In June, a team of teachers from Oslo and Kampala conducted three training events at Makerere University Library.
The main event was an intensive two week LATINA workshop on elearning and digital librarianship for professional librarians from East Africa. LATINA stands for Learning And Teaching IN A digital world.
From a practical point of view, LATINA is
- a training and development laboratory – the LATINA/Lab – within the Learning Centre and Library of Oslo and Akershus University College of the Applied Science
- a series of training courses, usually lasting for several weeks, that are conducted by this laboratory
- a specific approach to digital learning, teaching, training and change management
But we also arranged two one day courses
- LATINA for executives, which was aimed at managers who sent staff members to the main course
- Statistics for Advocacy, which is part of IFLA’s BSLA training program for Building Strong Library Associations
LATINA Africa
In Helsinki I am presenting a paper on African libraries as centres of elearning. The paper
- Describes the LATINA approach
- Discusses the role of e-learning in Africa
- Discusses the role of libraries in e-learning
The paper is part of Session 105
- International and comparative librarianship: toward valid, relevant and authentic research and education
which is organized by Library Theory and Research, Education and Training and LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group and which takes place from 13:45 to 18:00 in Session Room 2 (SI). You may also read
- the paper itself (Google document)
- a blog post about the paper (brief)
- the PPT presentation (visual)
- text for translators
- the ongoing project blog LATINA Africa 2012
- the LATINA Manual - an experimental ebook based on Google Sites
Resources
- IFLA Programme Monday August 13
- LATINA Sites. Home page
Plinius
- Global statistics for advocacy. Blog
- Plinius Home. Home page for Tord Høivik
- PL 75/10: Digital and multicultural practices
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