Effective information skills, teaching and learning (FE sector)
A course from the Library Association - Continuing Professional
Development programme
Hosted by Reading College and School of Arts & Design
Monday July 6th 1998
Workshop leader: Sharon Markless
Senior Lecturer in Professional Development,
Christ Church College, Canterbury
Cost: £75 including refreshments
The changing economic and political context of Further Education is
leading colleges to examine every aspect of the service that they
provide for students.
Many librarians/learning resource managers see the active development
of information skills work as a crucial element of their strategy to
enhance the status of the library/learning resource centre and
maintain a high profile within the college. In many colleges the
growth of S/NVQs and GNVQs has increased the need for students to
acquire a range of information handling skills and has provided new
opportunities for librarians to work collaboratively with lecturers.
The move towards various versions of Resource based Learning has given
further stimulus to information skills work.
Librarians already work to promote information skills teaching.
However, recent research has shown that many Colleges would like to
develop their approaches and to offer more sustained programmes of
information skills.
How will this event help you?
This course provides an opportunity for librarians to share ideas
about what makes good information skills teaching and learning and to
reacquaint themselves with the theories underpinning effective
practice. It will enable you to examine a variety of activities that
can be used with students and to consider how to enhance your own
approach.
The workshop will be highly interactive and will draw on the
experience and expertise of the participants. Group work will
therefore be a prominent feature.
By the end of the day you will have:
· discussed the skills that students need to handle information
effectively in the context of the FE curriculum · considered some
learning principles underpinning effective information skills work ·
shared examples of effective practice in teaching information skills ·
identified some strategies for promoting information skills work
within their own colleges
Who will benefit from attending?
Librarians working in colleges interested in developing information
skills teaching and learning and sharing their experience with others
will find this day ideal. People with extensive experience of this
work and knowledge of a range of teaching strategies may still want to
attend to refresh their ideas and discuss their approaches.
Programme
9.15 Registration and coffee
9.45 Introduction to the course
Which are the key skills that students need to develop in order to use
resources effectively?
Who should teach what and where?
Learning theory for effective teaching
(Coffee served at 11.15)
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Teaching strategies for information skills.
Group activities/exercises to develop skills
Developing information skills: institutional strategies
(Tea served at 3.00)
4.00 Close
The course will be held in the Conference Room, on the college's
Crescent Road site. Wheelchair access is available.
For further information, please contact Andrew Turner
tel 0118 967 5078
fax 0118 967 5001
email [log in to unmask]
To reserve a place on the course, send your remittance or an official
order to:
Andrew Turner
Learning Centres Manager
Reading College of Arts & Technology
Kings Road
Reading
Berkshire RG1 4HJ
Please make cheques payable to Reading College and School of Arts &
Design
Andy Turner
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