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SUILCoP are pleased to announce that Debbi Boden and Mark Hepworth will
be speaking at the next half-day seminar on 5th November 2008.

 

The theme for this event is information literacy and development,
details at:

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/suilcop/events/index.php
<http://www.staffs.ac.uk/suilcop/events/index.php> 


Debbi Boden Abstract


A dramatic strategy against plagiarism: developing information literacy
teaching resources.

Plagiarism has been high on the HE agenda for some years and as time
moves on the problem has not disappeared and if anything there appears
to be an increase in concern. The teaching of anti plagiarism should be
part of an information literacy programme, initially introducing
students to the concept of IP and gradually building towards more
in-depth study about the ethical issues surrounding information. 

Teaching sessions on anti-plagiarism can be difficult, therefore this
session will look at the development of resources to aid teaching. In
particular, the session analyses the benefits of collaboration with the
enterprise division of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA
Enterprises Ltd) in creating online resources designed to capture
student interest and shift attitudes on plagiarism. These resources
include a 10 minute movie homage to David Attenborough (where the
species being studied is a student, finding their way through the
academic jungle, avoiding the pitfalls of plagiarism), a sci-fi movie
with an android learning how not to plagiarise (if a robot can learn to
avoid plagiarism, a student can) and a podcast.

The types of messages presented (and the types of messages avoided) in
these anti-plagiarism resources will be analysed and discussed.
Practical considerations are noted for those interested in making their
own IL tools in future.


Mark Hepworth Abstract


Finding metaphors for teaching information literacy: a workshop

Metaphors help us to frame new experiences and place them in a familiar
context. They help us to predict from prior knowledge what may happen.
For example we use metaphors such as: A project is like a 'journey'.
This sets up expectations. We may need, for example, 'to retrace our
steps'. We 'explore' topics and 'find' 'things'. Hence, we use physical
metaphors to explain our interactions with information and information
artefacts. We 'grasp' new ideas. We talk about 'searching for a needle
in a haystack', 'panning for gold' and 'mapping' the 'information
landscape' and so on.

What metaphors are appropriate for teaching and facilitating information
literacy? Are there metaphors that apply to the whole process of
discovery and learning? Are there metaphors that we can use to describe
specific techniques, stages or processes? Are some metaphors very visual
and could they be drawn? We would like you to come to the workshop with
ideas that can be shared and explored."

The afternoon starts at 1.30 and finishes at 4.30. We will be in LT114/6
in the Ashley building.

Best wishes,

Geoff & Alison

 

 

Geoff Walton, BA(Hons), MA, MCLIP, FHEA

Research informed Teaching Project Co-ordinator,

D105

Cadman Building,

PO Box 664,

Staffordshire University,

College Road,

Stoke on Trent.

ST4 2XS

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