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Thursday, September 6, 2007
#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...
Well, our Learning Services del.icio.us site has 15 entries tagged under library2.0, which is a reasonable number, I guess. But nothing like the total number of blog posts and references out there. Google returns 162,000,000 results on the search term 'library 2.0' - so that rather puts it in perspective.
Obviously, one of the gurus on lib2.0 is Stephen Abram, who I first met at LIANZA last year, where he gave a keynote and a couple of other presentations. And again only the other week, when he did a presentation for CAVAL, which was so jam packed full of stuff that my note taking really couldn't keep up. His blog, Stephen's Lighthouse, is always interesting. But, if you were to judge what he had to say only from his blog posts, you might be forgiven for thinking that he is just another techno fan - although hugely well informed. But seeing him again the other week confirmed for me that that would be a very unfair judgement.
Just to give you an example, one of the many things he spoke about was the impact of gaming, and MMORPGs in particular. And the simple case for thinking that they are important and worth following? They are based on learning theory - specifically scaffolded learning, whereby you advance in stages, being challenged and then consolidating your learning, being challenged and then consolidating again. Sounds like the levels in gaming, doesn't it? And, even if you don't actually learn anything from the games (which is hard to imagine, since they are so social!), the structure reinforces a mode of learning which will enhance your engagement the next time you engage in some hard-core learning activity which uses the same teaching methodology.
So games, play and learning are all part of the one thing. Which is why they are important to libraries.
The other thing about Stephen is that he has very helpfully blogged on our insideadog youth literature website a couple of times, which all helps to spread the word.
And, talking of insideadog - that's very Library 2.0...
Obviously, one of the gurus on lib2.0 is Stephen Abram, who I first met at LIANZA last year, where he gave a keynote and a couple of other presentations. And again only the other week, when he did a presentation for CAVAL, which was so jam packed full of stuff that my note taking really couldn't keep up. His blog, Stephen's Lighthouse, is always interesting. But, if you were to judge what he had to say only from his blog posts, you might be forgiven for thinking that he is just another techno fan - although hugely well informed. But seeing him again the other week confirmed for me that that would be a very unfair judgement.
Just to give you an example, one of the many things he spoke about was the impact of gaming, and MMORPGs in particular. And the simple case for thinking that they are important and worth following? They are based on learning theory - specifically scaffolded learning, whereby you advance in stages, being challenged and then consolidating your learning, being challenged and then consolidating again. Sounds like the levels in gaming, doesn't it? And, even if you don't actually learn anything from the games (which is hard to imagine, since they are so social!), the structure reinforces a mode of learning which will enhance your engagement the next time you engage in some hard-core learning activity which uses the same teaching methodology.
So games, play and learning are all part of the one thing. Which is why they are important to libraries.
The other thing about Stephen is that he has very helpfully blogged on our insideadog youth literature website a couple of times, which all helps to spread the word.
And, talking of insideadog - that's very Library 2.0...
#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati
Ok - so I've claimed my blog and am evidently ranked 3929598, which seems not bad given that no one reads my blog.
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I've also gone in and favourited one of my favourites (tautology?) Do go and have a look at Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog - particularly the I Can Hath Cheezburger post. Absolutely brilliant!
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I've also gone in and favourited one of my favourites (tautology?) Do go and have a look at Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog - particularly the I Can Hath Cheezburger post. Absolutely brilliant!
#13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us
We've actually been running a del.icio.us site for Learning Services since late 2006 - it is http://del.icio.us/learningservices (or just click on the previous link). We're up to 14 pages and I guess I have posted a reasonable percentage of the sites.
I think my favourite is my latest post...
I think my favourite is my latest post...
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Types of intelligence
Had an interesting day today - a combination of listening to a podcast of Digital Planet about using graphics cards for alternative types of calculations and thinking about how that translates into human brain processing and a subsequent meeting. OK - that wasn't how the day was likely to pan out, and the thought about brain power came from a later meeting with someone who has lots, and is employed to think...
The long and the short of it is that I reckon good creative thinkers have a 'graphics card' like capacity to do multiple calculations at the same time - hence the 'eureka' experience of coming to an understanding of a complex situation without understanding the thought process that generated it. That's the multiple calculations bit.
Most people do the CPU thing - processing sequentially and understanding how they come to their conclusions.
Some people do the parallel processing thing, not understanding how they get there, but doing it faster and making seemingly creative leaps. Not. Just multiple/parallel processing. Like a graphics processor.
Interesting...
The long and the short of it is that I reckon good creative thinkers have a 'graphics card' like capacity to do multiple calculations at the same time - hence the 'eureka' experience of coming to an understanding of a complex situation without understanding the thought process that generated it. That's the multiple calculations bit.
Most people do the CPU thing - processing sequentially and understanding how they come to their conclusions.
Some people do the parallel processing thing, not understanding how they get there, but doing it faster and making seemingly creative leaps. Not. Just multiple/parallel processing. Like a graphics processor.
Interesting...
Thursday, August 9, 2007
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
In-between post
I thought I would add a copy of Kathryn Greenhill's presentation at the Libraries, Web 2.0 and other Internet stuff seminar at the State Library of Victoria on 23 July 2007.
The presentation is on Second Life and Libarians - but what I thought was interesting was the way in which she has linked her presentation in Slideshare with an MP3 of her talk. She blogs about how to do it in a recent post on her own blog, Librarians Matter. Very interesting...
This is a link to her talk.
The presentation is on Second Life and Libarians - but what I thought was interesting was the way in which she has linked her presentation in Slideshare with an MP3 of her talk. She blogs about how to do it in a recent post on her own blog, Librarians Matter. Very interesting...
This is a link to her talk.
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