Bringing learning closer to the workplace An online course for librarians in developing countries

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INASP Research and knowledge at the heart of development

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Library consortia •  Access to electronic resources •  Monitoring and evaluation of usage

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M&E workshops

Cost Numbers Readiness Delayed application

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M&E online courses

Accessibility At the point of need Immediate application

Online courses on M&E

Approach

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Approach

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Learning !Design  

Learning Design •  Explicit •  Collaborative (team work) •  Reflective •  Iterative

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Learning Designer •  Free, open source, web-based tool •  Conversational Framework (Laurillard,

1993, 2002) •  Puts learner experience at the heart of

design process •  It supports sharing and reuse of learning

designs within the community

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Learning  outcomes  Learning  /me  

Learning Design

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Learning Design

Teaching  and  Learning  Ac/vi/es  (TLA)  /meline  

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6  TLAs  types  •  Read/watch/listen  •  Inquiry  •  Produc/on  •  Prac/ce  •  Collabora/on  •  Discussion  

Learning Design

Other  proper/es  of  TLAs  •  dura/on  in  minutes  •  group  size  •  teacher  contact/not  •  resources  aGached  

Feedback  on  the  overall  distribu/on  of  TLAs  

Approach

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workplace!

•  Points for reflection •  Short activities to practice

skills or consider a problem

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1. Guided readings

2. Course project / local teams

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Approach

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ownership!

Ownership

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Ownership

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•  Self-study but with social presence •  No expert to go to, only light-touch

moderation •  Own learning goals / own pace… •  …But towards the final product

Pilot •  23 participants from 5 consortia (Ghana,

Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka) •  Key questions:

– Does the course support immediate application of learning in practice?

– Can it be delivered in a non-facilitated mode?

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YES  

YES  

Key challenges •  11 out of 23 completed the course project •  Reasons:

– Pilot: Some “just wanted to see the course” – Readiness – Online learning imposed on top of other things

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INASP:  www.inasp.info    Joanna  Wild:  jwild@inasp.info      Learning  Designer:  learningdesigner.org