I have worked for more than 25 years as a reporter or an editor, and I have never once considered going to journalism school. Once I got my foot in the newsroom door, I realized quickly that journalism was a white-collar job with a blue-collar rhythm. All you needed was to serve your apprenticeship, learn from the more experienced members of the guild, and then work hard to master the craft. The rest fell into place.
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Why is librarianship any different?Can We Talk About the MLS? | Library Journal
A great, if perhaps provocative, editorial by LJ Editor-in-Chief, Mike Kelley.
(via libraryjournal)
I have worked for more than 25 years as a reporter or an editor, and I have never once considered going to journalism school. Once I got my foot in the newsroom door, I realized quickly that journalism was a white-collar job with a blue-collar rhythm. All you needed was to serve your apprenticeship, learn from the more experienced members of the guild, and then work hard to master the craft. The rest fell into place.
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Why is librarianship any different?Can We Talk About the MLS? | Library Journal
A great, if perhaps provocative, editorial by LJ Editor-in-Chief, Mike Kelley.
(via libraryjournal)
(by -Lacrimosa)
Libraries Changed My Life
Real life accounts from library patrons whose lives have been changed for the better by libraries.Everyone, share the impact libraries and librarians have had on your lives—ALL submissions are welcome and encouraged. Take a moment and tell your story!
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I love seeing pictures and videos of soldiers coming home and their family’s reaction to seeing them for the first time in months. It makes me tear up every time, because I know that life.
So this happened on Facebook today.
My Life as a MOOC Dropout -- Campus Technology
Lost in a class of thousands, a MOOC enrollee yearns for a sense of community and shared learning.From Audrey Watters on Campus Tech: Coursera’s use of peer assessment is particularly problematic. An alternative to robo-graders, peer assessment turns over the evaluation of assignments to other students in the class. It was used in two classes I dropped (Internet History, Technology, and Security and Fantasy and Science Fiction), but the system was plagued with problems: Many students weren’t native English speakers, many didn’t understand what good essays entail, and there was no way to rate the feedback. With MOOCs, we’ve scaled the capacity for class size but we haven’t scaled our social learning relationships.
Any MOOC dropouts in the house?
I’m a 3x dropout m’self.
