital library related issues, but also other issues that can enhance the development of members within the community and beyond. DILL provides a useful model for other disciplines where experts seek to collaborate to develop consortia programmes to advance knowledge in their area. The fast developing digital technologies and changing library and information studies environment have resulted in new competencies and skills required of modern digital librarians. As DILL steps into its second decade, the programme may be more effective if its curriculum content is targeted to evenly assess the professional knowledge, generic skills and specific personal competencies of today’s digital librarians.
Literature in digital environments: Changes and emerging trends in Australian...Judy O'Connell
Igniting a passion for reading and research is core business for school libraries, inevitably placing the library at the centre of the 21st century reading and learning experience. It is in this context that digital literature creates some challenging questions for teachers and librarians in schools, while the emergence of digital technology and/or device options also offers a great many opportunities. Collection development in school libraries encompasses an understanding of the need to contextualise these e-literature needs within the learning and teaching experiences in the school. The Australian Library and Information Association’s 2013 statement Future of collections 50:50 predicted that library print and ebook collections in libraries would establish a 50:50 equilibrium by 2020 and that this balance would be maintained for the foreseeable future. This statement from the Australian professional body raised the need to know more about e-collections in school libraries. For teacher librarians in Australian schools, the nature of online collections, and the integration of ebooks into the evolving reading culture is influenced by the range and diversity of texts, interfaces, devices, and experiences available to complement existing print and media collections or services. Management and budget constraints also influence e-collections. By undertaking a review of the literature, a discussion of the education context, and a critical analysis of the trends evidenced by national survey data, this paper presents an overview of the changes and emerging trends in digital literature and ebook collections in school library services in Australia today.
Digital Academic Content and the Future of Libraries: International Cooperati...UBC Library
International Library Cooperation Symposium presentation May 14, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
Presentation by Ingrid Parent, President elect of IFLA, and University Librarian at the University of British Columbia
Resource sharing in e-environment: A Study of P.M.N.M. Dental College and Hos...Vijaykumar2014
To introduce practical experiences of some important resource sharing activities in the PMNMDCH Library by focusing on digital activities and the HELINET Consortium of Rajiv Gandhi Health Sciences, University.
A summary and review of Curtis Bonk's 2009 book, which presents learning technology trends that are transforming education and opening opportunities for people around the world.
Pedagogy and School Libraries: Developing agile approaches in a digital ageJudy O'Connell
Libraries for future learners: one day conference to inspire, connect and inform teacher librarians and school leaders thinking about future learning needs. This presentation was a keynote conversation starter to open up a wide range of topics for other presentations and workshop activities sharing examplars, tools and strategies related to future learning. Held at Rydges World Square, Sydney.
The Story of the ICT Journey of Mr. S. L. Faisal, National ICT Awardee-2017. The presentation details how he had integrated ICT based innovations and experiments in teaching, learning and libraries.
Watch the presentation and interaction here
https://youtu.be/btf2cu-KENQ
Influence of demographic factors on the use of digital library by the post
Follow up links for islg talk
1. Waving not drowning: navigating the procurement and use of e-resources in
secondary schools.Some useful links (Spring 2014).
JISC- Users’ trust in information resources in the Web environment: a status report
Report exploring internet users' attitudes towards sources they encounter and how
trustworthy they think these sources are. In particular looks at attitudes towards e-
commerce and e-health sources.
Learning through Technology
Conference website, March 2013
American Library Association: School Libraries 2013 Report
The School Libraries section of the 2013 State of America’s Libraries Report from the
American Library Association provides an update on the crisis facing school libraries and
the decline in staffing of school librarians. Included in the report are statistics from the
"School Libraries Count!" survey regarding connectivity, technology and Internet
filtering in school libraries.
Adventures in Library Instruction podcast
A monthly podcast by and for library information literacy instructors and teaching
librarians. The show includes features, interviews and discussion about teaching in
libraries. No longer updated.
IPAD IN EDUCATION TRIAL 2012-2013: REPORT, EVALUATION AND DATA
Blogging about education, technology and Politics (by Matt Britland)
5 Free and Open Source Tools for Creating Digital Exhibitions
What are digital exhibitions?
Blog post: School Library Annual Reports: Connecting the Dots Between Your Library And
Student Learning
School Library Annual Reports: Connecting the Dots Between Your Library And Student
Learning
Pew Report: Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
Paperless public libraries switch to digital
BBC article on trend in America for public libraries to go digital.
A New Chapter? A Launch Of The Bookless Library
Article about new bookless library in Texas.
Blog Post on Setting up Nooks
Written by Jennifer LaGarde (aka library girl), lead librarian for New Hanover Schools
and an Educator on Loan for the NC Department of Public Instruction.
