How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? If nothing else, the program has taught me that I am able to effectively learn new technology skills and that there are 2.0 internet technologies that have practical application in both my work life and in my private life. Yes, I can use technology to my advantage! I can even learn to play on the internet -- something I seldom if ever do.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you? Now when I read library literature or receive emails from various listservs that talk about Library 2.0 I actually understand what they are saying! That and the fact that I even (on my own) established a Facebook account -- who would have thought ...
More importantly, throughout this program I was attempting to identify how these new internet technologies could assist with communication within the Libraries. Part of the R2 recommendations included the usage of Web 2.0 tools to improve things like finding the correct contact person in Technical Services. Now that staff have been exposed to these informational tools, I'm more hopeful that we will be able to design some new ways of creating and sharing information within the Libraries about the department.
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept? The self-discovery approach was just great and allowed me to go at my own pace and to repeat segments as needed. Many of the excersises took much more time than 30-60 minutes to complete so perhaps smaller segments for some of the assignments would have been better. Lesson #8 on RSS feeds, for example, was extremely difficult and took a lot of time to complete.
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate? Yes!
