E-learning Opportunities for Librarians
posted in miscellany, information literacy, technology, web 2.0 |InfoPeople: InfoPeople “moving libraries forward” provides materials used in its past training freely. They state that those who use the materials in the Past Workshops section should credit the author and the funding source.
Learn More: Run by Steve Campion at Library Stream, the “Learn More is a series of self-paced discovery entries for library staff interested in venturing out on the social web.” Topics covered thus far include avatars, Flickr, Delicious, YouTube, tags and tag clouds, LibraryThing, wikis, social networks, Twitter, and blogs.
Learning 2.1: Expanding on the original Learning 2.0 23 Things, this site currently features things 24-47 and includes discussion around such useful tools as Animoto, LiveMocha, Photobucket, LetterPop, Zamzar, and Jott.
Learning 2.0: Learning 2.0 is “an online self-discovery program that encourages the exploration of web 2.0 tools and new technologies, specifically 23 Things.”
Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL): “OPAL is an international collaborative effort by libraries and other organizations to provide web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members.” As such, OPAL offers a wide variety of online training sessions (e.g., pertaining to books, civic engagement, health, history, LIS, music, general training, etc.). View the schedule of upcoming events to attend a future live session or visit the archive of previous OPAL events for links to the slides and audio from past training sessions.
A useful list of e-learning opportunities is also available at the LibSuccess wiki on its Online Training Resources for Librarians page. The page discusses and links to both free and fee resources.
