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Lifelong Learning, Informal L earning & IT

This work explores the concepts of lifelong and informal learning, emphasizing their importance in today's knowledge economy. Drawing on John Dewey's progressive education philosophy, it discusses how individuals can manage their own learning processes. Key topics include the role of IT workers, knowledge-sharing practices, and capacity building within organizations. The paper suggests effective strategies for fostering these learning styles through support systems and advocates for the recognition of informal learning as a valuable part of professional development. A case study of Canadian academic librarians offers practical insights.

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Lifelong Learning, Informal L earning & IT

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  1. Lifelong Learning, Informal Learning & IT Pamela Carson Web Services Librarian Concordia University, Montreal

  2. What’s lifelong learning? • Empower people to manage their own learning in many contexts throughout life • Roots in John Dewey’s philosophy of progressive education

  3. What’s informal learning? • Learning situation where some combo of • Process • Location • Purpose • Content is determined by the learner, who may (or may not) be conscious that learning happened (Carliner, 2012)

  4. Why these topics? Why now? • Knowledge economy • knowledge workers • I often ask myself “How does he/she know that?”

  5. Who else is doing it? • IT workers (Gijbels et al., 2012) • Open Source Programmers(Brown, 2008) • Software Engineers (Enes, 2005) • Googlers(Johnson & Senges, 2011)

  6. How do we foster it? • Capacity building • (McManus, 2011; Johnson & Senges, 2010) • Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory • (Crick & Yu, 2008) • Organizational supports / Knowledge Management • (Johnson & Senges, 2010)

  7. How do we measure it? • Lifelong Learning Support System • Up-front needs assessment • Back-end evaluation(Kraigerand Wolfson, 2011)

  8. Criticisms of lifelong learning • Responsibility for education on the individual • Tends to support status quo • Who wants to learn forever?(Hager, 2011)

  9. Takeaways For Yourself • Recognize informal learning • Career plan • Performance reviews • Develop capacity for lifelong learning • Seek out informal learning For Your Organization • Use KM tools and concepts to encourage knowledge sharing • Be a lifelong learning role model

  10. Research plan • A case study in Canadian academic libraries: Web Services Librarians’ approaches to technology-related lifelong learning • Semi-structured interviews with Canadian Web Services Librarians • 15±10 participants

  11. Thank you pamela.carson@concordia.ca

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