Standard: Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning
Theme: Designing for Effectively Leveraging Technology in the LLC
Growth Phase: Leading
Growth Indicator: Evolving technologies and robust infrastructure empower networking and participatory learning opportunities within and beyond the school.
This issue of Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) journal The Teaching Librarian focuses on how SLLC staff were challenged to create virtual spaces and forge connections with teachers, students and parents during the COVID pandemic. The inspiring articles can influence virtual practice today.
Freibauer, C. (ed.) (2021). The Teaching Librarian 29(1). Retrieved from https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-September-TingL-29-1.pdf
In this pleasingly designed presentation from Treasure Mountain Canada (TMC) 6 the authors discuss how they applied four aspects of participatory learning in the library learning commons through organizing a program they called 12 Days of Code (inspired by the annual Hour of Code challenge) by combining literacy and STEM goals. This dynamic team shares the process and program as well as learning reflections, new questions (wonders) stemming from their observations, plans for next steps and references.
Mulcaster, M., Pitter-Adlam, M., Williams, A. & Zita, T. (2020, March 6). #12daysbooksnbytes: Fostering Professional Participatory Learning Cultures with Literacy and Code [Slideshare]. Canadian School Libraries Journal 4 (1). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/12daysbooksnbytes/
This well-known Canadian social enterprise enables students to be involved in global change initiatives.
Kielburger, Craig, & Kielburger, Mark. (2014). Me to we.
http://www.metowe.com/
Educators utilize videoconferencing services for a variety of purposes in their classrooms, including offering a means to connect and learn with people of different cultures, geographies, and experiences. However, there has been little research into how educators use videoconferencing in their classrooms. Drawing on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) and intercultural pedagogies, Digital Human Library CEO Leigh Cassell shares the report and analysis of findings from a survey of 117 videoconferencing educators. These educators reported possibilities and challenges for using videoconferencing, particularly for intercultural experiences. The authors offer a framework for videoconferencing in education drawn from the wisdom of videoconferencing educators and consider implications for future teaching and research. Originally published in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education.
Kruta, D.G., Carano, K.T., Cassell, L., Lavoie, M. & Davidson-Taylor, K. (2020). Wise Practices and Intercultural Understandings: A Framework for Educator Videoconferencing. Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 6 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. (Original work published 2019). Retrieved from