"Changing the Way We Talk": Developing Librarians' Competence in Emerging Technologies through a Structured Program
Fuente:
ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
| Published: |
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867181428763000832 |
|---|---|
| author | Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph |
| author_facet | Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | "Changing the Way We Talk": Developing Librarians' Competence in Emerging Technologies through a Structured Program Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph Librarians Competence Competency Based Education Capacity Building Professional Development Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis Graduate Surveys Participant Satisfaction Learning Experience Librarian Attitudes Technology Education Technological Literacy Academic Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries This article reports on the implementation of a professional development program in emerging technologies for librarians at the University of Western Australia. Set up in 2008 to address a lack of pedagogically grounded training in this area, it has now graduated three cohorts. A qualitative analysis of participants' online contributions and course projects, complemented by quantitative survey data, reveals that most librarians acquired new understandings of both pedagogy and technology; many were able to apply newly gained skills in the workplace; and some went on to create pedagogically grounded, technologically enabled resources of ongoing value to the library. A more intangible change in the discourse around new technologies was also observed. Limitations and challenges are identified and discussed. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ1064850 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| record_format | eric |
| spellingShingle | "Changing the Way We Talk": Developing Librarians' Competence in Emerging Technologies through a Structured Program Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph Librarians Competence Competency Based Education Capacity Building Professional Development Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis Graduate Surveys Participant Satisfaction Learning Experience Librarian Attitudes Technology Education Technological Literacy Academic Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries "Changing the Way We Talk": Developing Librarians' Competence in Emerging Technologies through a Structured Program Pegrum, Mark Kiel, Ralph Librarians Competence Competency Based Education Capacity Building Professional Development Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis Graduate Surveys Participant Satisfaction Learning Experience Librarian Attitudes Technology Education Technological Literacy Academic Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries This article reports on the implementation of a professional development program in emerging technologies for librarians at the University of Western Australia. Set up in 2008 to address a lack of pedagogically grounded training in this area, it has now graduated three cohorts. A qualitative analysis of participants' online contributions and course projects, complemented by quantitative survey data, reveals that most librarians acquired new understandings of both pedagogy and technology; many were able to apply newly gained skills in the workplace; and some went on to create pedagogically grounded, technologically enabled resources of ongoing value to the library. A more intangible change in the discourse around new technologies was also observed. Limitations and challenges are identified and discussed. |
| title | "Changing the Way We Talk": Developing Librarians' Competence in Emerging Technologies through a Structured Program |
| topic | Librarians Competence Competency Based Education Capacity Building Professional Development Qualitative Research Statistical Analysis Graduate Surveys Participant Satisfaction Learning Experience Librarian Attitudes Technology Education Technological Literacy Academic Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1064850 |