2. What does a school library look like in the digital age?
Guardian Article- As more of her students use ebooks and iPads to read, principal Tricia
Kelleher reflects on the role of her school's library.
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future
2008 report complied by The British Library and JISC
Truth, lies and the internet: a report into young people's digital fluency
2011 DEMOS Report
Softlink International 2012 Australian School Libraries Report
PDF file link
The Impact of ICT
2009 BECTA report
JISC report: Future of Academic Libraries
PDF file link
Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries
Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries by Sharon
Johnson, with Ole Gunnar Evensen, Julia Gelfand, Glenda Lammers, Lynn Sipe and
Nadia Zilper Published by IFLA
MuseumScouts Project
The MuseumScouts project illustrates a European-wide desire to bring schools and
cultural institutions (museums, galleries, historic sites and buildings, science centres)
together so that they may collaborate to offer valuable and complementary learning
experiences.
Blog Post: Harnessing Technology Grant
Blog maintained by Microsoft UK Education team.
Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value
2011 article from the New York Times exploring the digital classroom and whether
technology raises attainment.
ASLA: Future learning and school libraries
2013 report by the Australian school library association looking at the impact of digital
developments on school learning
School libraries in the UK: a worthwhile past, a difficult present - and a transformed future?
School Libraries in the UK: a worthwhile past, a difficult present – and a transformed
future? was commissioned by CILIP’s School Libraries Group and prepared by David
Streatfield, Sue Shaper and Simon Rae-Scott. Published 2010
3. Beyond Current Horizons
Beyond Current Horizons explores the future for education, beyond 2025.
Futurelab: Promoting transformative innovation in schools
PDF file link
Futurelab: Literature Review in Mobile technologies and learning
PDF file link
Exploratree
Exploratree is a free web resource where teachers and students can access a library of
ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make their own.
Thinking guides can support independent and group research projects with frameworks
for thinking, planning and enquiry. Exploratree was created as part of our work on
Enquiring Minds (supported by Microsoft).
Report by FutureLab: “It’s not chalk and talk anymore”
School approaches to developing students’ digital literacy.
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Website documenting TEL, which is a UK £12m ESRC/EPSRC funded programme
running from 2007-2012 led by Professor Richard Noss at the London Knowledge Lab.
IOE: Decoding learning: the proof, promise and potential of digital education
Blog post about the research
Nesta : Decoding Learning report
White paper: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st
Century
PDF file link
Buffy Hamilton
American school librarian and blogger
CILIP School Libraries Group
School Library Association
Bev Humphrey
Education consultancy
Stephen Heppell
JCS Online Resources
JCS Online Resources (JCS) enables schools worldwide to save up to 80% on trusted
online subscription resources.
4. A third of poorest pupils 'without internet at home'
More than a third of the poorest children do not have the internet at home and a similar
number do not have a computer, official figures suggest.
Encyclopaedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years
The paper edition of the encyclopaedia ends its centuries-long run, but is it a victim or
beneficiary of the digital age?
Young people 'prefer to read on screen'
Young people are now much more likely to prefer to read on a computer screen rather
than a printed book or magazine, according to a UK survey.
E2BN Newsletter
East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) it is one of 10 Regional Broadband
Consortia (RBCs) set up by the Government to help raise standards in teaching and
learning by the use of broadband technology.
Why ebooks are a different genre from print
The differences in format are beginning to change the nature of what we're reading, and
how we do it
Five Reasons Why Online Learning is the Future of Education
Five Reasons Why Online Learning is the Future of Education
Education in brief: will EBCs raise achievement for all students?
Education in brief: will EBCs raise achievement for all students?
Michael Gove's national curriculum reforms: where's the creativity?
Michael Gove's national curriculum reforms: where's the creativity?
Free school offering 'cross-subject' learning approved by Michael Gove
Free school offering 'cross-subject' learning approved by Michael Gove
Plenary Talk P3: Ettu MOOC? Massive Online Considerations
Powerpoint presentation from Institutional Web Management Workshop by
KyriakiAnagnostopoulou, Head of e-learning team at the University of Bath.
Tramscom Education
Company providing advice of Apple solutions for schools.
For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity
Article from The Chronicle of Higher Education on the impact of MOOCs on university
libraries in America.
5. Technology offers a route into reading for disadvantaged three to five-year-olds
Article from The National Literacy Trust about the benefits of e-books for disadvantaged
young readers.
Textbooks replaced by iTunes U downloads
BBC report about a school in Cambridge where teachers are making their own online
library of lessons and course materials for GCSE, A-levels and International
Baccalaureates.
TACCLE
Website supporting TACCLE training on creation of e-learning content.