New Directions for Net Gen Learners and Libraries Joan K. Lippincott Coalition for Networked Information Joan K. Lippincott Coalition for Networked Information ACRL WSS ALA Annual 2007

Why New Directions? Changes in student behaviors - Net Gen Students Understandings of learning principles and styles Availability of new technologies Changes in student behaviors - Net Gen Students Understandings of learning principles and styles Availability of new technologies

What Does a Net Gen Student Look Like? This?

Or this?

Net Gen Students Born Grew up with computers and other media at home and in school from earliest ages Never were tethered to communication in a place Born Grew up with computers and other media at home and in school from earliest ages Never were tethered to communication in a place

Other Names… Millennials Digital Natives Gen Y Next Gen DotNets (Pew Internet & American Life) Millennials Digital Natives Gen Y Next Gen DotNets (Pew Internet & American Life)

Characteristics of Net Gen Students Always connected, multi-tasking Oriented to working in groups Experiential learners Visual Producers as well as consumers Always connected, multi-tasking Oriented to working in groups Experiential learners Visual Producers as well as consumers

Characteristics of Deeper Learning “Deeper Learning” Social Active Contextual Engaging Student-owned “Deeper Learning” Social Active Contextual Engaging Student-owned Colleen Carmean & Jeremy Haefner. “Mind Over Matter.” EDUCAUSE Review, vol 37,No. 6, Nov./Dec.,

Implications for Learning and Libraries Assume students are information producers Broaden students’ exposure to information and tools for their discipline Assist students in understanding information policy issues Assume students are information producers Broaden students’ exposure to information and tools for their discipline Assist students in understanding information policy issues

Changing focus Students as information seekers Students as information producers Students as information seekers Students as information producers

Convergence of literacies Written literacy Information literacy Technology literacy Visual literacy Written literacy Information literacy Technology literacy Visual literacy

MacArthur Foundation Project

Henry Jenkins - MIT Selected core skills Collective Intelligence - the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal Judgment - the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information resources Networking - the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information Selected core skills Collective Intelligence - the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal Judgment - the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information resources Networking - the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

Henry Jenkins - MIT Among his core skills: Multitasking - the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details Simulation - the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes Appropriation - the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content Among his core skills: Multitasking - the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details Simulation - the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes Appropriation - the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content

New T&L Partnerships Center for Teaching and Learning New Media Center Instructional Technology Group Film or Multimedia Studies Dept. Center for Teaching and Learning New Media Center Instructional Technology Group Film or Multimedia Studies Dept.

Columbia U. CNMTL

Georgetown CNDLS

Dartmouth RWIT: Center for Research, Writing & IT

New Resources Tools to facilitate collaborative work Facilities for production of content Facilities for practicing presentations Tools to facilitate collaborative work Facilities for production of content Facilities for practicing presentations

PennTags Social Bookmarking

GroupSpace with TeamSpot at Stanford U. Meyer Library

U. Delaware Student Multi-media Design Center

Georgia Tech Practice Presentation Room

Changing focus Teaching about access to library resources Teaching about access to information and tools Teaching about access to library resources Teaching about access to information and tools

Data for Visualization

Webcast Offerings at UC Berkeley

Research Channel Videos

U. Washington and Wikipedia

Georgetown U. Portal for Community-Based Research

GMU History Tools

Displaying information and projects Providing visual cues to the information resources available Displaying what students and faculty can create with information resources Providing visual cues to the information resources available Displaying what students and faculty can create with information resources

Cornell’s Mann Library

Japanese Anime - Dartmouth

NCSU Learning Commons eBoards

Changing focus Teaching about policies as rules Fostering policy awareness and discussion Teaching about policies as rules Fostering policy awareness and discussion

Bucknell Professor’s Film on IP

Uses Parody of Disney Films to Illustrate Principles

UPenn Library Mashup Contest

In Conjunction with Free Culture

Creative Commons Licensing

Cornell’s Thoughts on Facebook

Engaging Students Methods Online tutorials Online games, contests Social networking sites Students collect resources prior to class and jointly critique Simulations Services and instruction in virtual worlds Methods Online tutorials Online games, contests Social networking sites Students collect resources prior to class and jointly critique Simulations Services and instruction in virtual worlds

Library Online Tutorials at TWU

UIUC Undergrad Library Facebook

Info Island in Second Life

U. Tennessee bioLIBlog

Supporting materials FAQs Guides, links, and services in CMS Podcasts Wikis or blogs developed by students or TAs FAQs Guides, links, and services in CMS Podcasts Wikis or blogs developed by students or TAs

UPenn Business FAQ

Challenges Faculty Interest in inserting these skills in their curriculum Willingness to collaborate Acceptance of new forms of student projects Development of grading rubrics for new forms of expression Faculty Interest in inserting these skills in their curriculum Willingness to collaborate Acceptance of new forms of student projects Development of grading rubrics for new forms of expression

Challenges Librarians Broadening conception of information literacy Convergence of literacies Overall service program, not just classes Engagement in collaborative learning Development of new skills Promoting services to faculty Librarians Broadening conception of information literacy Convergence of literacies Overall service program, not just classes Engagement in collaborative learning Development of new skills Promoting services to faculty

Transforming Information Literacy In-class Expert Highly structured Complex Focus on owned, licensed items In-class Expert Highly structured Complex Focus on owned, licensed items Push Collaborative New structures Simple Mixed, including freely available FROMTO

Accomplishing Change Re-examine service goals Talk with faculty and students Collaborate with faculty and campus units Work in teams with students Experiment, pilot Adopt, adapt Do research, assessment Let go… Re-examine service goals Talk with faculty and students Collaborate with faculty and campus units Work in teams with students Experiment, pilot Adopt, adapt Do research, assessment Let go…

The Net Gen Are Our Future Assist students with making the transition from the recreational use of technology to academic use of technology Provide environments, physical and virtual, which engage students Promote creativity in students’ discipline- related work Assist students with making the transition from the recreational use of technology to academic use of technology Provide environments, physical and virtual, which engage students Promote creativity in students’ discipline- related work

Credits Photos include web captures, photos from my collection and some supplied to me by institutions

Resources Educating the Net Gen Edited by Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Henry Jenkins et. al. MacArthur Foundation, Contact: