Short Learning Programmes (SLP) for professional development: results from an international collaborative experience (UAb-UNESP)

Bastos, Glória; Novo, Ana; Casarin, Helen

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Bastos, Glória

Novo, Ana

Casarin, Helen

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In this paper we intend to describe and reflect on the process and results concerning the collaborative work between Universidade Aberta (UAb, Portugal) and Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP, Brasil) for structuring and implementing a SLP for the professional development of higher education librarians. The course structure involved teachers of the two mentioned institutions, looking for covering current and mandatory subjects needed for the 21st century information professional, who must be aware of the developments related to the access and dissemination of scientific knowledge. The main topics covered were: Open educational resources; Open Science; Information ethics; Skills in the use of technologies applied to online and distance teaching and learning environments. Taking advantage of online and digital education, and based on UAb's Virtual Pedagogical Model, we were able to put in contact the librarians from the different campuses of the libraries of UNESP, in a context of interaction and collaboration that allowed participants to acquire mutual knowledge of the practices within the same institution. In fact, the challenges posed by continuing professional development, require that these programmes have a close relationship with real work contexts. During the development of the course it was also possible for each participant to build a personal portfolio and a proposal of practical application of the themes and contents that were being discussed applying a problem-based learning methodology. The design of the course, based on collaboration and interaction, allowed therefore the building of a virtual learning and practice community. Digital environments where the course took place ended up serving two functions and presented a double challenge: on the one hand served as a collaborative workspace between participants, but also allowed the development of their competences to act in that same digital context.