From this month I am working as Librarian – Emerging Technologies, or Emerging Technologies Specialist.
The official main duties are to “ work with the Learning Technologies Steering Group to research, evaluate, develop, communicate, and train library staff and the campus community in new technological tools likely to affect information provision and Teaching and Learning in higher education “.
My first project for the Learning Technologies Steering Group involves looking at when and how Murdoch University can host blogs and wikis for staff and students.
For the library, it means I will keep doing programs like the 23 Things, Library Emerging Technology Group and Second Life workshops, I am available to help all library staff find ways to use new technological tools in their jobs and serve our users – including giving advice and training as well as helping set up new tools.
I’ll be on campus in NWL3 3.005B on Tuesdays and Fridays, and at Rockingham once a month.
I’ll continue to scour RSS feeds and email out useful resources to staff I think will be interested. To go with the new position, I have created a blog where I’m posting these emails, http://edtechkat.wordpress.com/. If you would like to subscribe to the blog, the feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Edtechkat .
I welcome questions and suggestions about all aspects of Emerging Technologies – practical, philosophical, skeptical, speculative…whatever. If you have ideas for a project or training session, please let me know.
