Lesson 1: 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Learners

As librarians in an academic setting, we strive to help our students become Lifelong Learners. According to Wikipedia: "Lifelong learning is the concept that 'It's never too soon or too late for learning', a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organizations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. Lifelong learning throws the axiom "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" out the door. Many libraries are turning themselves into Learning Organizations, where employees take responsibility for their own learning and professional development.

Lesson 1 will help us review habits that can be helpful in creating lifelong learners. The presentation for this lesson was created by the Public Library at Charlotte and Mecklenberg County, one of the leaders in Library 2.0 / Web 2.0 Staff Training.

Exercise:

1. Make sure you have headphones or speakers attached to your computer.
2. Open up the 7 1/2 Habits online tutorial and go through the tutorial.
3. As you watch and listen, write down the habit among those presented that is the easiest for you and which is the hardest.
4. At the end of the presentation, take a moment to fill out the learning contract.
   

Our next lesson will be creating your own personal blog. You will post the two habits and your thoughts about lifelong learning to your personal blog as your first posting. Have fun!

Next: Creating a personal blog to track your Library 2.0 / Web 2.0 learning journey.