A series of eight sessions in April to July is being offered by Library IT.
For a full outline of this course see this Word document.
Course coordinator: Donna Barber
This course will be taught by a number of Library IT and other Library staff.
When: 23 April to 23 July
Days: Thursday, 11am-12, plus one hour a week
Where: Central Library, Level 5 training room.
Enrolment is limited to 15 staff and must have the approval of the relevant manager. Applications will close Tuesday 7 April.
The aim of this course will be to introduce staff to Web 2.0, with a focus on library-relevant applications. It is loosely based on the 23 things course but has been designed to be more directly relevant to the UC Library, particularly in the early part of the course. The course will comprise eight hands-on sessions, with additional learning materials, exercises and discussion via Moodle. By using Moodle as a teaching and learning resource, participants will be able to explore Web 2.0 topics within a Web 2.0 environment.
By the end of the course, participants should have a good understanding of what Web 2.0 is, how it is used, and its relevance to libraries. The hands-on practice will build familiarity with commonly used Web 2.0 applications, and give them the necessary skills to continue to explore.
Timeframe
Formal sessions:
Introduction to Moodle and images for the Web 23 April 09
Wikis 30 April 09
Blogs and RSS 21 May 09
Tagging and Library Thing 28 May 09
Podcasting and YouTube 18 June 09
Social networking 25 June 09
Google 16 July 09
Forum discussion 23 July 09
In addition each person will require an hour a week from 23 April to 23 July to work on exercises. This includes the two weeks between the formal sessions. Progress on the exercises will be monitored.
Staff interested in attending must discuss it with their manager, and then enrol with Maureen Ruki before Tuesday 7 April.
Philip
Wow !! How impressive is this?
Great course outline, Donna. Will the Moodle content be available for other staff to view & learn from?
I’m not sure at this point if we’ll make the Moodle resources available during the course. However, if we don’t, we’ll probably make it accessible after the course ends, and possibly even run a second course if there’s enough demand.
Donna
There are still plenty of places left in this course, so please sign up if you’re just considering it.
The course is open to anyone, but I’d particularly like to encourage those of you who’re starting to feel a bit left behind, or are perhaps slightly unsure about how the topics relate to you and the Library. This is your opportunity to experiment, learn, discuss, and develop informed opinions. We’ll all be learning together and sharing our progress as we go.
Hope to see you there.
Donna