I’ve got a PhD in Computer Science: How come I can’t get this dratted gizmo to work? Michael Twidale GSLIS

Computational Metacognition Thinking about your own thinking – Supporting reflection How do I go about learning a new gadget? Are there better ways? What do other people do? How come other people seem to learn faster? – Are they just smarter than me? – Is tech skill genetic? – Is it magic? What do the people who are good at tech learning actually do? – Sit around and wait for a lightbulb to go off? – Something else?

You will be doing tech learning, tech help and tech innovation – even if it isn’t officially your job Learning tech yourself Helping family members Helping work colleagues Public librarians helping patrons Data curators helping scientists Innovators in startups and established businesses Advancing the service mission of your non-profit

A Great iSchool Mission People-Information-Technology Shiny techie future building on centuries long philosophy of service We have the intellectual resources AND the desire to help – It’s all about access – It’s often about search – Informal, individualized help and learning in places like libraries – but now in lots of places Computational Metacognition: – Thinking about your tech learning – Learning how to learn tech better – Helping other people learn how to learn tech better