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Libraries without walls

Learning with e's

I recently wrote about how libraries are adapting to the digital age. The traditional library is viewed by many as a place for stacks of books to gather dust, and where stern librarians in tweed jackets tell you to keep quiet. In Library 2.0 In Library 2.0 Was this a trend that was a threat to the library?

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Generation next

Learning with e's

Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. Students are often dissuaded from using technology unless they are in a designated area such as an ICT suite. It's a sobering thought. The guardians of this knowledge are the academics.

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The changing Web

Learning with e's

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 27, 65-67. social software: An enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and healthcare education. Health Informatics and Libraries Journal, 24(1), 2-23. Image source The changing web by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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23 Free eLearning Resources Loved by L&D Teams

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Continuing on the theme of saving eLearning designers time and money , the Gomo team has been sifting through the internet’s many libraries of free and open-source images, videos, sound files, fonts, templates, and software. Free image libraries perfect for use in eLearning courses. Free video libraries for eLearning projects.

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9 Budget-Friendly Ways to Revamp Outdated Online Training Content

Infopro Learning

Last, but not least, include subtitles or audio captions to allow employees to read the online training content, which also makes it ideally suited for learners with special needs. Add A Microlearning Online Training Library. Microlearning online training libraries provide bite-sized support for your employees.

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Back to the future

Learning with e's

I discovered that the programmes, simple as they were, had the effect of drawing students to engage with learning on a mostly informal basis, anytime they were passing my office on the way to the training rooms, library and coffee area. Very soon I procured a small room in which we positioned an entire suite of BBC computers.

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Over 75 Free Rapid E-Learning Resources

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Otherwise, I might show up at the conference looking like a doofus in a leisure suit. Myna : easy-to-use online audio editor that includes a library of assets. Creative Commons audio : good sites to get free audio for your courses. Flickr : creative commons images that you may be able to use in your courses.