Visiting Scholar Research Articles

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE FUND FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

<p><span>Technology surrounds us everywhere, every moment. It seems almost impossible to imagine our life without technology. It is pervasive and persuasive. As new technologies emerge, creative people in every industry can imagine new applications. In the education field, teachers embrace these innovations in the classroom and online. Many of these new resources are changing the traditional understanding of education. In this paper we'll talk about the use of technology, digital media and digital disruption and the opportunities they can offer to everyone and every organization. We’ll focus on three phases: 1) In the past – Personal experiences as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar on ‘Teaching through Media’, 2002; 2) Present – On the implementation of the project, on ‘Impact of Teaching English in Limited Access to Technology Environment’, 2020, with the financial support of the US Embassy in Tirana; 3) 2020 onwards: challenges of using new technologies in the classroom for the future. The paper will also try to answer the following research questions: What is digital media? What is digital disruption and its importance in language learning? How does it help to improve skills in teaching through technology? How does the use of technology influence the English language learning? What are some of the challenges that teachers face while teaching in a low tech class? How does digital disruption help hybrid communication skills? On-line learning vs. face-to-face learning, etc. When available both students and teachers embrace the use of technology as a tool to make teaching and learning English fun and inclusive. Finally, the researcher will try to offer some challenges and solutions about the use of some practical disruptive education technologies.</span></p><p><span><strong><span>Keywords: </span></strong><span>Digital disruption, on-line learning, challenge, new technology in education.</span></span></p>

EMBRACING THE CHANGE OF DIGITAL WORLD/DIGITAL DISRUPTION

<p><span>Technology surrounds us everywhere, every moment. It seems almost impossible to imagine our life without technology. It is pervasive and persuasive. As new technologies emerge, creative people in every industry can imagine new applications. In the education field, teachers embrace these innovations in the classroom and online. Many of these new resources are changing the traditional understanding of education. In this paper we'll talk about the use of technology, digital media and digital disruption and the opportunities they can offer to everyone and every organization. We’ll focus on three phases: 1) In the past – Personal experiences as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar on ‘Teaching through Media’, 2002; 2) Present – On the implementation of the project, on ‘Impact of Teaching English in Limited Access to Technology Environment’, 2020, with the financial support of the US Embassy in Tirana; 3) 2020 onwards: challenges of using new technologies in the classroom for the future. The paper will also try to answer the following research questions: What is digital media? What is digital disruption and its importance in language learning? How does it help to improve skills in teaching through technology? How does the use of technology influence the English language learning? What are some of the challenges that teachers face while teaching in a low tech class? How does digital disruption help hybrid communication skills? On-line learning vs. face-to-face learning, etc. When available both students and teachers embrace the use of technology as a tool to make teaching and learning English fun and inclusive. Finally, the researcher will try to offer some challenges and solutions about the use of some practical disruptive education technologies.</span></p><p><span><strong><span>Keywords: </span></strong><span>Digital disruption, on-line learning, challenge, new technology in education.</span></span></p>

MP07-18 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAJOR NADPH OXIDASE SUBTYPE IN THE MICTURITION CENTRE – PATHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

