elearning and libraries current situation and strategic opportunities

e-learning and libraries current situation and strategic opportunities Hans Roes Library Tilburg University / Ticer Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 1

content • • e-learning / context current situation USA and Holland strategic opportunities institutional strategy and library strategy Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 2

e-learning / context (1) • • • growing demand for higher education different types of students combining learning and work trend towards lifelong learning competencies / ‘learning to learn’ accommodate different learning styles Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 3

e-learning / context (2) • increasing competition in higher education market • ongoing budgetary pressures • students now critical customers • job-hopping staff • too many dropouts Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 4

e-learning / the idea • educational material through the internet, anytime, anywhere, modular • cooperation through group ware • continuous logging / market research • opportunity to offer education on a global scale Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 5

e-learning / vision • • • student-centered interactive and dynamic group work on real life problems multiple learning routes emphasis on competencies supporting lifelong learning Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 6

e-learning and libraries (1) • libraries are mostly struggling • educational innovators are rediscovering the library • discussion on many levels • increasing importance of licenses • what about the institution’s learning materials? Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 7

e-learning and libraries (2) • portals / integration becoming important • increasing competition, a. o. e-books, MLE vendors, gateways • information literacy is critical competence • no vision yet, technical approach prevalent Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 8

strategic opportunities for libraries • • • digital libraries and MLEs digital portfolio’s information literacy participation in course design teams virtual and real learning environments Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 9

digital libraries and MLEs • precondition: active learning styles • DLs are natural complements to MLEs • approaches – small scale / course level – large scale / central repositories • integration is not trivial Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 10

digital portfolio’s • precondition: students manage their own learning process • portfolio’s now mainly used as assessment tools • but: why not re-use components of portfolio’s ? • library responsible for institution’s KM Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 11

information literacy • core competence knowledge economy • often combined with critical thinking skills – recognise information need – develop search strategy – evaluate results – synthesise – apply newly acquired knowledge Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 12

course design teams • teacher no longer absolute ‘king’ • course development in multidisciplinary teams • learning environments supporting active learning styles • integrating learning with use of domain specific resources Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 13

virtual AND real • • • complements rather than substitutes social component of learning challenge: group work and multimedia library becomes learning center buildings user-centered rather than collection-centered Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 14

John Seely Brown ‘Libraries are the meeting place for teachers and students outside class. ’ (Educause 2001) Read his book ‘The Social Life of Information’! Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 15

institutional strategy and library strategy • need for a shared - administrators, educators and librarians - vision • emphasizing active learning • library not a cost center, but an investment • library as partner in educational innovation Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 16

e-learning and libraries current situation and strategic opportunities Hans Roes Library Tilburg University / Ticer Hans Roes Bielefeld / February 2002 17