Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, College Liaison Librarian and Orientation Coordinator at University College Dublin, at the Academic and Special Libraries Annual Conference & Exhibition: the Inside Out Library - Collaboration, Inspiration, Transformation, Dublin, Ireland on Thursday, 26th February, 2015.
Finishing the Jigsaw: consolidating and profiling the plagiarism awareness se...UCD Library
Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library, to the IFLA Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting on August 14, 2014 in Limerick, Ireland.
Open Educational Resources: Nuts & Bolts of Developing an Online Plagiarism T...UCD Library
Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, College Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library to LIR Annual Seminar, Dublin, Ireland on March 21, 2014.
"Open Pedagogy" for eLearning PioneersRobin DeRosa
Using OER as a springboard to rethink pedagogy. Prepared for Saudi women leaders in education for eLearning Pioneers 2015, at the University of New Hampshire.
Finishing the Jigsaw: consolidating and profiling the plagiarism awareness se...UCD Library
Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library, to the IFLA Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting on August 14, 2014 in Limerick, Ireland.
Open Educational Resources: Nuts & Bolts of Developing an Online Plagiarism T...UCD Library
Presentation given by Jennifer Collery, College Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library to LIR Annual Seminar, Dublin, Ireland on March 21, 2014.
"Open Pedagogy" for eLearning PioneersRobin DeRosa
Using OER as a springboard to rethink pedagogy. Prepared for Saudi women leaders in education for eLearning Pioneers 2015, at the University of New Hampshire.
Developing a framework for delivering a personalised online digital literacie...Trisha Poole
Digital literacies are a critical aspect of being an active and engaged member of 21st century society, and it is important to provide English as a second language (ESL) speakers with opportunities to develop their digital literacies in English. However, pedagogy and content specifically focusing on digital literacies are routinely lacking in initial ESL teacher training. Compounding this is that in-service ESL teacher professional learning is often not focused on digital literacies or does not adequately consider the specific contextual constraints and sensitivities that in-service ESL teachers face. Therefore, a professional learning course that is focused on digital literacies and personalised to individual ESL teacher contexts is needed in order to address this gap. This paper discusses the need for in-service ESL teacher training on digital literacies and presents the nascent development of a framework that will be used to deliver personalised online professional learning (POPL) that addresses these needs. The framework incorporates four critical aspects of effective professional learning: personalisation, social constructivism, situatedness, and extended time frames.
Community College Consortium for OER December Meeting with presentation by John Schoppert, Director of Library, at Columbia Gorge Community College on Library Pilot of OER.
Negotiating meaning, negotiating place: Peer learning and student participati...Keith Kirkwood
Presentation for the 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference, May 7-9, Calgary Alberta, about peer mentoring programs in the learning commons of Victoria University in Melbourne Australia.
1.22.15 Slides: “Doing It: Real Life Experiences with Hosted Institutional /...DuraSpace
Hot Topics: The DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Series 8: Doing It: How Non-ARL Institutions are Managing Digital Collections
Curated by Liz Bishoff, Partner, The Bishoff Group LLC
“Doing It: Real Life Experiences with Hosted Institutional /Digital Repository Services”
Thursday, January 22, 2015,
Presented by: Carissa Smith, Product Manager, DuraSpace, Stephanie Davis-Kahl,
Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University and Oceana Wilson, Director of Library and Information Services, Crossett Library, Bennington College
Edmedia Roundtable Slides - Elementary Connected Classrooms, School District ...egregory
Slides created on the Elementary Connected Classrooms Project and uploaded for those who would like additional information for Edmedia AACE Conference June 2013.
Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Sessionlisbk
Slides for "Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Session" to be facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis and Nancy Graham, University of Roehampton at the LILAC 2014 conference on 23 April 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/
Playful Blended Digital Storytelling in 3D Immersive eLearning Environments f...Dr Stylianos Mystakidis
Presentation at IDEE Workshop 2014 (June 9th, 2014 Albacete, Spain) about the pedagogical design, the technical development and initial findings of the educational program “From the Ancient to the Modern Tablets” involving digital storytelling, gamification, playful design and 3d virtual worlds to motivate K-12 students and promote literacy and extracurricular reading.
