Small group reflection on information literacy

[jimpettiward]

Hi!

I’d also like to join this group. My role is Blended Learning Facilitator at London Metropolitan University. I come from a teaching background and a key part of my role is to try to help staff use technology more effectively in their teaching and learning – my current focus is on digital literacies development although I also do a lot of resource and development work for our VLE (Blackboard 9.1). We’re currently developing an online resource for staff and aim to include a lot more about digital literacies in the future: http://www.celtelearning.org/

I think the OU dig lit framework is very useful, but I’ve been thinking about how it might be possible to start developing more discipline-specific frameworks. I’m also interested in the intersection between staff and student digital literacies.

Hope you don’t mind me joining your group! – I’m starting to work closely with library staff at my institution as the communication channels between us leave something to be desired, so I’ll  be really interested to hear some of your views and expertise.

Thanks,

Jim

[eennever]

Hi

 

I would like to join this group as well. I have a background in libraries but also have a research interest in health literacy. Information literacy is something I have to address practically every day of my working life these days. Like the post above Jim regarding dig lit options for discipline specific use as I work in health sciences and we are somewhat failing at the moment to keep our library “in the loop”. Our Clinical Librarian recently received funding to look into better library design and client connection for information literacy.

I have taught information literacy practices to adult education students over a Blackboard platform (WebCT Vista version) and am currently helping academic staff engage with Desire2Learn, Collaborate and cloud file transfer options. Would love some input from teh library and information world again. I used to really love FreePint in the UK as a virtual bar area to ask questions but it became more business oriented in the last decade (at least from where I sit).

 

Still worth a look if you are unfamiliar with it as many informtion professionals still gather there:

http://www.freepint.com/

 

The odd good article still

[eennever]

Sorry my last post ended abruptly. Was going to say FreePint still has the odd good article or advice on some issues.

Look forward to catching up in here but have not used a MOOC before so it is all an adventure..

[ElizabethECharl]

Welcome Jim,

Happy to have you join this group, it seems like an ideal fit for you  based on your focus. I am sure it will be a win-win situation for all involved…can’t wait to get started.

 

[ElizabethECharl]

Welcome,

I think it will be a good balance in this group which will add to the variety and depth of discussions.  Production of discipline specific products  is a definite theme and not just in IL/DL. Such teaching seem to resonate and have more meaning for the user if they can make clear connection between the skill being introduced and how this relates to the discipline being studied… more views and voices will be heard on this I am sure!

Thank you for the reference to freeprint.com . It is new to me so I will have a look.

[ElizabethECharl]

Dear All,

We need to decide ‘where’ should be our main space for communication and discussion.

Please let me know if you are happy to meet in this space or possibly Google+ (I am aware of Helen Crump and Sue C being on Google+ but have not introduced themselves in this space) where we could recreate this small group? Eitherway feedback required.

 

[jimpettiward]

Hi all,

Anyone know if there is a way to display most recent posts first on this forum? If not, viewing most recent posts is soon going to require a lot of scrolling and clicking through pages (unless I’m doing something wrong)…

I’m happy to use Google + which I’m fairly new to but would like to experiment more with. Or a closed Facebook Group’s another option.

[Bryony Ramsden]

I’ve written about it here: http://octelmooc.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/introdution-and-the-big-question/

But in short, how can I create engaging info lit teaching materials and self-led resources for large lecture-sized groups?  We’ve had to cut the hands-on training dramatically, and now need to provide lecture based training.

[Bryony Ramsden]

I have a log in for Google+ (if I can remember it!  Not used it in some time…), but happy to meet wherever works!

[ElizabethECharl]

Good point about viewing of most recent post first.  When I logged this seemed to be already the case, but obviously not so for you.  I will chase this up.

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

[KateMcGuinn]

Hi all,

I’d like to join this group too.  I work with Bryony supporting the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, but my focus is on Behavioural & Social Sciences.  My groups are generally smaller than Bryony’s and I have more opportunity for hands on workshops this academic year, but I’m sure that this will be changing as teaching for politics, sociology and criminology students is increasingly being delivered in vast shared modules.  So the challenge for me too is how to create online resources which will supplement the probably limited learning that takes place in lecture hall settings, enabling students to develop their information literacy skills throughout their time here.

My challenge to myself at the moment is how to inject more active learning into my teaching, whether in person or online so my big question is how will TEL enable me to do this?

[ElizabethECharl]

Welcome Kate,

Great to have you in the group. You and Bryony are two sides of the same coin – large lecture room session with no hands-on and smallish groups with hands-on. Your line below sums up the situation and objective that is common to so many academic information specialists:

how to create online resources which will supplement the probably limited learning that takes place in lecture hall settings, enabling students to develop their information literacy skills throughout their time here

 

[EweniceALamb]

Dear all

I’d like to join this group, if I may. I’ve been on leave this week and last and am trying to wade my way through the morass of information about this course (I’m sure it was supposed to start next week!) so apologies for my late arrival.
I’m a subject librarian for chemistry, archaeology and environmental sciences at the University of Bradford, a role that involves a variable and unpredictable amount of teaching.
My big question: how to get students to engage with TEL without actually bringing them into a classroom to make them do it (sort of defeats the object!).
Thanks
Sarah George

[ElizabethECharl]

I have now reported this to ocTEL Technical team and hope to get a response soon.

[ElizabethECharl]

Welcome Sarah,

Yes the teaching starts next week but in advance of this and to give you time to find your feet if this is your first MOOC the introduction and finding your way around the platform began last week.  This week is our week zero – so the equivalent of a soft launch to iron out bugs without too much pressure.  Something I really appreciate having experience a MOOC where this was not the case.  It is good to have you join the group and we look forward to your participation in the discussions.

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