DigitalLearn Information

DigitalLearn.org and the Public Library Association are proud to be leaders in a new round of resources for supporting increased digital literacy and we are excited to be working with EveryoneOn for this important work. If you are unfamiliar with DigitalLearn.org, you can learn more on our about page, where you can also sign up for our newsletter to be kept in the loop. While we have been working on getting this site ready to go for its first public appearance, I have been thinking a great deal about framing this first launch of the site. You see, I know that many of the people we have been working with on this project have had concerns about going live with a site that wasn't done, something that wasn't final. I recently had an opportunity to spend a few hours at a small event with the tech team from Obama's 2012 election campaign and one of them said something that struck me because it was so true and so simply stated, "Software is never perfect. When I looked around the room, I could tell that phrase resonated with many people there. In fact, my friend John Conley wrote a blog post about that very quote from the event. Obama's team had struggled with communicating the iterative nature of their work within a campaign structure that was used to making banners that were final, speeches that were perfect, and tv ads that were done. DigitalLearn.org will never be perfect, it will never be done, and it will never be final. The web, and software as a whole, is iterative by its nature, versions and parts come and go over time. It has to be that way in order to stay relevant in these times of constant change. We may only have a small sample of one piece of the site ready to go today, but it is a start, and it is a start we can learn from. As of today, the site has three of the self-directed classes we are creating for end-users: Using a PC (Windows 7), Intro to Email, and Basic Search. These classes are intended to offer a resource for assisting end users with increasing their digital literacy skills. We are ...