Lollipops for Learning Resources Anthony Beal 7 th May 2009

Overview Information Literacy @ West Cheshire College Discovering Lollipop Information Literacy staff development @ West Cheshire College Project results

Information Literacy @ West Cheshire College

Discovering Lollipop

Information Literacy staff development

@ West Cheshire College

Project results

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

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

Information literacy in the curriculum

High Profile Curriculum Links Gatekeepers and regarded as such of: i-skills Research skills Referencing E-learning Intranet Web 2.0 Digital media

Gatekeepers and regarded as such of:

i-skills

Research skills

Referencing

E-learning

Intranet

Web 2.0

Digital media

Induction Quiz on VLE

Learning Resources Home Page

Curriculum Area Page

West Cheshire College model Declining use of print resources

West Cheshire College model Proof of expanding e-resource use Full text retrieval

Proof of expanding e-resource use

Actively promote information and research skills training Bespoke Springboard (club sandwich) Academic writing Research skills (Information literacy) Referencing Information literacy embedded into assignments

Bespoke

Springboard (club sandwich)

Academic writing

Research skills (Information literacy)

Referencing

Information literacy embedded into assignments

Learning Resources Staff Recently converged, multi-disciplinary service No real overall awareness of information literacy within curriculum areas Curriculum liaison and information skills teaching done by selected staff Needed a holistic awareness and approach Opportunity for VLE familiarisation

Recently converged, multi-disciplinary service

No real overall awareness of information literacy within curriculum areas

Curriculum liaison and information skills teaching done by selected staff

Needed a holistic awareness and approach

Opportunity for VLE familiarisation

Lollipop Information Literacy Prior to the course all staff took part in Information Literacy 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

Prior to the course all staff took part in Information Literacy 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

Lollipop content – learning materials

Lollipop content - forums

Lollipop content - blogs

Lollipop Staff Development – Results

How important do you think information literacy is?

How knowledgeable are you about information literacy?

What have you found most interesting about Lollipop? Search terms Opinions of colleagues Boolean operators Sconul E-journals Critical evaluation Authentication Primary/Secondary sources Web sites Attitudes of curriculum Plagiarism Gateways Copyright Intellectual property

Search terms Opinions of colleagues

Boolean operators Sconul

E-journals Critical evaluation

Authentication Primary/Secondary sources

Web sites Attitudes of curriculum

Plagiarism Gateways

Copyright Intellectual property

How much use do you make of the VLE?

How did you find the Lollipop materials and VLE functions? Lollipop Content – 90% Blog – 68% Discussion – 77%

Lollipop Content – 90%

Blog – 68%

Discussion – 77%

How familiar are you with the VLE functions?

Overall success Would you recommend Lollipop for curriculum staff? 77% Would you recommend Lollipop for students? 68% What worked particularly well? Discussion forums, Different VLE tools, Tests at the end of each section, Group participation

Would you recommend Lollipop for curriculum staff? 77%

Would you recommend Lollipop for students? 68%

What worked particularly well?

Discussion forums, Different VLE tools,

Tests at the end of each section, Group participation

Conclusions Generalisations Lollipop increases perception of information literacy as ‘important’ to learning Lollipop familiarises staff with information literacy Lollipop increases staff knowledge about information literacy Lollipop is an effective way of delivering information literacy content Lollipop can be used effectively as a staff development tool Lollipop can be used to increase awareness and familiarisation of institutional VLE functionality

Generalisations

Lollipop increases perception of information literacy as ‘important’ to learning

Lollipop familiarises staff with information literacy

Lollipop increases staff knowledge about information literacy

Lollipop is an effective way of delivering information literacy content

Lollipop can be used effectively as a staff development tool

Lollipop can be used to increase awareness and familiarisation of institutional VLE functionality

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