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Postgraduate STEM support at Cranfield Defence and Security: Barrington Library
Mandy Smith
• Information Specialist Engineering and Research Support Coordinator
Ruth Knowles
• Information Specialist Science
Jessica Goff
• Information Specialist Mathematics and Information Systems
30 November 2017
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• Introduction to Cranfield Defence and Security
• Peer assessment presented by Mandy Smith
• Impact Case Study presented by Ruth Knowles
• Customer research at Barrington Library presented by
Jessica Goff
• Questions
Today’s session outline
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Introducing peer-assessment to postgraduate STEM students
Mandy Smith
Information Specialist Engineering and Research Support Coordinator
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Why peer-assessment?
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Session 1
• Introduction to Library basics
• Plagiarism
• Referencing
Session 2
• Outline of assignment
• Introduction to peer-assessment and
evaluation
• Constructing the marking rubric
Session 3
• Search strategies, key resources
and applying techniques learned
How peer-assessment was delivered
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Presentation day
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Lessons learned and development of peer assessment
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Lessons learned
• Ensure that the learning objectives
are clearly defined and understood
• Referencing should be assessed by
the Librarian or Module Leader
• Do not provide your feedback until all
presentations have been delivered
Development of peer assessment
• Introduced to four other courses:
• Group presentations
• Essay format delivered using a
blended approach (useful for
part-time students where face-
to-face time is limited)
• Summative and formative
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Key benefits
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• Course Director – “exercise has helped to develop critical evaluation skills, especially with
respect to the source of information but also to think critically about the content”
• Learning from others – through exposure to other students’ work
• Timely feedback – students have immediate feedback and can employ lessons learned in their
very first assignment
• Marked improvement in referencing and the quality of sources cited
• Time saving
• Role of Librarian – perceived as an integral part of the teaching staff by students and faculty
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Measuring the impact of information literacy teaching in the Barrington Library
Ruth Knowles
Information Specialist
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Customer Research
Daily reminders for
non-experts
Jessica Goff Information Specialist
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1 Start small
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Goal Clarity, Role Clarity 2
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Don’t fear failure
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Write for action
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No expectations
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Do you or would you use peer assessment in your lessons?
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Do you measure the impact of your information literacy teaching?
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How many of your projects are driven by customer research?
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Any questions for us?
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