This course is now fully booked
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CoFHE North West Circle
Effective Information Teaching Skills
A chance to listen to Lawraine Wood
on Friday 28th March 2003
at: The Garden Hotel, 55 Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 2AP
Lunch and refreshments included
Programme
09.30 Welcome, introductions and course objectives
09.45 Understanding the FE/HE environment. What are the issues and
challenges? - group brainstorm
10.30 Course design: Managing training designed around learning styles;
choosing appropriate methods of delivery
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Initial preparation - Planning exercise. Are you clear about your
aims and objectives? What do you need to think about beforehand, what needs
to be done? What about course materials/handouts/electronic notifications?
Preparation, checklists and decisions.
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Skills assessment for effective delivery - Maintaining your
credibility with the teaching community; negotiations; personal skills for
presentation delivery
Tutor led discussion.
14.00 Dealing with different training situations - one to one, group
tutorials, lectures, web-based learning. Learning from others.
14.15 Making presentations - Practical session. Participants will have
the opportunity to make a short presentation based on the morning's work and
receive feedback.
15.15 Tea
15.30 Troubleshooting and evaluation. Dealing with difficult training
situations. Things that can go wrong, including using technology. Looking at
evaluation issues - what are we evaluating? Decisions regarding monitoring
feedback and evaluating costs/benefits of training. Question and answer
session.
16.15 Review and action plan
16.30 Course End
Aim
To examine some of the issues surrounding the provision of Information
Skills Training in the HE environment, and consider some strategies for
effective delivery
Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will have:
· An understanding of the context of information literacy
· Provide an opportunity to plan and design your own course
· An awareness of the differing learning styles of individuals and the
implications for course design
· Examined some of the challenges to running information literacy
programmes
· Had an opportunity to practise presentation skills
· An appreciation of how to maintain interest and put yourself across
effectively
· A knowledge of techniques to develop confidence in speaking to
groups
Course Tutor
Lawraine Wood, MLS, PG Cert TLTM, FLA, MIInfSc
Lawraine has had over 18 years of professional experience, which includes
work in the public, academic and special library fields. After 5 years of
teaching information management and career development at the Robert Gordon
University in Aberdeen, she set up her own training and consultancy business
in 1997. At the same time she started working with Sue Hill Recruitment &
Services. Following relocation to Manchester in 1998, Lawraine's business
has continued to grow and she has kept her hand in as a teacher in a
part-time capacity at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Training assignments include contributions to the CALIM CLIP programme, the
NOF funded training for public libraries and individually tailored
programmes for other clients.
At Sue Hill Recruitment and Services, Lawraine acts as a representative in
the north of England and Scotland, conducts interviews in various locations
outside London and runs the graduate recruitment programme.
Lawraine has taken an active interest in professional matters, being a
committee member of various professional bodies since 1986 and has published
in the professional press. She is especially interested in developing
people's confidence and helping them to reach their potential.
Submissions for membership of CoFHE North West Committee are welcome. Please
contact Val Graham, Manchester College of Arts & Technology, City Centre
Campus, Lower Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3ER. Tel. 0161 953 2254 or
email: [log in to unmask]
Reg. Charity no. 313014
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