I think the whole Learning 2.0 experience has been a positive one and I’m glad that LCPL set this up for the staff. I was already familiar with many of sites and applications we were sent out to discover, but I previously didn’t think of them in relation to a library setting.
My favorite new “things” were probably librarything and flickr. Prior to learning about flickr, I had just been hosting some of my photos on photobucket but wasn’t satisfied with the set up, etc. Flickr has not only made it really easy to share photos, but I’ve joined all sorts of photo groups which linked me to different online communities ranging from MOMA fans to alternative home décor.
I don’t know if I’ll continue to update my blog here since I have a main one elsewhere and since I don’t know if anyone is actually reading this one (according to technorati my blog is ranked 2,996,932), but perhaps I’ll keep this one alive for a little while and see what comes of it.
I don’t know if the goals in Learning 2.0 necessarily coincided with any of my specific lifelong learning goals, but I believe that any learning is a good thing. One thing I am actually interested in learning is Spanish, or at least brushing up on my unused skills from college. This area is certainly one area where knowing a second language comes in handy, especially working in place centered on the public and information. Perhaps the county could offer language classes or at least tuition reimbursement to employees who took classes on their own ;)
I think one way a program like Learning 2.0 could be improved would be to take away the deadline and post all the things at once so that people could not feel stressed and pick and choose when they want to attempt certain lessons. People less familiar with these tools could then start small before tackling more imposing things. If LCPL offered another program like this in the future I would definitely give it a go.
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