Slides from my presentation at UXLibII (June 2016) Looking at a small project carried out with International students at Leeds Beckett University Library.
The presentation discusses the techniques used, how the data was evaluated, what was observed and the recommendations that were made.
The iCentre at Iona Presentation College has, through its integrated information literacy plan created a dynamic program that merges information literacy, study skills and critical and creative thinking into an holistic program that aligns with the new Australian Curriculum. Through the “Inspired Learning at Iona” website this initiative attempts to ensure that every student in the school not only receives ongoing opportunities to master skills and knowledge considered essential for 21st century learners but also develops the cognitive and affective predispositions towards learning, personal development, self efficacy and accountability.
DETCHE17: From Why to How: Launching an OER Initiative on Your CampusUna Daly
Title: From Why to How: Launching an OER Initiative on Your Campus
Description: Open Educational Resources are a proven way to reduce student cost barriers, support faculty innovation, and increase student success. Hear from a panel of CSU and CCC leaders about why and how their campuses have launched Open Educational Resources initiatives, and the particular role that educational technology leaders and statewide collaboration efforts can play.
Three Outcomes:
Why start an OER initiative?
How to gain buy-in from key stakeholders?
What statewide resources can support a local OER initiative?
Research articles about California's statewide OER efforts funded through SB 1052, 1053.
1. Instructor and student experiences with open textbooks, from the California open online library for education (Cool4Ed)
Ozdemir, O. & Hendricks, C. J Comput High Educ (2017) 29: 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-017-9138-0
2. California Open Educational Resources Council. (2016). White paper: OER adoption study (April 1 2016). Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/WPOERAdoption040116
Understanding the Collaborative Relationship between Instructional Designers ...Rob Moore
This session is part of the #AECT14 conference in Jacksonville, Florida. I was the co-presenter with Dr. William Sugar for this presentation. This session describes a study that analyzed the collaborative skills between an instructional designer and his clients over a fourteen-month period. Results revealed a variety of roles performed by an instructional designer, as well as an assortment of client relationships. During the presentation, a typology of instructional designer-client collaborative relationships will be described. It will include instructional designer’s roles, clients’ perceptions of the instructional designer’s role and the complexity involved with each instructional design project.
Developing a framework for delivering a personalised online digital literacie...Trisha Poole
Digital literacies are a critical aspect of being an active and engaged member of 21st century society, and it is important to provide English as a second language (ESL) speakers with opportunities to develop their digital literacies in English. However, pedagogy and content specifically focusing on digital literacies are routinely lacking in initial ESL teacher training. Compounding this is that in-service ESL teacher professional learning is often not focused on digital literacies or does not adequately consider the specific contextual constraints and sensitivities that in-service ESL teachers face. Therefore, a professional learning course that is focused on digital literacies and personalised to individual ESL teacher contexts is needed in order to address this gap. This paper discusses the need for in-service ESL teacher training on digital literacies and presents the nascent development of a framework that will be used to deliver personalised online professional learning (POPL) that addresses these needs. The framework incorporates four critical aspects of effective professional learning: personalisation, social constructivism, situatedness, and extended time frames.
Community College Consortium for OER December Meeting with presentation by John Schoppert, Director of Library, at Columbia Gorge Community College on Library Pilot of OER.
Negotiating meaning, negotiating place: Peer learning and student participati...Keith Kirkwood
Presentation for the 6th Canadian Learning Commons Conference, May 7-9, Calgary Alberta, about peer mentoring programs in the learning commons of Victoria University in Melbourne Australia.
