Professional Development 2.0: Using reflective practice, action research, social media, and ePortfolios to stay fresh, think outside the box, and raise your professional profile
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Professional Development 2.0: Using reflective practice, action research, social media, and ePortfolios to stay fresh, think outside the box, and raise your professional profile
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Professional Development
2.0
Presented at the Annual Joint Conference of the LAI and cilip Ireland
13 April 2011
Maria Souden, MSI, PhD
University College Dublin
School of Information and Library Studies
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aka
Using reflective practice, action
research, social media, and ePortfolios
to stay fresh, think outside the box, and
raise your professional profile
3. About Me
• Postdoctoral Fellow at UCD SILS
• Teach “Professional Issues in
library and Information Careers”
and “Management for Information
Professionals”
• MSI and PhD from University of
Michigan School of Information
• Dissertation “Narrowing the Gap:
Chronic Illness as Experienced in
Everyday Life and Healthcare
Contexts”
• Second research stream:
librarianship practice and
community-engaged librarianship
(with Dr. Joan C. Durrance)
Email: maria.souden@ucd.ie
4. Professional Development 2.0
S This workshop is not about how to look for or find a job
S But it can help you think about how to develop and
showcase your professional competencies so that you
are well-positioned for your next career opportunity
S Stay fresh and engaged
S Think “outside the box”
S Raise your professional profile
5. Before we get started…
S Take a minute and write down one thing that you’d like to
address in your professional practice or professional
development right now. Could be…
S Thorny challenge in your organization, with your services, or
regarding users
S Your next personal or professional growth area
S Adding a new service or product in your organization
S Your next career move
6. My Objective for Today
You leave with one new idea, tool, or
method that you feel like you can
use to begin addressing that issue,
or even thinking about the problem
and the solution a little bit differently.
7. Agenda Today
S Context
S Introduction to reflective practice
S Action research
S ePortfolios
S Social Networking
8. Libraries are changing
“We live in a time of change. The information technology has changed our
profession and our lives. Library managers today face problems that
need to be solved and library staff feel insecure about themselves and
the future”
- Linda Erlendsdóttir, at the 11th UK Nordic Conference
“Like in a river, the only constant in libraries is change. And we need to
learn how to cope with change, rather than fighting it. We need to
figure out what the flow is and put ourselves into it.”
- Roy Tennant, Keynote at the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries October Conference
9. Librarians need to…
S Be able to manage people, projects, and resources
S Keep on top of technology
S Think ahead and be proactive
S Deliver more services and experiences for their users
S Work outside of their job descriptions
11. The New Professional Development
• Public knowledge
• Information
• Rational
processes
• “Given” truths
• Personal
experience
• Self awareness
• Emotional +
rational
• Personal
discovery
See: Bedell, J. T. (2010). Professional development 2.0: Take control of your
own learning.
12. Experiential Learning
S Most effective learning:
S Begins with the problematic
S Grounded in experience
S Need = engagement
S Learning requires reflection
S Reflection requires action
See: Reese AC Implications of results from cognitive science research Med
Educ Online [serial online] 1998;3,1.
14. What is Reflective Practice?
“A dialogue of thinking and doing
through which I become more skillful.”
(Donald Schön)
S Thought + Action
S Theory + Practice
Schön, D. A. (1987). Educating the reflective practitioner : toward a new
design for teaching and learning in the professions (1st ed.). San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
15. Why Reflective Practice?
S Recognizing sucessful practices and problematic
situations
S Facilitates change; creates opportunities for growth
S “Knowing-in-practice” consciousness (Schön)
Schön, D. A. (1983). The reflective practitioner : how professionals think
in action. New York: Basic Books.
16. Habits of Reflective Practice
S Taking time out/stepping back
S Asking questions
S Looking for solutions
S Self-evaluation
S Journaling
S Teaching
S Networking
S Engaging in communities of practice
18. Habits of Reflective Practice
S Taking time out/stepping back
S Asking questions
S Looking for solutions
S Self-evaluation
S Journaling
S Teaching
S Networking
S Engaging in communities of practice
19. Formulating Questions
“Great discoveries are made when someone asks a new
question rather than provides a new answer”
SCultivate- make identifying and asking questions habit
SCapture- record questions immediately
SRefine- what do you really want to know?