You have accessJournal of UrologyCME1 May 2022MP07-18 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAJOR NADPH OXIDASE SUBTYPE IN THE MICTURITION CENTRE – PATHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS Qin Wu, Ayse Gurpinar, Patrizia Camelliti, Maxwell Roberts, Michael Ruggieri, and Changhao Wu Qin WuQin Wu More articles by this author , Ayse GurpinarAyse Gurpinar More articles by this author , Patrizia CamellitiPatrizia Camelliti More articles by this author , Maxwell RobertsMaxwell Roberts More articles by this author , Michael RuggieriMichael Ruggieri More articles by this author , and Changhao WuChanghao Wu More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002529.18AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Oxidative inflammatory damage to the brain may lead to dysfunction of peripheral organs including bladder disorders. However, the source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in specific brain regions that regulate the function of peripheral systems is poorly understood. Of all ROS-generating enzymes, the NADPH oxidase (Nox) family produces ROS as its sole function and offers an advantage over other enzymes as a drug targetable molecule to selectively control excessive ROS. Our pilot study demonstrated such system in the bladder. This study tested the hypothesis that the major Nox subtype, Nox 2 is expressed in the micturition regulatory regions - Pontine micturition centre (PMC) and periaqueductal gray (PAG), and such system is able to produce substantial superoxide. METHODS: Male adult C57BL/6J mice (2-5 months) were used. PAG, PMC were dissected according to a mouse stereotaxic atlas. Cardiac and bladder tissues were isolated under microscopic guidance. Western blot determined Nox 2 expression using Nox 2 primary antibody and Infra-red dye-conjugated secondary antibodies. Lucigenin enhanced chemiluminescence quantified real-time superoxide production in live tissues, verified by the superoxide scavenger Tiron. Paired and non-paired t-test tested the difference in two group means and ANOVA with pairwise comparisons tested multiple means. RESULTS: Western blot experiments demonstrated the presence of Nox 2 in PAG and PMC tissues, with a density comparable to that of positive control (n=6). There was a significant level of NADPH dependent superoxide production in both brain tissues (RLU/mg, PMC: 127±17; PAG102±13, N=11, higher than that from cardiac tissue (32±3, P<0.01); similar to that from bladder smooth muscle (91±19, p>0.05) and lower than that in bladder mucosa (262±55, p<0.01). The time course analysis shows that the rise of superoxide production in these two brain tissues was more sustained than in bladder mucosa and smooth muscle (Half peak duration PD50, minutes: PMC, 101±2; PAG, 99±2; bladder mucosa, 48±3, p<0.01; smooth muscle, 67±9, p<0.01). The superoxide generation from these brain tissues was significantly suppressed by the Nox inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium (DPI). CONCLUSIONS: These data provide the first evidence for the presence of Nox 2 in brain micturition centres and its high capacity to produce superoxide. The study has also identified the sustained nature of the superoxide rise from this ROS-generating pathway. The predominance of this system and its characteristics revealed by this study provide mechanistic basis for the pathology of aging and inflammation associated neurogenic bladder disorders. Source of Funding: BBSRC (BB/P004695/1)NIA (NIA1R01AG049321-01A1)QW: Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young and Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents © 2022 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 207Issue Supplement 5May 2022Page: e122 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2022 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Qin Wu More articles by this author Ayse Gurpinar More articles by this author Patrizia Camelliti More articles by this author Maxwell Roberts More articles by this author Michael Ruggieri More articles by this author Changhao Wu More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF DownloadLoading ...

Pantoum for The Movement for Black Lives, and: pantoum for asians in america, march 2021

