Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge Pathways
Emerging fields of study and technological developments have provided the library profession with new opportunities to shift the role of the library and librarian. This shift, while exciting for its possibilities, complicates professional development when an attempt is made to build expertise in ar...
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2015-06-01
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| description | Emerging fields of study and technological developments have provided the library profession with new opportunities to shift the role of the library and librarian. This shift, while exciting for its possibilities, complicates professional development when an attempt is made to build expertise in areas without structured learning paths as found in formalized education. This article addresses possible ways the profession can give clarity and purpose to our own educational and career growth while building a collaborative and diverse learning program through open digital badges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb2fc54de10b42e78e5dd0e2161b7e422022-12-22T02:46:26ZengThe PartnershipPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research1911-95932015-06-0110110.21083/partnership.v10i1.32821791Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge PathwaysErin Fields0University of British ColumbiaEmerging fields of study and technological developments have provided the library profession with new opportunities to shift the role of the library and librarian. This shift, while exciting for its possibilities, complicates professional development when an attempt is made to build expertise in areas without structured learning paths as found in formalized education. This article addresses possible ways the profession can give clarity and purpose to our own educational and career growth while building a collaborative and diverse learning program through open digital badges.https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/3282professional developmentlibrary educationlearning pathwaysopen digital badges |
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| title | Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge Pathways |
| title_full | Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge Pathways |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge Pathways |
| title_short | Making Visible New Learning: Professional Development with Open Digital Badge Pathways |
| title_sort | making visible new learning professional development with open digital badge pathways |
| topic | professional development library education learning pathways open digital badges |
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