Power Up Your Learning Organization: Make the Shift from Training to Learning

1. Power Up Your Learning Organization: Make the Shift from Training to Learning Michele A. Leininger Information Experience Director Pierce County Library System mleininger@piercecountylibrary.org Jennifer FentonCE/Training CoordinatorWashington State Libraryjennifer.fenton@sos.wa.gov Kathleen GesingerTraining SpecialistWebJunctiongesingek@oclc.org Betha GutscheProgram ManagerWebJunctiongutscheb@oclc.org

2. What is a learning organization? Betha GutscheProgram Manager WebJunction/OCLC

3. Training environment Learning environment

4. Teacher Mentor

5. “in situations of rapid change, only those that are • flexible • adaptive • and productive will excel”

6. Learning is … • Systemic • Embedded • Continuous

7. The organizational view Create • The vision • The alignment • The environment • Tools • Communicationchannels

8. The individual view • Aligns with the vision • Accepts accountability • Engages • Shares knowledge

9. Team power

10. Water cooler power

11. “In a learning organization, when one of us gets smarter, we all can get smarter.”

12. How can I make this happen at my library? Michele A. Leininger Information Experience DirectorPierce County Library System

13. Get Ready! • Who are we? Our core documents • Mission/Vision • Values • Strategic goals • Competencies

14. Get Ready! • Who’s managing learning? • Planning • Facilitating • Logistics

15. Get Set! • Creating a foundation • Explanations, conversations and examples • Expectations and roles • Team building

16. Get Set! • Logistics • Knowledge management • Opportunities • Tracking

17. Go! • Maximize opportunities • Conferences • Workshops

18. Go! Maximize opportunities: • Staff Learning Day

19. Go! Learning Plans Organization Team Individual

20. Go!

21. Go! Just-in-time learning tool: the intranet

22. Go!

23. Winning the race Meeting the issues head on: • Time • Place • Roles • Expectations • Accountability

24. How do I connect with others? Jennifer FentonCE/Training CoordinatorWashington State Library

25. Look beyond your doors… Take a look around and create your own Learning Community

26. Community of Practice

27. Examples of CoP • WALT • LEARN RT

28. How do you learn? • Self-paced with structure • Information gathering from a variety of sources • Live instructor-lead courses • Combination of self-paced and live instruction with strong curriculum • From colleagues in an informal environment

29. Find the right CoP WebJunction Yahoo! Google

30. Resources…People • Is there a Training Coordinator for your state?

31. State Associations • Does your state have a State Association?

32. Other Examples… Listing of FREE monthly webinars

33. Create a Personal Learning Environment • YouTube • Common Craft • WebJunction

34. Create a Personal Learning Environment • Professional Journals (Library Journal, etc) • ALA and ALA divisions and roundtables • Other ideas?

35. Resources • WebJunction • Library Journal • School Library Journal • Booklist • TechSoup • Infopeople

36. Resources • BCR • SirsiDynix • NWCentral • Common Knowledge • Common Craft • Amigos • Lyrasis

37. Learning as a way to cope with change. Kathleen Gesinger Training SpecialistWebJunction/OCLC

38. Change happens every day.

39. Learning can happen every day.

40. My first learning organization

41. Peer to Peer Learning doesn’t always need to be formally arranged. Create your own learning community. Find a study buddy.

42. Mentoring Mentoring can happen at any time. Building relationships with your colleagues leads to learning.

43. Collaboration Brainstorm solutions to a problem with your colleagues. “How would you have approached this incident? What can I do differently next time?”

44. Knowledge Sharing There are many different experiences. How do we share those experiences to learn from each other?

45. Wimba Gurus A dedicated time and a safe place to learn how others use this webconferencing tool. A place to share your experiences and ideas and mentor each other.

46. Group: Wimba Gurus

47. Ground Rules: Be on time Don't interrupt No side work Close e-mail One conversation at a time Don't make the training too long Be prepared Be open to new ideas Speak your mind and the rest will follow Listen carefully to what others say Disagree in a quiet voice. Disagree in a respectful manner. Active Participation No question is a dumb question No idea is a dumb idea Accountability for vetting ideas Keep communication open between meetings via LSC

48. During our December Wimba Gurus meeting we identified possible meeting topics: Adding Content & Clear Slides Adding Video Advanced Training in Wimba Application Sharing Becoming Comfortable with Wimba Best Practices Sharing Breakout SessionDeveloping Interactive Slides Facilitating Meetings Online ConferencesOnline MeetingsOnline Summits Participant Prep Presenter Prep Session Evaluations and Polls Slide Design

49. During our January Wimba Gurus meeting, the group prioritized the topics for future meetings. Some pretty solid topics floated to the top: TOP POLL RESULTS  Application Sharing   Breakout Sessions   Facilitating Meetings Online   Online Conferences   Slide Design    Adding Video TIED:Best Practices Sharing Developing Interactive SlidesWe will use these topics as our guide in planning future meeting agendas.

50. Here’s how you create a breakout room…