Pantoum for The Movement for Black Lives, and: pantoum for asians in america, march 2021 Melinda Luisa de Jesús (bio) Pantoum for The Movement for Black Lives America, where are Black folks allowed to be?Why are you calling the police?Two Black men wait for a friend at StarbucksHe just wanted Skittles and iced tea Why are you calling the police?Holding his phone in his grandma's backyardHe just wanted Skittles and iced teaShe forgot to signal a lane change Holding his phone in his grandma's backyardTwo Black men wait for a friend at StarbucksShe forgot to signal a lane changeAmerica, when can Black folks live free? May 9, 2018 forDonte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, 2018Stephon Clark, 2018Sandra Bland, 2015Trayvon Martin, 2012and all killed through America's racial terrorAshe! Black Lives Matter [End Page 340] pantoum for asians in america, march 2021 america, where are asian folks allowed to be?the nurse was just waiting for her trainlola was just on her way to Massgrandpa was out on his morning walk the nurse was just waiting for her trainsix aunties going about their normal daylola was just on her way to Massand grandma was just waiting for a bus six aunties going about their normal daylola was just on her way to Massand grandma was just waiting for a busamerica, when can asian folks live free? For "tiffany," San Jose, March 10, 2021Vilma Kari, NYC, March 29, 2021Pak Ho, Oakland, March 12, 2021Soon Chung Park, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Hyun Jung Grant, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Suncha Kim, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Yong Ae Yue, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Xiaojie Tan, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Daoyou Feng, Atlanta, March 16, 2021Xiao Zhen Xie, San Francisco, March 17, 2021 and all victims of anti-asian violencemakibaka March 31, 2021 [End Page 341] [End Page 342] Melinda Luisa de Jesús Melinda Luisa de Jesús is Associate Professor and former Chair of Critical Ethnic Studies at California College of the Arts. She writes and teaches about Filipinx/American culturalproduction, girl culture, monsters, and race/ethnicity in the United States. She edited Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory, the first collection of Filipina/American feminisms (Routledge 2005); her first collection of poetry, peminology, was published by Paloma Press in 2018. As a US-UK Fulbright Visiting Scholar in 2012, Melinda convened the first international girl studies conference "After Girl Power: What's Next?" at the University of York, UK (https://aftergirlpower2012.tumblr.com/). In Spring 2019 Melinda was the Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professor at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada where she organized the Pinay Power II: Celebrating Peminisms in the Diaspora conference, the first gathering of Canadian Filipinas in the diaspora (http://pinaypower.ca/) Melinda is also a classically-trained mezzo-soprano, an Aquarian, and a mom who loves hard liquor and admits an obsession with Hello Kitty. More about her at peminist.com. Copyright © 2021 Feminist Formations

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Internationalisation of higher education: A critical analysis of the intercultural dimension of a visiting scholar programme

This article reports the findings of a study on the intercultural dimension of internationalisation at two universities, located in China and Canada, as evidenced through their visiting scholar (VS) programme. Andreotti and her research team identified three articulations of internationalisation in higher education that are located in a modern/colonial imaginary. They propose a fourth articulation, relational trans‐localism, that is located outside the modern/colonial imaginary. As participants in the VS programme, we used critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to investigate the influences of the modern/colonial articulations on the intercultural dimension of the program, and our attempts to develop practices outside the modern/colonial imaginary. Our findings show that although the programme was profoundly affected by neoliberal and liberal discourses, we achieved some success in creating spaces of relational trans‐localism. We conclude by identifying the factors that were enabling of these alternative spaces.

Polarization resolved analysis of phonon transport in a multi-terminal system**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51376094) and Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents, China.

The atomistic Green’s function method is improved to compute the polarization resolved phonon transport in a multi-terminal system. Based on the recent developments in literature, the algorithm is simplified. The complex phonon band structure of a semi-infinite periodic terminal is obtained by the generalized eigenvalue equation. Then both the surface Green’s function and phonon group velocity in the terminal are determined from the wave modes propagating away from the scattering region along the terminal. With these key ingredients, the individual phonon mode transmittance between the terminals can be calculated. The feasibility and validity of the method are demonstrated by the chain example compared with the wave packet method, and an example of graphene nanojunction with three terminals.

Theoretical analysis of cross-plane lattice thermal conduction in graphite**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51376094) and Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents.

A theoretical analysis of the cross-plane lattice thermal conduction in graphite is performed by using first-principles calculations and in the single-mode relaxation time approximation. The out-of-plane phonon acoustic mode ZA and optical mode have almost 80% and 20% of contributions to cross-plane heat transfer, respectively. However, these two branches have a small part of total specific heat above 300 K. Phonons in the central 16% of Brillouin zone contribute 80% of cross-plane transport. If the group velocity angle with respect to the graphite layer normal is less than 30°, then the contribution is 50% at 300 K. The ZA phonons with long cross-plane mean free path are focused in the cross-plane direction, and the largest mean free path is on the order of several micrometers at room temperature. The average value of cross-plane mean free path at 300 K is 112 nm for ZA phonons with group velocity angle with respect to the layer normal being less than 15°. The average value is dropped to 15 nm when phonons of all branches in the whole Brillouin zone are taken into account, which happens because most phonons have small or even no contributions.

