e-learning and libraries

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

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

3. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

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

5. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

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

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

8. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

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

10. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

11. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

12. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

13. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

14. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

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

16. 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 Bielefeld / February 2002

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