The Nebraska Library Commission debuted its first Nebraska Learns 2.0 online learning program on October 6, 2008 and it ran through January 30, 2009. It was great fun, and we’ve received so many inquiries about if and when the program would repeat, that we knew we had to do something. So without further ado, here it is–the second edition of Nebraska Learns 2.0!
Although we’ve made some changes to Nebraska Learns 2.0 this time around, the goal of the program remains the same: to encourage participants to experiment with and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other. Nebraska Learns 2.0 will continue to be a self-discovery program which encourages participants to take control of their own learning and to utilize their lifelong learning skills through exploration and PLAY.
This time around, instead of being required to do 23 Things in 16 weeks in order to earn CE credit, participants will be offered an opportunity to do a new Thing each month. (In Nebraska Learns 2.0 parlance, a “Thing” is essentially a Lesson.) Participants will have all month to complete that Thing and receive one CE credit. If you are busy one month, or taking a month’s long vacation, that’s OK. You can just skip that month’s Thing and participate again the next month. Participants are always welcome to go back and do Things they missed, however CE credit will only be award for completing the current month’s Thing during that month. Once again, this program is open to ALL Nebraska librarians, library staff, library friends, library board members and school media specialists.
We will be posting the first Thing on May 1st, but there are a few steps you can take between now and then to get ready. If you don’t already have a blog, you will need to set one up. Also this time around we are requiring all participants to sign up. All of the details can be found on the new blog we’ve set up for this new, ongoing, Nebraska Learns 2.0 program:
Happy blogging and happy learning!
Susan,
Allana,
Christa, and
Michael
