Together For Learning: School Libraries and the Emergence of the Learning Commons

The Learning Commons must be fluid; it must grow and evolve with school needs, emerging technologies and global realities.

It requires leadership to succeed, and that leadership can only come through the willing co-operation and collaboration of everyone participating in the school learning process. At the school level, the principal is key in establishing and encouraging working partnerships among staff and students. The principal must provide the climate for cooperation, experimentation and growth.

The Learning Commons has great potential, but only when everyone participates. 

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This presentation is meant to support schools and boards as they introduce the above document and look at ways to implement it.

OSLA Document, 2011

Today’s schools are experiencing a great deal of change. Just as the rest of the world’s political, social, economic, and scientific realities have been shifted by swift advances in information and communication technology, so too has education. These forces are altering the way people work, play and learn. Schools are being challenged to harness the unfamiliar yet incredibly fascinating opportunities presented by this transformation… all while ensuring students emerge with the skills they need, not only to survive, but to thrive.

Development of a Learning Commons addresses this challenge.

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