A Dutch experience in digital records education and training

1. A Dutch experience in digital records education and training innovation and collaboration; towards a transnational course Thijs LAEVEN, Amsterdam Archiefschool Brussels DLM Forum ‘99

2. ‘Change of perspective’ towards a new role for the “new” recordkeeping professional a five days seminar cycle on electronic records by the Archiefschool of the Netherlands

3. traditional “lifecycle” perspective • phases in lifecycle well demarcated • functions strictly separated • single discipline & specialisation • object orientation • document tracking & tracing • ‘wait-and-see’ • operating at the back end

4. changing perspective • multi discipline & integration • process orientation • digital documents and contexts • ‘I-can-help-you’ • operating at the front end • interwoven with primary process • different functions same concerns

5. changing perspective for the “new” recordkeeping professional= in fact based upon: • Post-custodial approach • Records continuum paradigm • Business process orientation

6. to support the migration from the traditional to the new perspective: five days seminar cycle

7. pedagogical characteristics • dual learning • active learning • experience learning • anticipation learning • collegial (network) learning • cyclic learning

8. learning cycle exploration orientation discussion of theory related to practice preparatory reading: state of the art application on the job to daily practice problems treatment of cases to apply theory application on-the-job application off-the-job

9. overview of the seminar cycle

10. Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 2 Day 3 Day 3 Day 4 Day 4 Day 5 = integrated policy paper problem & solution approach elements / aspects of the ‘problem or risk analysis’ elements / aspects of the ‘solution policy paper’

11. cohesion & consistency measures • cyclic character • problem orientation • teachers’ guide × students’ guide • advance organisers • control tasks • developers’ project group • train-the-trainer program

12. improvements evaluation results • embedding in pedagogic context • three parties agreement • stronger problem orientation • understanding literature • lacking facilities on-the-job • possibilities of transfer

13. further innovations / initiatives by the Archiefschool • permanent platform for exchanging experiences • interactive problem solution & policy making • access to (remote) sources of expertise  leading to:

14. further innovations • distance learning in open learning space • “postcustodial” education: time and place independent • unraveling pedagogical setting and body of knowledge  eventually: wwwebization