dare! one way of leaving your comfort zone and becoming better teachers - emma palmqvist wojda &...
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LILAC 2014 PosterTRANSCRIPT
Stockholm University Librarywww.sub.su.se
ChallengesExpEctEd• Findingteachingsessionsthatfitintoourschedules.
UnExpEctEd• Relativelyhighdrop-outrate.• Many participants found the sessions atthepartnerlibraryverysimilartotheirownsessions. Is this a problem, or a sign thatwe’vefoundawayofteachingthatworks?
Tips for SuccessManaging ExpEctations• Shortwrittenpresentationsonourindivid-ual strengths andwhatwewanted feed-back onwere useful tools to express ourexpectationsbeforehandandgiveourpo-tential critial friends an idea of what wecouldlearnfromeachother.
coordinator rolE• A coordinator was necessary for pairingparticipantsonthebasisoftheirpresenta-tions.We spent a few idleweekswaitingforsomeoneelsetomakeafirstmovebe-forewedecidedonacoordinator.
social start-Up• Have a start-up social gathering.We hadalunchfollowedbyameeting,butamoreopen and social event would have beenbetter.
Most iMportant• Keepitsimpleandjustdoit!
BackgroundCritical Friends is amethod forprofessionaldevelopmentrelyingonpeerobservationandfeed-back.It’saDIY,no-fusswayofgivingin-sightsandopportunitiestoimmediatelyim-proveyourteaching.
AtStockholmUniversityLibrary,wehaverunasuccessfulCriticalFriendsprogrammeforafewterms.OurCriticalFriendsapproachhasalso inspiredother libraries todo the same.However, over timewe found that our ownpeerfeedbackfelttoosafeanddidnotchal-lengeourideastothesameextent.Togetherwith Uppsala University Library, we startedupaCritical Friends team to collaborateonpeer-to-peerteachingevaluation.
rEFErEncEsHultmanÖzek, Y., Edgren, G.,& Jandér, K. (2012). Imple-menting the Critical Friend Method for Peer Feedbackamong Teaching Librarians in an Academic Setting. Evi-dence Based Library And Information Practice,7(4),68-81.
Qvarnström,Satu(2013)Criticalfriends.Awayofenhanc-ingteachingqualityinacademiclibraries.Posterpresent-ed at International Enhancement Themes ConferenceGlasgow UK 2013. http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/docs/resources/critical-friends---a-way-of-enhanc-ing-teaching-quality-in-academic-libraries.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Friendship EffectHasfriendshipplayedaroleinthesuccessofour Critical Friends programme?The teach-inglibrariansatStockholmUniversityLibraryareaclose-knitteamofteachinggeneralistsandalsogoodfriends.EveryoneintheteamhastakenanactivepartasaCriticalFriend.
UppsalaUniversityLibrary,withmoreauton-omousbranchlibraries,hadfewerstaffsign-ingupfortheCriticalFriendsprogramme.
While Critical Friends probably is especiallyuseful for librarians with few teaching col-leagues,weassumethatthismightalsobeahindrancewheninvitedtoreceivefeed-backontheirteaching,astheyhavefeweroppor-tunitiesfordiscussionsonthesetopics.WhenplanningtouseCriticalFriendsasamodelforprofessionaldevelopment,wewouldsuggestfirstcreatingopportunitiesfordiscussionsonteachingandgiveathoughttoteambuilding.
DARE!Leave your comfort zone and become a better teacher.
A Critical Friends collaboration between Stockholm
University Library and Uppsala University Library.
EvaUPPSALA
STREnGTHS:dialogUEIMPROvEMEnTS:EvalUation
annaUPPSALA
STREnGTHS:hUMoUrIMPROvEMEnTS:involvE tEachErs
EbbaUPPSALA
STREnGTHS:visUalIMPROvEMEnTS:iMprovE lEsson introdUction
satUUPPSALA
STREnGTHS:rEsUltsIMPROvEMEnTS:darE to bE qUiEt
MiaUPPSALA
STREnGTHS:hands onIMPROvEMEnTS:prEparation
Mia STOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:strUctUrEdIMPROvEMEnTS:iMprovisation
linaSTOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:ExpEriMEntalIMPROvEMEnTS:activatE a largEr aUdiEncE
annaSTOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:ExpEriEncEdIMPROvEMEnTS:coMMitMEnt
annikaSTOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:FlExiblEIMPROvEMEnTS:intEraction with stUdEnts
EMMaSTOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:prEsEncEIMPROvEMEnTS:clarity
carolinaSTOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:rEsponsivEIMPROvEMEnTS:voicE
andrEas STOCKHOLM
STREnGTHS:calMIMPROvEMEnTS:strUctUrE
COnTACTEmma Palmqvist Wojda [email protected]
Anna [email protected]
COORDINATOR