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IFLA PRESIDENT’S SUMMIT 2016

REVOLUTION AND NEW ROLES IN THE ONLINE WORLD

WENDY NEWMAN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

ISCHOOL/CULC PUBLIC LIBRARY LEADERSHIP FELLOWS PROGRAM

THEMES AND ACTIONS

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

IFLA TRENDS REPORT

• "ONLINE EDUCATION WILL DEMOCRATISE AND DISRUPT GLOBAL LEARNING."

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

CONTACT NORTH 2016

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

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

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 LIBRARIANS

AND THE WORLD?

WENDY [email protected]