Does your local librarian know how to set up a blog? How about upload a video to YouTube or use Technorati? Web 2.0 is changing the way we learn new things and interact with the world around us, and Helene Blowers, the IT director for the Charlotte & Mecklenburg County NC public library, decided it was time public libraries followed suit by creating Learning 2.0.
Learning 2.0 is a program designed to give librarians, or anyone for that matter, a crash course in the power of web 2.0. The program teaches participants 23 must-know things, such as how to use online web tools, create blogs and podcasts, set up RSS feeds, and use sites like Flickr and Rollyo that are elementary to the web savvy, but confusing to others.
The program originally started out as a way to train the local library staff, but has turned into something much larger and is now available to anyone to use and train their staff for free, licensed under Creative Commons. It has already been used in Virginia, San Jose, and even Melbourne Austraila.
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Tags: flickr, learning 2.0, Learning2.0, rss, understanding internet, UnderstandingInternet, web 2.0, Web2.0