IGF2-derived miR-483-3p contributes to macrosomia through regulating trophoblast proliferation by targeting RB1CC1

What is the role of insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2)-derived miR-483-3p in macrosomia? IGF2-derived intronic miR-483-3p is overexpressed in macrosomia placentas, and miR-483-3p prompts HTR-8/SVneo extravillous trophoblast cell line proliferation through down-regulation of its target RB1 inducible coiled-coil 1 (RB1CC1). Macrosomia is a common pregnancy-associated disease and causes a number of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. The development of macrosomia is reportedly attributable to over proliferation of the placental cells. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the development of fetal and placenta by regulating their target genes. Here, we investigated the role of IGF2-derived intronic miR-483-3p in macrosomia. The expression of IGF2, miR-483-3p and its target gene in placental tissues from 30 pregnant women who had macrosomia was compared to those of 30 gestation-matched healthy pregnant controls. For in vitro studies, the human first trimester extravillous trophoblast cell line, HTR-8/SVneo cell was used. Placenta tissues were collected from pregnant women who had macrosomia without diabetes or other complications (n = 30) and healthy pregnant controls (n = 30). HTR-8/SVneo cells were transfected with specific miRNA mimics or inhibitors. MiRNA and mRNA isolated from placenta tissues or cells were measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Protein was measured by western blot. Cell proliferation was assayed using a colorimetric proliferation assay method. Cell cycle and apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry. The putative targets of miR-483-3p were predicted using the TargetScan, miRanda, miRDB and DIANA algorithms. Dual luciferase reporter assay was used to measure the relationship of miR-483-3p and RB1CC1. IGF2-derived miR-483-3p was overexpressed in macrosomia placentas. miR-483-3p promoted proliferation in HTR-8/SVneo cells and had a positive relationship with its host gene IGF2. Subsequently, RB1CC1 was confirmed as a direct target of miR-483-3p, which may be an important mediator of cell growth regulation for miR-483-3p. N/A. The level of IGF2 and its intronic miR-483-3p in the serum of these participants was not investigated. Further studies are required to understand the mechanisms underlying the cause of the increase of IGF2 and miR-483-3p in macrosomia. These findings give a new insight into the role of intronic miRNA and its host gene in the development of macrosomia. Furthermore, it may offer a new target for prognostic and therapeutic intervention for macrosomia. This work was supported by awards from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81401213, 81673217, 81703260), Jiangsu Provincial Medical Youth Talent (No. QNRC2016110), Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents, the Priority Academic Program for the Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (Public Health and Preventive Medicine), the Education Department of Jiangsu Province (No. 16KJB330010), the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20160227), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2016M601892). The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Identification of linearised RMS‐voltage dip patterns based on clustering in renewable plants

The authors thank the financial support from the 'Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad' (Spain) and the European Union - ENE2016-78214-C2-2-R, Fulbright/Spanish Ministry of Education Visiting Scholar - PRX14/00694. This work was also supported by the US Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC36-08-GO28308 with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Adaptive capacity: from assessment to action in coastal social-ecological systems

This research was supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council through the Ocean Canada Partnership (Pacific Working Group). Additional support was provided to C.K.W. through an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (475091) and a Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) fellowship, and to N.J.B. through a Liber Ero Fellowship in Conservation Science, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, and a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. J.B. was supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research project FIS/2012/074.

Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to HelpLarissaMacFarquhar. New York: Penguin Press, 2015.

