A quick reminder to librarians preparing their information literacy
programmes, Web pages and subject guides for the new academic year ...
The RDN Virtual Training Suite offers 60 free subject guides to using the
Internet for research. The tutorials are being regularly updated and
maintained by Resource Discovery Network with help from librarians and
lecturers UK-wide.
The tutorials are designed to be used as part of an information literacy
programme, either as a resource to base a workshop around or as a
free-standing tutorial. There’s a tutorial for most of the subjects
covered in UK universities and colleges, with titles ranging from to
“Internet Chemist to “Internet Economist”. They are free to access from:
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
Popular sections are:
- a guide to key free & subscription Web sites
- a guide to Internet search techniques & tools
- hints on evaluating results from a Google search
- interactive quizzes giving formative feedback
Internet research skills are increasingly recognized as an important
component of the wider information literacy curriculum. Students arriving
at university or college are often familiar with using the Internet,
perhaps for school homework, shopping or leisure, but they won’t be
familiar with using the Internet to support higher or further education.
These tutorials offer an introduction to using the Internet for research at
these levels.
Concerns have also been highlighted amongst academics and information
professionals about students finding and referencing poor quality,
inappropriate online sources. Also, with so much information available on
the Internet, students need more help and guidance than ever before in
finding ‘the best of the web’.
We hope you will find the tutorials useful.
There are some free teaching and training resources available, which you
are welcome to adapt for use locally:
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/teachers/
Free posters for each tutorial can be downloaded from:
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/posters/
Or you can email us to order some printed fliers.
Please tell us of any additions/changes etc you feel would make these
tutorials more useful to you, as a teacher, or to your students ? RDN
resource are developed “by the community, for the community” and we’d
welcome your suggestions. You can email us at:
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Emma Place, RDN Training Manager
Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT)
University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1HH
Tel: 0117 928 7183 Email: [log in to unmask]
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