Imperial College London Virtual Learning Environments Information Literacy

Imperial College London Virtual Learning Environments & Information Literacy Debbi Boden Faculty Team Leader the Library

Imperial College London Information Literacy & the Imperial experience 2003 • Decided we needed an Information Literacy (IL) programme. • Library staff to teach IL in ‘bite size chunks’ throughout the course. • Blended learning approach would be most appropriate the Library

Imperial College London aim The aim was to develop a Online teaching programme which could be used by students either remotely or in the classroom to develop their IL skills, thus enhancing their learning experience and developing their skills as an independent learner. objectives To provide access to an online environment which is made up of self-contained units that can be used either selectively according to the needs of the users, or as a complete linear programme. the Library

Imperial College London Imperial definition An independent learner who has the confidence and ability to retrieve, evaluate, exploit and manage information with an understanding of the legal, economic and social issues that surround the use of information. the Library

Imperial College London Olivia – Olivia who? the Library

Imperial College London Olivia = Online Virtual Information Assistant Online information literacy programme Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Web. CT 9 self contained learning units A staff information area A ‘first time users’ information area Help and contact the Library

Imperial College London How did we use the IL programme? • Blended learning § § Lectures Demonstrations Hands on sessions Self paced learning • Interactive learning § § Questionnaires Self test (Web. CT) Marked quizzes (Web. CT) Online tutorials (Informs software) the Library

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Imperial College London What next? • Respondus quiz software • Wise. Guide – development of in-house online tutorial software • Active learning – PRS • Podcasts Future research and essay writing 97. 8% the Library

Imperial College London But what is it? • Do librarian’s actually know what it is? • Reluctance to move forward? • What can we do? § Imperial § National the Library

Imperial College London Staff development • Skills audit • Pedagogy § Online learning § Course design, aims, learning outcomes etc § How to teach with Olivia • Dreamweaver • i. LIP § Information literacy internal programme the Library

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Imperial College London i. LIP the Library

Imperial College London CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group – what are we doing? • LILAC – Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference § 2005, 2006 and hopefully 2007 • Discussion list – 1000+ § infoliteracy@jiscmail. ac. uk • 2005 & 2006 themed IL CILIP UPDATE • CILIP definition • JIL- Journal of Information Literacy § Launched LILAC 2006 first publication October 2006 the Library

Imperial College London CSG IL group • High level conference – Df. ES • Training § All sectors • IL website - Joint partnership § CILIP, Sconul, MLA, SLA & HEA § Organic • Join us! www. cilip. org. uk/informationliteracy the Library