digital literacy – OPEN SHELF

eCampusOntario’s Extend program now available in summer 2021

The Ontario Extend Program, a professional micro-credentialed learning program designed for Ontario’s post-secondary educators who are interested in expanding their digital fluency, is launching a Summer 2021 online offering of all its modules.

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If you build workshops, they still might not come: Notes on a not-so-successful community initiative

I first heard about The Second Chance Foundation from a segment on CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition in 2017. This interview prompted me to reach out to Bev because I knew that this was an organization I wanted to be involved in. We determined, based on her clients’ needs and my expertise, that I would offer introductory internet skills workshops focusing on information literacy.

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What is e-learning in libraries?

Continuum dives into the e-learning waters by addressing a spectrum of issues including the nature of e-learning, the role of technologically-informed teaching and learning in library work, and the resources that are needed to make e-learning happen.

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Makerspaces: Take two

Complete surprise and appreciation: this was my first reaction to reading a response to an article I had written for Open Shelf last spring.…

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Makerspaces: Service or learning resource?

At the 2017 Computers in Libraries conference, a librarian asked “Do you use your 3D printer, as a service or resource?" This seemed like…

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Why Do Library Workers Not Have the Skills To Meet Community Needs?

The simple answer to this very Big Question is ‘because they are Library Workers’. In other words, they are trained in all of the…

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The Library Does That?

One library's journey to offer more than information literacy On any given day at Seneca Libraries, you will find students, staff, and faculty getting…

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Digital Outreach in Newmarket

Teaching digital literacy in the public library takes on many forms. There is one-on-one technical assistance, which requires familiarity with Internet and software programs…

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Digital Identity: A New Literacy Challenge for Librarianship

The librarian’s legacy and paramount role is one in the same: connecting diverse members in a multitude of communities with essential resources that are…

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Alison Head: Investigating Information Literacy (Part Two)

Alison J. Head, Ph.D., is the executive director of Project Information Literacy (PIL), a Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society…

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