1.22.15 Slides: “Doing It: Real Life Experiences with Hosted Institutional /...DuraSpace
Hot Topics: The DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Series 8: Doing It: How Non-ARL Institutions are Managing Digital Collections
Curated by Liz Bishoff, Partner, The Bishoff Group LLC
“Doing It: Real Life Experiences with Hosted Institutional /Digital Repository Services”
Thursday, January 22, 2015,
Presented by: Carissa Smith, Product Manager, DuraSpace, Stephanie Davis-Kahl,
Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University and Oceana Wilson, Director of Library and Information Services, Crossett Library, Bennington College
Edmedia Roundtable Slides - Elementary Connected Classrooms, School District ...egregory
Slides created on the Elementary Connected Classrooms Project and uploaded for those who would like additional information for Edmedia AACE Conference June 2013.
Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Sessionlisbk
Slides for "Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Session" to be facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis and Nancy Graham, University of Roehampton at the LILAC 2014 conference on 23 April 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/
Playful Blended Digital Storytelling in 3D Immersive eLearning Environments f...Dr Stylianos Mystakidis
Presentation at IDEE Workshop 2014 (June 9th, 2014 Albacete, Spain) about the pedagogical design, the technical development and initial findings of the educational program “From the Ancient to the Modern Tablets” involving digital storytelling, gamification, playful design and 3d virtual worlds to motivate K-12 students and promote literacy and extracurricular reading.
Slides from my presentation at UXLibII (June 2016) Looking at a small project carried out with International students at Leeds Beckett University Library.
The presentation discusses the techniques used, how the data was evaluated, what was observed and the recommendations that were made.
The iCentre at Iona Presentation College has, through its integrated information literacy plan created a dynamic program that merges information literacy, study skills and critical and creative thinking into an holistic program that aligns with the new Australian Curriculum. Through the “Inspired Learning at Iona” website this initiative attempts to ensure that every student in the school not only receives ongoing opportunities to master skills and knowledge considered essential for 21st century learners but also develops the cognitive and affective predispositions towards learning, personal development, self efficacy and accountability.
DETCHE17: From Why to How: Launching an OER Initiative on Your CampusUna Daly
Title: From Why to How: Launching an OER Initiative on Your Campus
Description: Open Educational Resources are a proven way to reduce student cost barriers, support faculty innovation, and increase student success. Hear from a panel of CSU and CCC leaders about why and how their campuses have launched Open Educational Resources initiatives, and the particular role that educational technology leaders and statewide collaboration efforts can play.
Three Outcomes:
Why start an OER initiative?
How to gain buy-in from key stakeholders?
What statewide resources can support a local OER initiative?
Research articles about California's statewide OER efforts funded through SB 1052, 1053.
1. Instructor and student experiences with open textbooks, from the California open online library for education (Cool4Ed)
Ozdemir, O. & Hendricks, C. J Comput High Educ (2017) 29: 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-017-9138-0
2. California Open Educational Resources Council. (2016). White paper: OER adoption study (April 1 2016). Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/WPOERAdoption040116
Understanding the Collaborative Relationship between Instructional Designers ...Rob Moore
This session is part of the #AECT14 conference in Jacksonville, Florida. I was the co-presenter with Dr. William Sugar for this presentation. This session describes a study that analyzed the collaborative skills between an instructional designer and his clients over a fourteen-month period. Results revealed a variety of roles performed by an instructional designer, as well as an assortment of client relationships. During the presentation, a typology of instructional designer-client collaborative relationships will be described. It will include instructional designer’s roles, clients’ perceptions of the instructional designer’s role and the complexity involved with each instructional design project.
InterEconomic Bridge (IEB) defines a model which allows businesses to be rebuilt as its Digital Replication. In this context, entities are said to belong to the "old" or "new" economy, in according with their pertaining practices. The methodology includes 5 phases to a comprehensive re-enactment of the current business. These phases are described in this document (Paper in progress).
