From lab to Library and beyond

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From lab to Library and beyond

• Information Literacy Skills for Researchers in
  the Faculty of Science Engineering
• by
• Mary Antonesa
• NUI Maynooth

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Module Details

• 6 month lead in
• Library as lead drivers
• Five week delivery period (November December
  2007)
• 12 attended from across the Departments of
  Engineering, Biology, Geography and Psychology
• Flexible blended learning
• five three-hour-face-to-face hands on classroom
  session
• Supplemented with online discussion and support
  via Moodle

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Module Learning Outcomes

• This Module had six learning outcomes. These
  outcomes sit on a framework as defined by the
  Australian and New Zealand Institute for
  Information Literacy (ANZIIL)
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• Recognise the need for information and determine
  the nature and extent of the information needed
• Find information effectively and efficiently
• Critically evaluate information and the
  information seeking process
• Manage information collected or generated
• Apply prior and new information to construct new
  concepts or create new understandings
• Use information while understanding and
  acknowledging the cultural, ethical, economic,
  legal and social

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Learning Activities

• Framework provided the structure
• Learning activities were open and flexible
• Tailored to suit individual researchers needs
• Annotated Bibliography - Each participant had to
  integrate
• and customise these learning outcomes to their
  own subject
• area by searching, finding, evaluating and
  referencing material for their own literature
  review and share their findings with the class

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Module Itself
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Costing in time
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Evaluation
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What aspects of the teaching do you appreciate
most?
Use many materials, web links and other resources
for teaching
Approachable and tailored
learn something useful from each session
If we wanted to spend more time on a particular
topic we were given that opportunity.
Posting additional material on Moodle
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       What is your general impression of the
course?

• I feel that If Id taken this course at the start
  of my PhD it would have saved me a lot of time in
  terms of literature searches and reviews
• Very useful to help me to find and manage
  information for the research
• I went into the course thinking I am already
  literate in finding info. But I was surprised at
  how much I have gained

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Findings

• Rigorous model
• Real value
• Consistent attendance
• Collaboration
• Faculty Specific
• Blended learning
• Class size
• Timing
• Open
• Flexibility

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Recommendations

• Faculty Specific
• IL at UG level
• Blended learning
• Collaboration
• Smaller class sizes
• Close the loop