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Teacher Librarian as Leader: Lessons from the Literature

Posted on June 14, 2021 by KayO

As you may be aware, my recent experience as a learning designer contributing to the development of a new, fully online MBA being offered through USQ has led me to consider how Teacher Librarians (TLs) might take advantage of leadership literature emer…

The value of narrative in online learning

Posted on March 25, 2021 by KayO

We were always moving towards providing more formal learning experiences via online media, but the lockdowns of 2020 gave online learning an almighty push. While blended learning opportunities, where students has the option of attending on-campus lect…

Putting theory into Practice: How Networked Learning Transcends Disciplines

Posted on October 29, 2020 by KayO

2020 has been quite a year for everyone. I won’t bore you with my personal story of how 2020 has turned my life upside down, because I am sure you have your own! However I will say that I am writing this blog post from a completely different pers…

Why this survey might be the most important thing you do today

Posted on August 27, 2020 by KayO

It is a sad, and well known fact that the role of the Teacher Librarian is in decline in many countries, and library staff often hold the perception that their role and the school library is not valued compared with the work of other educators (Merga, …

Supporting students through the Research Process

Posted on June 17, 2020 by KayO

Returning to a K-12 school environment after several years’ teaching at a Masters’ level at University has given me interesting insights into the way younger students engage with the research process. At different stages through their Prima…

Covid 19 has changed everything…

Posted on June 1, 2020 by KayO

The speed at which the Covid 19 Pandemic has transformed our everyday lives is perhaps one of the most overwhelming outcomes of this global event. In a matter of months, economies have been devastated, health systems challenged beyond measure, our life…

Privacy – Even more important in 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 by KayO

**Disclaimer** The majority of this text was written in 2016 in this blog post. I have added updated information, but what I shared then was even more important today, and so I have reposted it here for Privacy Awareness Week – take time to Rebo…

Open pedagogies: Transforming and empowering learning

Posted on October 17, 2019 by KayO

The open movement has been defined as: An informal, worldwide phenomenon characterised by the tendency of individuals and groups to work, collaborate and publish in ways that favour accessibility, sharing, transparency and interoperability. (Couros &#3…

One for the books: Schools need libraries too!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by KayO

If you travel in library circles, an article published across various Fairfax publications on the weekend has been doing the rounds in your social media this week. The ‘cleverly’ titled: One for the books: The unlikely renaissance of librar…

Inquiring towards Innovation

Posted on August 28, 2019 by KayO

As an educator, librarian, researcher and learner, I have engaged with and taught about inquiry learning in many ways. Valuing openness and access, I share some of this teaching online; here you can see the most recent iteration of LCN616 Inquiry Learn…

School library collection development: It’s not as simple as you might think

Posted on August 19, 2019 by KayO

This semester, I have been lecturing in the unit EUN617, Managing and Organising Collections as part of the Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship) course at Queensland University of Technology. From the outside looking in, collection development s…