IEB's main purpose is to bridge the gap between the Old and New Economy, by providing businesses with the means to turn themselves into its digital homologues. The business digital projection imbues current knowledge and business practices which become and adjuvant environment that does not resist the new Electronic Domain Technologies. IEB quicken the enactment of a mirror digital entity of the mother company, which ingrains the current (New Economy) practices and Infrastructure without losing the capabilities of the mother company. IEB provides an innovative framework to soften the path and lower the uncertainty inherent to the sort of transformations intrinsic to business restructuring.
#iCanHazRobot?: improved robot detection for IR usage statisticsUCD Library
Presentation given by Joseph Greene, Research Repository Librarian at University College Dublin Library, at Open Repositories held at Trinity College Dublin, June 13-16th, 2016.
Presentation by Michelle Dalton, Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin Library, at IFLA Information Literacy satellite meeting held in Limerick, Ireland on August 14th, 2014.
Discussing community based learning and the prison library service in Edinburgh presented by Kate King and Paul
McCloskey at the Skills for Scotland seminar, held in Edinburgh on Thu 19 Mar, 2009.
Fostering creativity in pre-service teachers in teacher educationBronwen Wade-Leeuwen
Arts education in the 21st century is transforming knowledge, skills and building capacities for new creative learning communities. View 'Out of the Darkness' to understand the current challenges in teacher education and suggested creative solutions for the future.
The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for opt...Koula Charitonos
This presentation focuses on transitions on academic career from a PhD researcher to a post-doc. It discusses the promises, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase and how to plan for the future and overcome the barriers that prevent us from moving on.
Lighting the cauldron - Young people and cultural organisationsArts Council England
Presentation slides from our 'Lighting the cauldron - Young people and cultural organisations' conference at the Museum of London, Thursday 25 October 2012.
As part of the Cultural Olympiad, Arts Council England's Stories of the World programme transformed the opportunities open to young participants and challenged museums to make lasting change to how they operate by embedding young people at the heart of their decision-making.
The conference brought together project partners, key thinkers and influencers from across the cultural sector to explore what has changed and how to take forward youth engagement and co-production. The conference explored what museums can learn from Stories of the world and how this learning can be applied to the wider cultural sector.
Janson Hews - The importance of the student voice within Museums - Museums Au...Janson Hews
Working together with students as co-creators of exhibitions and content in the Museum can produce a rich source of creativity, critical thinking and ultimately an ‘other’ voice for the public to hear about issues facing them and wider society.
In today’s increasingly participatory Museum environment there is the need to be more inclusive of audience voices. In particular, is the importance of championing the student voice and the opportunities that exist for greater collaboration. Students need to feel that they have a voice in order to participate and engage in the complex world around them. Museums, through their exhibitions and programs have the opportunity to more effectively collaborate with students and education stakeholders and provide them with a platform to express their feelings and aspirations in a critical and creative way. The Powerhouse Museum has enjoyed a long history of student-based exhibition which have gone on to become permanent fixtures, such as the annual DesignTECH exhibition, showcasing the best of the state’s Major Design Projects. The Museum is working more extensively to provide the public with an ‘other’ voice not always heard in public forums, such as evidenced with the recent 2012 Koori Art Expressions exhibition, in which students from years K-12 have produced artworks in response to this year’s NAIDOC theme – The Tent Embassy.
The reason why this initiative is significant is that the education audience are key Museum stakeholders, which in many instances are an untapped resource of creativity and critical thinking which can be harnessed through working together more effectively. The motivation to further champion this student voice is recognising the transformative role of students as future agents of change, through fostering these critical and creative skills.
Many people say not to work with animals or children however this presenter disagrees altogether with the latter. This presentation will provide delegates with an insight into what has worked at the Museum in collaborating with students and education stakeholders to produce exhibitions and content as well as highlight some of the challenges which exist.
