Effective Information Teaching Skills

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CoFHE North West Circle

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.

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Please return this form and payment by Friday 21st March 2003 to: Jacqueline Ponka, Holy Cross College, Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9BB. Tel: 0161-762-4519 [log in to unmask]

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]

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