Fw: Today - David Loertscher on Libraries as Learning Commons, Building Personal Learning Environments

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Subject: Today - David Loertscher on Libraries as Learning Commons, Building Personal Learning Environments

Library 2.0 the future of libraries in the digital age A message to all members of Library 2.0 Join me today, Tuesday, January 31st, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with David Loertscher, professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and proponent of the library as a new learning commons. In this follow-up to our previous interview, we're going to drill down on the current state of libraries in our visions of education, how the idea of the New Learning Commons could be influence those visions, and how we help students and adults create their own "Personal Learning Environments." See you online! Steve Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com Date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Log in at http://futureofed.info/. The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Blackboard Collaborate, please visit the support and configuration page. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page. Recordings: The full Blackboard Collaborate recording and a portable .mp3 recording will be available after the show at http://www.futureofeducation.com/. David V. Loertscher has degrees from the University of Utah, the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He has been a school library media specialist in Nevada and Idaho at both the elementary and secondary school levels. He has taught at Purdue University, The University of Arkansas, The University of Oklahoma, and is presently a professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University. He served as head of the editorial department at Libraries Unlimited for ten years and is President of Hi Willow Research & Publishing (distributed by LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com). He has been a president of the American Association of School Librarians. Visit Library 2.0 at: http://www.library20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on Library 2.0, click here

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