What is the Cephalonian Method? Fostering Participation in Library OrientationsSt. Mary's University
It is a challenge to get students engaged and interested during library orientations. The Cephalonian Method addresses this engagement problem by giving students a guided way to ask questions about the library and get answers. During a library session., the librarian distribute printed cards with questions about library topics such as materials, services, and facilities. The librarian asks students to use the library website to try and find the answer to their question. A few minutes later, the librarian calls on each student to read their card and describe how they answered the question. There are several benefits to this approach. Some of these benefits are giving the students ownership of learning about the library, giving students to chance to learn from each other, and minimizing librarian burnout.
Similar to Collaborative Relationships - Core to University Orientation (20)
The role of academic libraries in supporting a culture of research integrityUCD Library
Presentation given by Michelle Dalton, UCD Library's Head of Research Services, at the Academic and Research Integrity Conference Ireland 2023, 4-6 October in Galway, Ireland.
Collection Management and GreenGlass at UCD LibraryUCD Library
Presentation given by UCD Library's Collections Support Librarian Catherine Ryan at 'Collection Management: Sharing Experiences' Joint Seminar organised by CONUL Collections and CONUL Training and Development, 24th October, 2018 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
The authentic research experience: UCD Special Collections in the BA HumanitiesUCD Library
Presentation given by Evelyn Flanagan, Head of UCD Special Collections, UCD Library, and Naomi McAreavey, Assistant Professor, UCD School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin, at the LAI Rare Books Group Annual Seminar, held at Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland on 22 November, 2019.
Show and teach: the role of exhibitions in outreach and educationUCD Library
Presentation given by Evelyn Flanagan, Head of UCD Special Collections, UCD Library, and Associate Professor Lucy Collins, UCD School of English, Drama and Film to the LAI Rare Books Group Seminar held on 30th November, 2018, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland.
Print to pixels: digitised periodical collections in UCD Digital LibraryUCD Library
Presentation given by Órna Roche, Metadata Librarian at UCD Library, University College Dublin, Ireland, to the Periodical Research at UCD Symposium, 30th September 2019.
Appearances can be deceiving: how to avoid 'predatory' publishersUCD Library
A presentation given by Michelle Dalton, Head of Research Services at University College Dublin Library, at the LAI Health Sciences Library Group seminar, February 2020.
Re-using OERs in UCD’s Research Accelerator for the Social Sciences Online Mo...UCD Library
Presentation given by Marta Bustillo, University College Dublin Library College Liaison Librarian, and Dr Andrew Browne, UCD, at the CONUL Annual Teaching and Learning Seminar on Thursday, November 7, 2019 in the Seamus Heaney Theatre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
UCD Library's Training Programme and Resources for ResearchersUCD Library
Presentation given by Julia Barrett, Head of Research Services, University College Dublin Library, at the 2019 EIFL General Assembly, 8-10 August, 2019, at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Going Global: UCD Library's Experiences in ChinaUCD Library
Poster presentation by James Molloy and Diarmuid Stokes, College Liaison Librarians at UCD Library, at NACADA International Conference, July 16-19, 2018, University College Dublin.
Clifden Arts Festival Archive@UCD: an OverviewUCD Library
Presentation given by Ursula Byrne, Head of Development and Strategic Programmes, UCD Library, and Dr Lucy Collins, Associate Professor, UCD School of English, Drama & Film, at the 41st Clifden Arts Festival, Clifden, Galway, Ireland on 20 September 2018.
UCD Digital Library: Creating Digitised Content from Archival Collections - P...UCD Library
Presentation given by Julia Barrett, Head of UCD Library Research Services, and Audrey Drohan, Senior Library Assistant, Research Services at the Association for Church Archives of Ireland Annual General Meeting event on May 12th, 2018, at All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Optimising Workflows for Digital Archives: UCD Digital LibraryUCD Library
Presentation by Audrey Drohan, Senior Library Assistant, Research Services (University College Dublin Library), given at the 'Optimising Workflows for Digital Archives' event, held at the James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, on July 10, 2018.
Creating the Collected Letters of Nano Nagle Digital CollectionUCD Library
Presentation given by Órna Roche, Metadata Librarian, Research Services, University College Dublin Library, at the Launch of the Digitization of the Letters of Nano Nagle, June 8, 2018, at Nano Nagle Place, Cork, Ireland.
