Strengthening CE Content for Libraries
What is the Strengthening Continuing Education Content for Libraries project?
This project seeks to address current needs by updating library competencies with 21st century skills, identifying high priority topics for libraries, and piloting new, practical models for training content development and delivery. The Training Institute will build the skills and capacity of CE providers to rapidly and collaboratively design and deliver high-quality content on topics essential to the field.
Project Activities
WebJunction and Infopeople are collaborating on the design and delivery of a training program that will focus on the value of online learning and strategies for producing quality, cost-efficient, learning content that can be built, shared and sustained via online tools and platforms. As project leads, WebJunction and Infopeople are piloting models for the rapid creation of online learning objects that are geared to be replicable. They will share these models with participants in the Training Institute, who will then work collaboratively with the each other to produce additional learning objects.
Library CE Training Institute
Twelve CE providers were selected to receive training on best practices for designing and delivering online learning. Training participants were selected through an application process that sought to involve trainers who have expertise with general training principles and experience delivering library-specific training, but who may wished to develop their competency in online training design.
This training was delivered as a blend of live online workshops, self-paced tutorials, and an in-person session. An overview of the Library CE Training Institute Curriculum is available to all interested.
Participants learned together and worked in teams to create new learning objects on high priority topics for building library staff skills. The online learning objects that institute participants create together can be used within their own organizations, and will also be shared openly throughout the library field by WebJunction.org later in September.
Most Recently Added
The Self-paced Course Challenge – Case Studies from the Library CE Training Institute
Publish Date: News / 23 December 2015
In an ambitious effort to create new courses on high priority topics for building library staff skills, twelve seasoned library trainers learned...
Readymade Course Content
Publish Date: Document / 6 August 2015
This article describes the technical approaches to capturing the content for each model. Each model links to an example of a fully-developed course, which will give you ideas about how to augment the core content.
The Fast Train to Course Creation
Publish Date: News / 1 October 2014
You could say that every grant project we embark on at WebJunction is an ambitious reach to explore new library learning territory that takes us beyond our comfort zone. A notable difference with the Strengthening CE Content for Libraries grant (fund...
Strengthening CE Content in Libraries: Final Courses
Publish Date: Document / 29 September 2014
The final courses created by SCEC participants. Course summaries include descriptions, objectives, designers, subject matter experts, and other information.
Library CE Training Institute Curriculum
Publish Date: News / 20 August 2014
With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and in partnership with Infopeople, WebJunction offered a free, 4-month training program for seasoned trainers in public libraries who wanted to learn best practices for designing ...
