Steven Laporte gave the opening speech at the 5th European Congress on E-Inclusion in Brussels. He discussed a Belgian training campaign that aims to empower socially and educationally disadvantaged adults by teaching them web 2.0 skills, such as social networking and e-citizenship, in public libraries. The campaign involves a two-step process: 1) training library staff in non-formal learning strategies and 2) having trained staff serve as web 2.0 tutors for library users. Over the summer, the campaign involved 18 training sessions reaching 400 participants across 90 libraries in Flanders.

1. Opening Speech:
Steven Laporte
D Lit 2.0, Bibnet

2. Digital Literacy 2.0
Belgian training campaign
Steven Laporte
Bibnet
steven.laporte@bibnet.be
5 th E u r o p e a n C o n g r e s s o n E - I n c l u s i o n :
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3 r d O c t o b e r, B r u s s e l s

3. empowering socially and
educationally disadvantaged
adults to participate in society
by teaching them web 2.0
skills in public libraries

4. The Project Partners
Social
institutions
Educational
institutions
Libraries

5. The Approach
Informal learning strategies
Clear cut and practical use of
applications

6. The training campaign
Step 1
Step 2:
Train the trainer:
Qualify the user
qualification of
staff in nonformal learning
settings
trained staff as
web 2.0 tutors for
their clientele

7. The Training Material
Social
Networking
E-Citizenship
Basic
skills
Communication
Collaboration

8. The Belgian Dlit2.0
Summer School:
•
18 sessions
•
90 libraries
•
400 participants
•
10% employees of public libraries in Flanders

9. Book collection
cd’s and dvd’s
Book club
Magazines
School visits
Books for the blind
Public readings
Readers’ suggestions
Public access computers
ILL
Facebookpage

10. Providing
infrastructure
Digital
Inclusion?
Active
assistence

11. Que faire?
Call to action!