#Nuntastic: Transcribing Nano Nagle's Letters using Collaborative Transcripti...UCD Library
Presentation given by Audrey Drohan, Senior Library Assistant, Research Services, University College Dublin Library, at the CONUL Annual Conference, May 30-31, 2018, held in Galway, Ireland.
Enhancing User Engagement and Experiences through the Development of UCD Libr...UCD Library
Presentation given by Julia Barrett, Head of Research Services, and Jane Nolan, Maps and GIS Librarian, University College Dublin Library, at the CONUL Annual Conference held on May 30-31, 2018 in Galway, Ireland.
UCD Library and GreenGlass: Defining Needs, Redefining CollectionsUCD Library
Presentation given by Catherine Ryan, Collections Support Librarian, University College Dublin Library, at the CONUL Annual Conference held on May 30-31,2018 in Galway, Ireland.
Are They Being Served? Reference Services Student Experience Project, UCD Lib...UCD Library
Presentation given by Jenny Collery and Dr Marta Bustillo, College Liaison Librarians at University College Dublin Library, at the CONUL Annual Conference held on May 30-31, 2018 in Galway, Ireland.
Pin It! Linking shelf-marks to shelf locationsUCD Library
Poster presented by Debra McCann and Vanessa Buckley, Senior Library Assistants at University College Dublin Library (Client Services), at the CONUL Annual Conference held on May 30-31, 2018 in Galway, Ireland.
Real Life Digital Curation and PreservationUCD Library
Poster presented by Peter Clarke, Programmer with University College Dublin Library Research Services, at the CONUL Annual Conference held on May 30-31, 2018 in Galway, Ireland.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
13. UCD Orientation Advisory
Group
• Members
Chaired by Deputy Registrar,
Teaching & Learning
Head of Students Services
Orientation Co-ordinator
College VPTLs & ADTLs
UCD Graduate Studies (nominee)
Chief Technology Officer
Director of Registry
General Services Manager
Director of Teaching & Learning
Director of UCD International
SU Education Officer
Student Advisor (nominee)
Programme Office Director
(nominee)
Library (nominee)
UCD Communications
UCD Supports for Students
Working Group
• Members
Head of Administrative Services (Chair,
Registry)
Student Desk, UCD Registry
Administrative Services, UCD Registry
Communications Officer, UCD Registry
Admissions, UCD Registry
Administrative Services, UCD Registry
Programme Office Directors Group
International Office
Library
Dean of Graduate Studies Office
IT Services
Graduate School Manager, College of
Science
Facilities Manager, UCD Estates Services
Student Adviser
UCD Residences
UCARD
Undergraduate Orientation
21. Thank you & enjoy the conference
Jenny Collery
College Liaison Librarian,UCD Library
jenny.collery@ucd.ie
Editor's Notes
From the conference theme “The Inside-out library, collaboration, inspiration, transformation, I am going to focus on Collaborations. I will talk about how working with different people across UCD has enhanced our Library Orientation Programme and the University programme.
When I undertook my Graduate placement at the IMI, before entering UCD for Library and Information Studies, the Librarian, Elaine McMahon was very active about sending me on lots of library related courses. One thing that sticks in my mind about these courses is the word Networking…
…Librarians network, to run a good library, no matter what institution you need to be able to form strong collaborative relationships, you need to Network, you need a library champion, you need to make Connections.
This all struck the fear of god into me. Immediately previous to starting on the path to life in libraries, I had been working as a technical writer, which entailed just me and the computer and creating an eLearning script, with the odd design meeting.
So, nine years on, after setting up an OA Library system, beginning the set-up of the UCD Institutional Repository, and finally working as a liaison for the last six year, and I get it now.
Connections and people in institutions or across them, really do help you leverage the services you or your service is offering. They also help to position yourself, the skills you offer and the potential ones you can develop by working with others.
