Information Literacy and IT Skills Delivery at the University of Birmingham

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Information Literacy and IT Skills Delivery at
the University of Birmingham

• Vicky Pownall and Rachel Wood
• 27th March 2006

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Workshop structure

• Background to the ICT Skills project
• Resources developed
• Making the resources available downloading
  learning objects from Vista Sharable Resources
• Hands-on your opportunity to view the resources
• Group activity and discussion Issues and
  Barriers to disseminating skills resources

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ICT Skills Project Aims

• To develop a web based central resource for
  supporting and developing undergraduate ICT
  Skills for level 2 and level 3 undergraduates
• For schools to use, adapt and integrate these web
  based resources into their students programmes of
  study
• To build upon and disseminate project to develop
  ICTskills materials for level 1

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Background to Phase 2 of the ICT Skills Project

• Learning Development Unit Funded project,
  September 03 August 05
• Developed suite of reusable Learning Objects
  addressing Information Literacy and IT Skills
  training needs of 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates
• Built upon Phase 1 of the project this
  developed resources for 1st year undergraduates

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Background to Phase 2 of the ICT Skills Project
(contd)

• Marketed to academics as an option for them to
• Embed within existing subject-focussed WebCT
  courses as they are
• Embed within existing subject-focussed WebCT
  courses after adaptation
• Make available to students as standalone
  resources

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Phase 2 Learning Objects

• Information Literacy
• Advanced Internet Searching
• Database Worksheets
• EndNote
• European Law
• Information Skills for New Searchers
• Literature Searching for Dissertations and
  Projects
• Reference Manager
• Referencing
• Using eJournals

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Phase 2 Learning Objects

• IT
• Advanced PowerPoint
• Advanced Word
• Other Resources
• Oral Presentation Skills
• Project also promoted
• Netskills www.netskills.ac.uk
• Impetus www.ants.com.au/impetus

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Advantages and Issues

• Reduction in School/Departmental workload due to
  centrally available resources eliminates
  duplication of effort
• Efficient delivery of learning to increased
  student numbers
• Will assist in implementing Information Literacy
  strategy (currently under discussion)
• Issues
• Keeping resources up to date, and notifying
  content authors
• Provide students with what they want or what they
  need?

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Project outcomes

• Suite of reusable learning objects
• Designated process for making learning objects
  reusable via Sharable Resources area
• Key personnel in Schools awareness of the
  learning objects and the issues involved
• Take up of resources by a range of schools
• Tutor support site
• Developing working relationships between
  Information Services and the Schools

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Tutor Support Site

• Descriptions of Learning Objects
• Case Studies
• Instructions for Content Designers
• Discussion Board
• News
• http//www.ictskills.bham.ac.uk

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Downloading Learning Objects from Vista Sharable
Resources (demo)
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Hands-on

• Go to Weblearn http//www.weblearn.bham.ac.uk
• Click on Login to Weblearn
• Type in your username and password (see sheet)
• Go to Information Services LILAC conference
  2006

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