Abstracts
Personal Learning Environments: What Works for Librarians
Tuesday 5 May 2009, 1030 - 1130
Presenter: Kathryn Greenhill
Murdoch University, WA
Presenter Biography
Kathryn Greenhill is Emerging Technologies Specialist in the library at Murdoch University. She has been running immersive hands-on Web2.0 training for library staff since 2006. She facilitates the library Emerging Technology Group and also the university’s Emerging Technology Group.
Abstract
Educational Institutions no longer provide all the tools required for librarians to keep up to date with new technologies, collaborate with colleagues and share professional knowledge. Journal articles, conferences and formal coursework are no longer the primary methods of keeping up to date.
In this panel discussion, Kathryn Greenhill and Penny Coutas from Murdoch University, Peta Hopkins from Bond University and Constance Wiebrands from Curtin University discuss the online tools they use daily to create their own Personal Learning Environment. They describe how some of these tools work, what suits their daily workflow and may even vigorously defend the merits of their personal favourites.