In UCD New Student Orientation is strongly linked to retention and engagement efforts. So it is core to what the University does. It ensures the university offers a quality educational experience to students. It also helps to secure the revenue streams attached to each student enrolled.
With about 6,000 new undergraduate students all coming in for their first Week of college in the first week of September, there is a lot of University activity across campus. In a way Library Orientation is clamouring to get air space in the melee of academic, procedural, and of course the usual student excitement that goes along with starting in third level.
To demonstrate, we are competing things like an “Iron Stomach challenge, Pizza Eating Competition” Free Cinema, and Fencing, multicultural food events, or the dean of a School explaining exactly what they need to do to get through their first year in university. You can imagine, getting student attention is challenging.
I began leading UCD Library Orientation after the Orientation of September 2012. Since then I have been through two through two academic cycles of Orientation.
In UCD Library our main aim for the students is to number one, get them into the library, and number two, get them to a point where they know something of what is available, and how to find out more, whether it is facilities, services, books, online resources or the staff that can help them through their education….
Our third aim is to work with those planning University Orientation to ensure we are embedding in activities, rather than competing against.
The dense cross-hatch of student orientation activity described earlier can really be worked with, and we do. I have learned that best way to work with it is through people inside and outside of the library.
There is a team of 8 people, from across the Library from Outreach, Client Services (akin to Reader services), Facilities, and design staff, who work on Orientation from about April onwards for the coming year. Each person on the team takes a lead role on a section of the campaign and works with others in the Library to deliver this for September/October.
These people are key to doing the work necessary to manage Orientation, co-ordinating support from across the library to meet student need and coming up with the inspiration and strategies we focus on each year.
The first year I ran Orientation, my colleague, Diarmuid Stokes who had run it for two years previously, gave me the very good advice to initiate contact with the University Student Advisor team as early as possible.
A team of eleven Student Advisers look after personal, social and practical aspects for all students attending UCD, with a focus on first year. Along with the administrative staff in the schools, this team locally co-ordinate the Orientation timetable for programmes. Making personal contact with each student adviser as early on as February made a huge difference. Some were very keen to include the Library in timetables, others needed convincing, and some were restricted by school policy in what space they could afford.
I garnered a lot of “informal/soft” information on how Orientation really operated in the University, who the key people are, and where the pressure points might arise between units. Precious when you are trying to ensure your own unit has space.
Words taken from Oxenbury & Rosen’s We’re going on a bear hunt (1997)
In the first year, where I met resistance or a barrier, I took the approach of negotiating as far as I could, then moving on if things were not resolved. I knew I would be working on Orientation for at least one more year (it is a rotating post in the Library). In these situations, data was my friend. I ensured that we keep detailed statistics on engagement for all programmes. This meant for the second year I was able to point to low engagement for those programmes that did not embed the Library in Orientation planning. This gave the student adviser/programme administrators something to work with and present to their schools. It was also essential to have the statistics proving positive engagement to validate our approach and show students were coming to the Library as part of their Orientation, a first step in their education.
A practical example of how positive these relationships were can be seen in the numbers of students taking part in a Peer Mentor led Library Visit over the past four years. These visits were made possible by working with the Student Advisor team. Information from peers can often have a stronger impact on behaviour and attitudes (Topping, 1996). Using the Peer mentors should place the library as an important resource in the minds of students.
As you can see there has been a huge rise in engagement, and having these statistics to point to are invaluable, when reporting both internally and externally. Getting this number of students to visit the library in Orientation week would not be possible without working with the student adviser team.
So, I guess I am saying both relationships and data are my friend for Orientation.
Two other key collaborations were representing the Library on two UCD-wide Orientation Committee.
UCD has a multitude of layers, units and networks, so getting something off the ground, like Orientation, that needs to be a consistent experience for students requires these cross-unit committees.