SReframe- sometimes it’s a different question!
SPrioritize- importance, immediacy
Eldredge, J. (2006). Evidence-based librarianship: the EBL process. [Literature
Review]. Library Hi-Tech, 24(3), 341-354.
20. Action Research
“…a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by
participants in social situations in order to improve the
rationality and justice of their own practices, their
understanding of these practices, and the situations in
which the practices are carried out.”
(Carr and Kemmis 1986: 162)
Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1986). Becoming critical : education,
knowledge, and action research. London ; Philadelphia, PA: Falmer
21. Characteristics of Action Research
S Focuses on the problematic
S Systematic inquiry (vs. everyday problem-solving)
S Can be participatory in nature (collaborative with those
being “studied”)
23. Habits of Reflective Practice
S Taking time out/stepping back
S Asking questions
S Looking for solutions
S Self-evaluation
S Journaling
S Teaching
S Networking
S Engaging in communities of practice
25. Elements of Practice
Forde, C., McMahon, M. & Reeves, J. (2009). Putting Together Professional Portfolios
London: Sage
26. What is a Professional Portfolio?
S “Collection of material put together in a meaningful way
to demonstrate the practice and learning of a practitioner”
S For reflection and learning
S For yourself and others
Ibid (p.13)
27. Elements of Portfolio
S Planning- where are you going?
S Description- what can you do, what do you know?
S Evidence- tangible demonstrations
S Reflection- on your practice and development
Forde et al., (2009) Ibid
28. Why have a portfolio?
Some Portfolio Outcomes
Created a sense of achievement
Built self-confidence
Strengthened my understanding of my development as
a practitioner
Created sense of my own journey as a professional
From: Forde et al., 2009, ibid
29. Portfolio Structure: Three Views of Practice
1. Three elements
S Know why
S Know what
S Know how
2. Novice to expert continuum
S Novice Advanced Beginner Competent Proficient
Expert
3. Professional standards
S Categories of knowledge, skills, outcomes, proficiencies
Source: Forde et al., 2009, ibid
30. Portfolio is a space for…
S understanding professional learning and recording it
S using frameworks for professional learning to reflect
critically on practice
S developing a professional biography and career
timeline
S critical reflection and writing
31. What is an ePortfolio?
S Professional portfolio, in an online medium
S Specialized ePortfolio tools (e.g., Pebble Pad, Mahara)
S Blog (e.g., Wordpress, Blogger, GoogleSites)
S Key advantage: it’s public!
32. Habits of Reflective Practice
S Taking time out/stepping back
S Asking questions
S Looking for solutions
S Self-evaluation
S Journaling
S Teaching
S Networking
S Engaging in communities of practice
34. Professional Development 2.0
Term used in education field wrt teacher learning and PD.
S“Ground-up” learning
SDeepening PD 1.0 engagement
SCollaboration and communities of practice
35. Building a Personal Learning
Network
1. Social networking
2. Social bookmarking
3. Reflection
4. Conferences
Source: Jason Bedell, Professional Development 2.0: Take Control of Your Own Le
36. Social Media Supporting PD
2.0
S Social networking: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, online
communities- places to make connections
S Social bookmarking: Diigo, delicious- places to share
resources
S Reflection (blogging): Blogger, WordPress
38. Social Learning in Action
S Now, back to the item you wrote down at the beginning of
the session
S Turn to your neighbor and share one thing you learned
today that you are going to use to approach this problem,
issue, next step…
40. ePortfolio Books
S Forde, C., McMahon, M. & Reeves, J. (2009). Putting Together
Professional Portfolios. London: Sage
S Watson, M. (2010). Building your portfolio : the CILIP guide (2nd
ed.). London: Facet.
S Grant, Simon (2009). Electronic portfolios: personal information,
personal development and personal values. London: Chandos
Publishing.
S Buzzetto-More, N. (2010). The E-Portfolio Paradigm: Informing,
Educating, Assessing, and Managing With E-Portfolios. Santa
Rosa (CA): Informing Science Press.
