Welcome to My Fall Learning 2.0 Class

Hi all!

I created this blog during my first Learning 2.0 class to discuss my experience teaching an online class. However, as I’ve already mentioned in comments on some of your blogs, I am a horrible blogger and have a hard time posting on a regular basis. As you can see, I did not keep up with my weekly posts during the last class. I don’t want to become one of those “do as I say and not as I do” instructors, so I will try to do better for this class.

The Tools I’m Using

I just wanted to write a post about the tools I’m using for this class.

The original Learning 2.0 program used a Blogger blog to post assignments. For some time, before I had even heard of Learning 2.0, I had been thinking I would use a wiki once we started offering online courses. I went back and forth between using a blog and wiki as I was designing this class, and I ultimately decided on a wiki so that I could have greater control over how the content was organized. My colleague, Barbara Andrews of Andrews Consulting, suggested that I look into Zoho because it offers chat, which I also wanted to use at various points during the class. I liked the fact that Zoho had so many applications that I could utilize during the course of the class.

Greetings from Learning 2.0 @ SEMLS

Hello all! I hope you are enjoying your first week of Learning 2.0 @ SEMLS.

Many of you already know me from classes you’ve taken at SEMLS, but for those of you who haven’t had a chance to make it to our office yet, I wanted to include a brief introduction here. As the Assistant Administrator for Technology at SEMLS, I assist libraries in integrating technology in their services. I also provide assistance and consultation for their online services. I love thinking of new ways libraries can use the Internet to reach out to their users and provide a sense of community in a virtual environment. As libraries try to find their place in the 21st century, I firmly believe we need to offer online services that are as interesting and easy to use as the Web sites our patrons and students are accustomed to using.