Getting Started

Learning in an online world – learning spaces frameworkTechnology, architecture and furnitureEducation Queensland – School Resource Centre Website EQ BER InformationFran’s Wikispaces link

Research in constructivist learning and student informationseeking in complex and diverse information environments tellsus that our resource centres should be drivers of teacher andstudent learning.We cannot afford for our resource centres to be underutilisedor bound in a twentieth century learning paradigm. Fixed classlessons, closed doors, program development and inflexibleinstruction need to be replaced by flexible, anytime andanywhere learning by staff and students.With new and refurbished facilities in many schools and ademonstrated need for us to raise expectations and improvethe higher order thinking skills of students, this is a good timeto focus on the role of the teacher librarian and the resourcecentre. Schools can invigorate their resource centre to be thehub of teaching and learning – owned by everyone in theschool.Clive DixonRegional Executive DirectorFar North Queensland