The Journal of American CultureVolume 39, Issue 4 p. 474-475 Book Review Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help , Larissa MacFarquhar. New York: Penguin Press, 2015. Tom Cooper, Tom Cooper Visiting Scholar, Stanford UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Tom Cooper, Tom Cooper Visiting Scholar, Stanford UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 December 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.12662Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume39, Issue4December 2016Pages 474-475 RelatedInformation

Reaction: How Fuzzy Are the Lines between Academia and Industry?

Antony Williams is a Ph.D. NMR spectroscopist and cheminformatician who has worked in academia, government, a Fortune 500 company, and two start-ups. He is co-founder of the chemical database ChemSpider and is now a computational chemist at the US Environmental Protection Agency. He has published over 170 papers and is known as the ChemConnector on social networks.

Catalyst: Academia and Industry, Continually Blurring Research Roles

Eric V. Anslyn (B.S., 1982, CSUN; Ph.D., 1987, Caltech; postdoctoral research fellowship [PDRF], 1987–1989, Columbia University) is the Welch Regents Chair of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received the ACS Cope Scholar Award (2006), Izatt-Christensen Award (2013), ACS Edward Leete Award (2013), and MSMLG Czarnik Award (2016). Tony D. James (B.Sc., 1986, University of East Anglia; Ph.D., 1991, University of Victoria; PDRF, 1991–1995, JST Chemirecognics project; Royal Society University Research Fellowship, 1995–2000, University of Birmingham) is a professor at the University of Bath. He has received the Daiwa-Adrian Prize (2013) and the inaugural CASE Prize (2015). Jonathan L. Sessler (B.S., 1977, UC Berkeley; Ph.D., 1982, Stanford; PDRF, 1982–1984, Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg; JSPS Visiting Scholar, 1984, Kyoto University) is the Doherty-Welch Chair of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received the ACS Cope Scholar Award (1991), Izatt-Christensen Award (2001), Southwest Regional ACS Award (2013), MSMLG Award (2014), and Hans Fischer Award (2016).

(2+1)-Dimensional Spatial Localized Modes in Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear Media with the -Symmetric Potentials* *Supported by the Project of Technology Office in Zhejiang Province under Grant No. 2014C32006, the Special Foundation for theoretical physics Research Program of China under Grant No. 11447124, National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 11374254 and the Higher School Visiting Scholar Development under Grant No.

We obtain exact spatial localized mode solutions of a (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with constant diffraction and cubic-quintic nonlinearity in -symmetric potential, and study the linear stability of these solutions. Based on these results, we further derive exact spatial localized mode solutions in a cubic-quintic medium with harmonic and -symmetric potentials. Moreover, the dynamical behaviors of spatial localized modes in the exponential diffraction decreasing waveguide and the periodic distributed amplification system are investigated.

YAN YANG, DDS, MDS, PhD Student, Stomatology Center of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science &amp; Technology, Wuhan, China Visiting Scholar, Division of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological &amp; Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

YAN YANG, DDS, MDS, PhD Student, Stomatology Center of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science &amp; Technology, Wuhan, China Visiting Scholar, Division of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological &amp; Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Responsive Regulation in Context, Circa 2011

