IFLA President's Meeting 2016

2. THEMES AND ACTIONS
• IFLA TRENDS REPORT: ONLINE LEARNING
• OCLC: AT A TIPPING POINT
• MOOCS AND LIBRARIANS
• ACTIONS: MOVING UPSTREAM, BRANDING, DEEP LEARNING

3. IFLA TRENDS REPORT
• "ONLINE EDUCATION WILL DEMOCRATISE AND DISRUPT GLOBAL LEARNING."

4. OCLC: ONLINE LEARNING AT A TIPPING POINT
• CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR (E.G., INDEPENDENCE, DIY, CONVENIENCE)
• EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY (E.G., DEVICES, LOWER PRICES, ROBUST INTERNET ACCESS)
• ECONOMIC INCENTIVE (E.G., COST OF FORMAL EDUCATION, PERCEPTION THAT ONLINE WILL REDUCE IT)
• ONLINE LEARNERS SAY THEIR GOALS ARE MET
• MARKET TIPS - OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE FOR LIBRARIES
• RELEASE AT ALA 2014 – LIBRARIANS REPORTING ON THEIR ROLES

5. CONTACT NORTH 2016
• POLICY BACKDROP: ONTARIO GOVERNMENT GENERALLY COMMITTED TO ONLINE LEARNING
• REPORT ON E-LEARNING DOES NOT MENTION LIBRARIES OR LIBRARIANS

6. MOOCS AND LIS: WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
• LIBRARY ADVOCACY UNSHUSHED (TORONTO) - >9,000 IN 28 COUNTRIES, DEEP DIVE
• MICHAEL STEPHENS: LIBRARIANS AS LEARNERS, CONNECTORS, COLLABORATORS, CREATORS
• LANKES ON FACILITATION - ALIGNMENT

7. ACTIONS – WHAT IF WE . . .
• MOVED UPSTREAM IN CREATING ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES?
• BRANDED SUPPORT AND FACILITATION OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS?
• DEVELOPED HYBRID MODELS TO SUSTAIN DEEP LEARNING FOR LIBRARIANSAND THE WORLD?

8. WENDY NEWMAN
WENDY.NEWMAN@UTORONTO.CA