Evaluating the PILLARS VLE project

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Evaluating the PILLARS VLE project
NHS North East Information Literacy Group
presents

• Gayle Guthrie and Sarah Abernethy

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Overview

• Learning Information Literacy
• Information skills vs Information Literacy
• Critical thinking
• e-learning and IL What do we want to know?
• Relational teaching and learning
• How do we capture learning?
• Discussion structure and content
• Task design and create a resource using
  Captivate (user focused)

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Project Aims

• IL toolkit (via VLE)
• KSF dimensions (IK dimensions)
• Improvement in web and technical development
  skills of library and information staff to assist
  in the development of the toolkit resources
• Targeting users and develop their IL skills
• Develop partnerships

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Initial stage

• Pre Feb 08 Project bid
• Feb 08 Captivate vs. Lectora
• April 08 2 day Information Literacy workshop
  (facilitated)
• July 08 IL workshop follow up (facilitated)
• Sept 08
• Feb 09

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Quality Improvement Project March 09

• Dissertation for Masters in Professional Practice
• Quality Improvement project, using action
  research techniques
• Data collection using focus groups and reflective
  comments
• Use the data to reflect on lessons learned and
  propose changes and improvements

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Quality Improvement Project Themes

• Changing library services
• Mutual support (CoP)
• Sense of achievement from learning and reflecting
• Problems which held the group back

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www.pillarsvle.net
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Next Steps

• Full launch of site (18th September 2009).
• Continued development of resources (user
  specific)
• Training of participants (teachers/admin) in
  advanced use of Moodle and Adobe Captivate
• Distribution of marketing resources
• End user release and testing
• Mapping of KSF dimensions (tagging resources)
• Development of support protocol for blended
  learning
• Future-proofing

Gayle Guthrie, Information Literacy Project
Officer
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Thank You
Gayle Guthrie, Information Literacy Project
Officer