Recently a few of the librarians at ECU attended an Unconference held at the State Library of WA, where experiences with Library 2.0 technologies were being shared by librarians across the sector. It was a great way to network and find how others were grappling and succeeding with the new technologies.
The Unconference began by providing us all the experience of using a wiki. We registered via the wiki, were invited to contribute to sessions or organising the event and were kept up to date on progress of the event organisation if we wished. The entire unconference was organised through the wiki. On the day, the interactive nature of the networking continued. Wikipedia tells us that this is the nature of the unconference "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants..." I for one applaud this type of professional gathering as a way of sharing ideas.
I found the ideas in all of the sessions interesting and the following technologies particulary appealed and I will be investigating them further:
The Unconference began by providing us all the experience of using a wiki. We registered via the wiki, were invited to contribute to sessions or organising the event and were kept up to date on progress of the event organisation if we wished. The entire unconference was organised through the wiki. On the day, the interactive nature of the networking continued. Wikipedia tells us that this is the nature of the unconference "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants..." I for one applaud this type of professional gathering as a way of sharing ideas.
I found the ideas in all of the sessions interesting and the following technologies particulary appealed and I will be investigating them further:
- Using del.icio.us to replace bookmarks or favourites on the PC to provide benefits in creating collaborative subject resources
- Using Twitter as a professional development tool
Check out this link to view the wiki. http://unconferencewalibrary.pbwiki.com/
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