information literacy: good practice at west cheshire college
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Good Practice at West Cheshire Collegeand in theNorth West
Anthony Beal
Deeside College
28 November 2007
Summary
• Information Literacy @ West Cheshire College
• Information Literacy staff development
@ West Cheshire College
• NWIS – sharing experience
24 July 2006 Information skills 3
Why bother?• There is a demand (level 3 courses, Foundation Degrees etc.)
• Improves research standards
• Effective learning
• Improves confidence and student performance
• Supports independent learning
• Quicker access to a wider range of resources
Information Literacy @West Cheshire College
• Learner – thorough induction introduce catalogue InfoTrac etc
• Two full weeks during induction for all full time students
• Learning Resources Workshop includes introduction to the VLE and i‐skills
• Quiz at end of LRW with prize of an MP3 player• Follow up i‐skills sessions publicised by Springboard
High Profile Curriculum Links
• Gatekeepers and regarded as such of:– i‐skills
– Research skills
– Referencing
– E‐learning
– Intranet
– Web 2.0
– Digital Media
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Declining use of print resources
Actively promote information and research skills training
• Bespoke
• Springboard– Planning essays
– Research skills (i‐skills)
– Harvard
– Reflective Learning
– Presentation skills
• i‐skills embedded into assignments
Staff Development
• All Learning Resources staff
• Be proactive (listen at tables)
• Embedding Learning Resources into into e‐learning development e.g. Hairdressing training, e‐books
• Tutors all attend full time inductions
• Good relationships with other departments (Network, Staff Development)
Lollipop Information Literacy
• Prior to the course all staff took part in InformationLiteracy discussions
• All Learning Resources staff taking part
• Blended learning
• No charge for the materials that can be modified as required for hosting institution
• All web based
• At WCC now built into our VLE, Fronter
ITQ
• Converged service
• Skills audit of IT skills
• Skills then mapped against requirements of the Helpdesk
• Four members of Learning Resources staff in the first cohort
• Improved ability to undertake IT aspects of information literacy
Statisticss
• 62 people on the Moodle Course
• Resources from 15 Colleges
• Five meetings
• 13 attendees at last meeting
• Lollipop training session
• WISEKIDS presentation on Web 2.0
Benefits of NWIS
• Closer links between colleges and the RSC NW
• Shared resources
• Fresh ideas
• Opportunities to discuss common interests
• Cross institutional deadlines
• Workshops and presentations
Anthony Beal
• 01244 670578• a.beal@west‐cheshire.ac.uk• skype: anthony.beal• Facebook: [email protected]• Del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/redsontour• Librarything: http://www.librarything.com/profile/redsontour