E is for Enrich

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E is for Enrich

• Some e-resources to support Hospitality Leisure
  Sport and Tourism

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How RSC Wales can help

• RSC Wales advises colleges and smaller
  universities on learning technology
• www.rsc-wales.ac.uk
• Part of JISC www.jisc.ac.uk
• Working closely with HE Academy and Subject
  Centres
• Increasing focus on technology to support HE in
  FE
• Learning technology can help to ensure a good
  experience for ALL learners - regardless of
  location

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Why use e-resources?

• Re-use other lecturers material (with
  permission!)
• Encourage students to read more widely
• Reduce student isolation
• Maximise use of study time
• Facilitate development of independent study
  skills
• Meet student expectations of media-rich resources

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Some free resources for lecturers

• Bized www.bized.ac.uk
• HLST Resources http//www.hlst.heacademy.ac.uk
• NEW teaching materials repository JORUM
  www.jorum.ac.uk
• Statistical datasets e.g.
• UK Data Archive http//www.data-archive.ac.uk/
• Economic and Social Data Service
  http//www.esds.ac.uk

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NEW Proquest databases

• Know UK (Which? Guides, Blue Guides etc)
• European Sources Online
• News UK
• For general info visit http//www.proquest.co.uk/
• And check with your Library/LRC for local access

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Personalised learning

• Blogs
• www.blogger.com
• Podcasting http//www.learninginhand.com/podcastin
  g/
• Social Bookmarking
• http//del.icio.us/
• http//www.citeulike.org/
• http//www.connotea.org/

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Information literacy

• Information literacy is knowing when and why you
  need information, where to find it, and how to
  evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical
  manner.
• Source CILIP http//www.cilip.org.uk

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Information literacy resources

• Virtual Training Suite www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
• Hospitality and Catering
• Leisure, Sport and Recreation
• Travel and Tourism
• Internet Detective http//www.vts.intute.ac.uk/det
  ective/ (from 13 June)
• ALTIS www.altis.ac.uk part of
• the Resource Discovery Network www.rdn.ac.uk
  (soon to be rebranded Intute Summer 2006)
• TONIC www.netskills.ac.uk/tonic
• JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
  www.jiscpas.ac.uk

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Virtual Training Suitewww.vts.rdn.ac.uk
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Subscription resources

• E-journals and news
• Bibliographic databases
• E-books
• Digital images, moving images and sound
• Digital maps

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Useful URLs

• RSC Wales Learning Resources pages
• http//www.rsc-wales.ac.uk/resources.asp
• RSC Wales Resource Guides incl. Sport Leisure,
  Travel Tourism and Images
• http//www.rsc-wales.ac.uk/resource_display.asp?Ke
  y36
• JISC Collections for HE and FE
• http//www.jisc.ac.uk/collections
• JISC Collections Exemplars for FE
• http//www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_furthereducation.html
• Check with your College or University Library

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ATHENS passwords

• ATHENS is a system used by HE and FE to enable
  access to many resources using one password
• Many universities create student Athens accounts
  automatically on registration (or soon after) and
  send details to students by email
• Some universities have Single Sign On i.e. the
  same login for the network and for the
  e-resources
• Ask LRC/library staff for details

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Suggestions for more advice

• Your college LRC or Library
• The University Library
• RSC Wales
• Lis Parcell
• HE Coordinator, RSC Wales
• e.j.parcell_at_swansea.ac.uk
• Tel [phone]
• http//www.rsc-wales.ac.uk