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Myths
Skilled online searchersFacile with new gizmosAlways connectedEffective multi-taskersRequire constant stimulationMust be entertainedLearn by doing
MythBusting
They do use the stuffBut in a canned dummy box wayThey don’t have the map – they don’t realize
they are using the stuff This means they don’t get transferable skills Ramifications for our new services- they don’t fit into
student’s understandings of what they already know
Digital Divide
Stats 61.8% ownsership 99% of U.S. schools
Fault lines Race: 65% v 45% Class:
83% (75k+) 62% (25k-35k) 31% (<15k)
Persistent effects
Challenges - Faculty
What Faculty Know (or don’t) Chicken burrito
Beliefs about students They’ll figure it out
Equipment Teaching faculty to fish
Challenges – Faculty II
Faculty not highly trained in teaching Hostile to the implication Tech training is also Ed Tech training
Who does it? How do we discuss tech as teaching when pedagogy so
fraught?
Getting Faculty On Board
Owning our own expertiseCompetitive processes for course
developmentGetting out there, making connectionsFaculty attend class instructionLeveraging reaccreditation processes
Campus – IT
What They DoScarce ResourcesKittens and BeerMultiple models: Who
trains? Why? Why librarians?
Learning Spaces
Safe Learning Spaces
How-to strategies for engaging students/faculty Workshops Making equipment
available Actionable
assignments Partnerships
Moving Forward– Learning Spaces
Safe learning spaces– not just the classroomTech is fun, Libraries are for learning
Is the tail wagging the dog?
Critical thinking, mental maps “Ripped from the headlines” “movie night” game night
Building the Bridge
The MythsThe Myths Skilled online
searchers Facile with new gizmos Always connected Effective multi-taskers Require constant
stimulation Must be entertained Learn by doing
ActionablesActionables Make our services
meet our fears Gadgets support
learning We decide what must
be Space and structure for
play More skepticism
Questions/Comments
Colleen S. HarrisReference & Instruction
LibrarianUniv. of Tennessee at
[email protected](warmaiden in 2.0-Land)
Rudy LeonLearning Commons LibrarianUniv. of Illinois Urbana
[email protected] most places in 2.0-
land)