The first group is the UCD Advisory Group, 2014 led by our Deputy Registrar, UCD Teaching & Learning, Professor Bairbre Redmond, a strategic group whose main functions include overseeing and agree high-level arrangements cross-University arrangements, coordinate academic and social elements of Orientation, and to “To consult and advise on the extension of effective engagement-focused events, both academic and social, during the first year for incoming students”
The last being what I would see as the core of this committee.
Secondly, I sit on the UCD Supports for Students Working Group, 2014 led by Rachel Harrison, Head of Administrative Services under the auspices of the Director of Registry – a more operational level group that continues to meet through the year. The main function of this group is “to allow for networking and liaising amongst colleagues who support students as part of their daily activities especially at key points throughout the academic year such as preparations for the start of term” [including University Orientation].
It is a key group to be a member of because there are a lot of people on it who run the day-to-day practicalities of Orientation, so if you want something done, want to link in with what is happening, often these will be the people applying whatever policies are agreed.
Group consists of Academic and professional colleagues with the aim of creating a workplan for the Orientation Period.
The advantages of being on these committees are
Form personal connections with people who make decisions about Orientation and running it day to day (making it easier to make a phone call, arrange something casually)
Raise awareness of what the library does, and make sure we are embedded with the yearly plan of activities for Orientation (not clashing with any major events) etc.
Taking up the theme of this conference, making sure we are viewed as something other than a “building with books” where students just “know” what to do. They are forums to show innovations such as our Virtual Tour, our App, our social media presence.
Branding
Registry manage the majority of contacts with undergraduate students before they enter the university and have a dedicated micro-site and digital magazine for new students. We are able use some of the branding and ensure the “look and feel” of our promotional materials are consistent and recognisable as related to Orientation to the students. By making a personal contact with someone I was able to ensure that our website, social networking and key events were all on the key, Incoming students webpage, and have a whole section on the Online New Student Diary.
2. Welcome Talks
We struggle every year with some programme to get a space in the welcome talks to new students. Being on the committee enabled me to negotiate with the Head of Teaching and Learning in a school about that lack of space for that particular cohort. She sits above those organising the welcomes, so once I spoke to her, she agreed to allow for space and my job was done. This didn’t even have to be dealt with at a committee meeting, I was able to speak with her privately afterwards. Just getting her face to face, rather than having to send emails or phone had a much bigger impact.
3. Unified hashtag
Taking up of a unified Orientation hashtag, #HelloUCD, suggested by my colleague, Emily Doherty. A simple idea, but there was loads of engagement with the students on this, even before they entered the University. The committee was very positive to its adoption afterwards, as they could really see how people engaged with it and how UCD was profiled and “talked up” in the social media domain. We looked good for being the ones to suggest it.
They are just three practical examples, as you can imagine there were many others.
We collaborated with UCD Media Services on the development of a virtual tour. Niall and Vincent suggested we use the proprietary software, Krpano to create interactive 360 degree panoramas of the space and then embed in Adobe Captivate. At the end of the day, it worked well. I had received training from Media services previously on eLearning software Captivate and Articulate, and had I had a good working relationship with them when developing eLearning tutorials.
The result was the James Joyce Library Virtual Tour, which works well and we have had success with. It needs more promotion. Since working on this, I have also been asked to speak at a UCD EdTecx Talks event this March in UCD. This invitation would not have happened without the eLearning and virtual joint project with Media Services (which I could do a whole separate talk on).
I’d like to acknowledge that I have missed out speaking about working with lots of other units, such as our International office, Mature Student Writing Academy, the Access students, School of Social Justice and more. Also, Orientation is very much a team effort in UCD Library, so people really are key to the success.
To link back to the conference them theme, I would say that Orientation has been collaborative and inspired – I would not go as far as to say transformed, perhaps not quite necessary as yet, or just further in the future.
Personally, I have found it hugely beneficial to find out more about how the university works, and see how the library and I as a professional can contribute to planning for Orientation and the actual events and activities made available to students. I feel extended after the experience. Who knows what Orientation 2015 will bring?