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Apologies for cross posting The skills of teaching and learning are crucial to the role of many staff working within libraries. CALIM/NoWAL (Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester/North West Academic Libraries) is pleased to announce a training course covering these skills. The Teaching & Learning Skills course is a new addition to the GMOCN (Greater Manchester Open College Network) accredited CLIP (Certificate of Library & Information Practice) programme. The Teaching & Learning Skills unit is aimed at staff working within a Library/Information/IT service who are involved in the delivery of any form of training such as inductions, information skills sessions, IT training and the training other staff. The unit is designed to give participants the maximum opportunity to develop their existing delivery and presentation skills and to apply those skills in a variety of different contexts. This unit is ideally suited to staff who wish to develop a more professional and competent dimension to their training – and boost their self-confidence! At the end of the unit participants will: Understand the factors that influence the way people learn. Understand different teaching methods. Know how to plan a teaching session. Appreciate the importance of communication skills in teaching. Understand some techniques for managing the learning environment. Recognise how individual needs can be addressed. Understand the use of different learning resources. Know how to gain feedback from a teaching session. There are currently places available on the above course. The cost of the course is £450. This covers 6 full days of training as well as registration with the GMOCN and the awarding of a certificate. The course will take place at various locations within Manchester and Salford. It starts on the 11th February and there will be full day sessions on the 4th March, 27th March, 29th April, 20th May and 12th June. For more information on CLIP and the Teaching and Learning Skills unit please see the website http://www.calim.ac.uk/traindev/clip/clip.htm. If you are interested in enrolling on this course please contact me (details below) for a chat. Places are limited to 12 so you are advised to book early. Thank you. Gil Young CALIM/NoWAL Support Officer Minshull House Chorlton Street Manchester M1 3EU Phone: 0161 247 6673 Fax: 0161 247 6846