In the fall of 2010, the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law welcomed a group of scholars from around the world to consider the state and evolution of responsive regulation, in both theory and practice. The occasion was the presence of Dr. John Braithwaite, the faculty's inaugural Fasken Martineau Senior Visiting Scholar.' Given that we are on the cusp of the twentieth anniversary of Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite's seminal book, Responsive Regulation: Transcending the Deregulation Debate,' it is appropriate that this issue begins with John Braithwaite's own reflections on the responsive regulation project. On one level, the set of essays that follows his can be read as an attempt to advance our understanding of responsive regulation in three substantive areas: tax (see the essays of Judith Freedman and Dennis Ventry), financial regulation (the contributions of Edward Balleisen, Cristie Ford, Janis Sarra, and Dimity Kingsford Smith), and environmental regulation (with essays by Natasha Affolder and Oren Perez). But to segregate this body of work into discrete areas of substantive subject interest is to miss the provocative cross-currents that run between the contributions to this issue. A clear objective of the organizers of this conference was to consciously erode the barriers that prevent learning across subject areas, and across disciplines. The value of these essays, as a collective, lies in the themes that cut across subject areas, in the intellectual doubts that arise from testing responsiveness in diverse contexts, and in the cases where responsive regulation both has and has not worked. The broad conversations emerging from comparisons between diverse regulatory contexts continue to renew, enrich, and add nuance to theories of responsive regulation today, nearly two decades later. Along with reviewing the significance of John Braithwaite's contribution in this issue, this introduction highlights three of these cross-cutting themes in particular: the civic republican potential (or lack thereof) inherent in regulatory interactions; contemporary nodal, networked, or multi-layered conceptions of regulation and governance; and the influence of meta-regulatory or new governance notions of ongoing regulatory learning, and their relationship to the responsive regulatory pyramid.

The Scholar at Work

AbstractMy thirteen years as president of Hastings have been rich in solidarity. Now for some solitude, and a new adventure: Cynthia and I will relocate to Cape Cod, a place rich in family memories. I'll explore the roads and trails on my bicycle and, if I can become a competent kayaker, the waterways. Some of my best thinking has come while riding. I'll have a study there, a place to think and write. I will continue to support the initiatives we've begun at the Center, especially bioethics in the public interest and the flourishing of bioethics internationally.The challenge is to balance solitude and solidarity. Next year I'll be the Terry Visiting Scholar at Yale, a wonderful chance to discuss ideas with students and faculty there. I'm considering other opportunities to share what I've learned and to learn from others. To everyone, thanks for your patience, wisdom, and support. May your next adventure be surprising and fulfilling.

The Impact and Effect of Learning 2.0 Programs in Australian Public Libraries

Abstract&#x0D; &#x0D; Objective – With adoption of the program world-wide, the Learning 2.0 model has been lauded by library professionals as a mechanism to educate library staff and transform libraries. This study, part of the 2009 CAVAL Visiting Scholar project, seeks to measure the impact and legacy of the model within Australian public libraries to understand what benefits, changes and effects occur.&#x0D; &#x0D; Methods – A national Web-based survey for those who had participated in a learning 2.0 program.&#x0D; &#x0D; Results – The national survey had 384 respondents, and a total of 64 respondents were identified as the public library staff data set for this article. Public library staff reported success in the program and described feelings of increased confidence, inclusivity, and a move to use emerging technologies as part of library service. &#x0D; &#x0D; Conclusion – The analysis yields the following thematic areas of impact and effect:&#x0D; personal practice is enhanced with knowledge and confidence; impact is mainly personal, but organisational changes may follow; the library is using the tools to varying degrees of success, and organizational blocks prevent use of tools. These finding offer evidence that Learning 2.0 programs can have a positive effect on library staff and subsequently on the organization itself.

Benefits and results of Learning 2.0: a case study of CityLibrariesLearning – discover*play*connect

Replicated across the globe, the Learning 2.0 programme – also known as ‘23 Things’ – has been touted as a means to not only educate staff about emerging social and mobile technologies but as a means of moving the participating library forward as a learning organisation. This paper explores the results of a multi-faceted research project launched in Australia in 2009 as part of the CAVAL Visiting Scholar program, focusing on CityLibraries Townsville as a case study site. Methodology for the study included pre- and post-programme web surveys and focus groups with staff during the programme. Focus groups took place at all locations of CityLibraries Townsville. Findings from the surveys and focus groups include the following: for those who participated in a Learning 2.0 style programme there was an emphasis on perceived personal change, openness to emerging technologies and a willingness to explore. Library staff reported they were comfortable with emerging technologies and incorporated the tools into their work. Implications for exemplary practice for the programme were pulled from the overall data analysis.