Beyond 23 Things: Enhanced Self-Paced Training
To be presented August 11, 2011 as part of Trends in Library Training and Learning.
Shrinking training and travel budgets and limited staff time make electronic resources training difficult to accomplish. The South Dakota State Library Challenge: Electronic Resources Edition allows librarians throughout the state to participate in training at their convenience with no travel or registration fees. Based on the 23 Things model and created on a shoestring, this challenge utilizes vendor and localized training materials. In its third round, the Challenge introduces participants to one subscription electronic resource each week, increasing knowledge, inviting exploration, and improving confidence. Come join Julie Erickson and Jane Healy learn what works, how to improve upon and replicate this self-paced training method.
Archive viewing options:
- View full Archive (combined archive of audio, slides, and chat)
- View the slides (ppt)
- View Chat log (xls)
Related resources:
- Beyond 23 Things Handout (doc attached) Including the "Plan Your Own Challenge" Template
- The SD State Library Electronic Resources Challenge: http://sdlibrarychallenge.blogspot.com/
- This training program was based on Helene Bowers’ “23 Things.” For information, see these links:
- Blowers, Helene, “Library Bytes” (blog), http://librarybytes.com/about.html
- Learning 2.0 Blog http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
- “Steal This Idea,” Library Journal, 3/15/2007: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6423431.html
- We used these free tools:
- Blogger http://www.blogger.com/home for our blog
- Google docs https://docs.google.com/#home for registration.
- Vendor tutorial: SurveyMonkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/ for the pre- and post-test
Questions for Discussion:
- What do you see as the pros and cons of this type of self-paced training?
- Could you envision doing this type of training at your library? What would you do differently?
- How could you adapt this model to train patrons on electronic resources?