41. Dr. Helen Barrett
e Portfolio “Guru”
S Educational researcher in ePortfolio area; notable for
using common tools for ePortfolio development, lots of
resources posted online
S Using ePortfolio as
“workspace” and
“showcase”
42. ePortfolio Web Resources
S Web Resources for ePortfolios Dr. Helen Barrett's
comprehensive list of resources regarding the use of
ePortfolios in Education.
S ePortfolio Definitions and Examples
from PebblePad:
http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/definitions.asp
http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/examples.asp
From Helen Barrett:
http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioswp/examples
43. ePortfolio Examples
S Examples of LIS Portfolios
http://lis596jmwolf.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflection-of-lis-580-
managment.html
http://www.aerydynamics.com/sean/portfolio/index.php
http://www.hung-truong.com/
http://www.citronadedesign.com/index.php
http://emilymahood.com/
Examples of Standards-Based Portfolios
https://efolio.educ.ubc.ca/lright/
http://oswook.wordpress.com/
“library profession has changed beyond recognition”
Technology is at the heart of this- libraries offering access, but also more services (value-added)
But lean economic times also mean Libraries have to do more with less, demonstrate their value to community
For librarians this means being proactive, agent of change,
Intelligence skills are your qualification- trained info professional, people is what you would expect- teamwork, leadershiip, conflict resolution, and personal development, personal development = decision-making, initiative, enthusiasm, resilience
Developing broad managerial skills and qualities that can port from one environment to the next, make you stand out
Professional development and lifelong learning is more than just going to trainings, no longer a one-way transfer of information- it’s about involving your whole self, what you think and feel, becoming a learner, engagement, community, collaboration
Learning most effective grounded in experience- relevant context
Why “On the job training” is so popular, why what you learned in school is way more valuable at your first job
Situated cognition
Focuses on process and context
Active, Social, Authentic
Cultivate the habit of recognizing and recording questions related to our
profession.
Capture – recognize questions as they arise and, before they are forgotten, record
them immediately, no matter how vague or in need of further refinement.
Refine your question during a quiet moment – ask colleagues for assistance in
helping you refine and clarify what you really want to know, recalling Oxman
and Guyatt’s (1988) adage: “Fuzzy questions lead to fuzzy answers”.
Reframe – is there really another question behind your initial question?
Experience suggests that the question you initially ask rarely continues to be the
question you eventually pursue.
Prioritize – determine how important this question is to you, your institution, or
the profession; further determine the immediacy of the need to know an answer:
today, tomorrow, or just some day? Clearly, not all questions that we formulate
can deserve our full attention. Yet, when making important decisions, our
emphasizing the EBL process increases the probability of yielding a high-quality
answer.
Courage – “Great discoveries are made when someone asks a new question
rather than provides a new answer” (Shopper’s Window, 1998).
A form of reflective practice involving systematic enquiry, problem-solving and practice improvement, generate knwoledge that can be transferred to other situations- predictors
Inquiry
Problem-solving
Collaborative
Understanding
Predictions
Starts with a real-world problem. Approaches it from an EBP perspective- systematic, based on some sense of what might work or has worked
Key that it is participatory or collaborative with the people it serves- they are part of the problem-solving versus object of study
In daily work, might do any one of these, or some combination, but Action Research incorporates reflection and learning into the process
Know why, know how, know what- sums up professional practice
Not a random collection- structured by meaningful aspects of practice and learning
Two faces- multiple purposes/views- your own sensemaking, or for others - professional profile, job-seeking, networking
3 different ways to think about portfolio structure
Many ways to do it, many tools. Anything that allows you to easily talk/write about yourself and your practice
What makes most of us cringe is it’s key advantage- it’s public, so it’s a place to start a conversation
Harnessing the power of networks for learning
New professional development + social networking tools
Jason Bedell, in Education
Reshaping of professional development model
New PD meets social media
Jason Bedell Talks about 4 aspects of a personal learning network
Social networking (connecting with others who are doing what you’re doing, working in like environments, facing similar challenges)
Social bookmarking (resource sharing)
For him, the key to all of them is using social media
SN- strength of week ties, somewhat superficial, but connections to new people, orgns, ideas
SB- resource sharing