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New tricks?Librarians teaching study skills
at Loughborough
Elizabeth GaddAcademic Services Manager (Engineering)
Study Skills Coordinator
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Outline of the session
How we found ourselves teaching study skills
What we offer
Challenges faced
A modest proposal?
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How we found ourselves teaching study skills...
Historically study skills support offered by Learning & Teaching Centre Change of focus onto staff
Library rescued study skills Advice sheets 1-hour workshops
Roberts funding for FT AL post Increased generic support Offered embedded support Online tutorial development
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What we offer – Advice sheets
Learning at University Personal Development Planning Studying at a distance Time management Minimising stress Taking notes Reading efficiently What does the question mean? Essay writing Report writing
Oral presentations Working in groups Revision and exam skills Doing a literature review* Questionnaire Design* Citing and referencing* Developing mathematical skills Using Word in assignments* Using PowerPoint in oral
presentations *
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Library workshop for PhD Research Training Programme
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What we offer – Generic skills workshops
• Creating your future (PDP) • Writing better essays
• Working smarter not harder (Time management)
• Speaking your mind (Presentation skills)
• Focus your reading • Making your point (Writing reports)
• Deciphering your notes• References and citations explained
• Excelling in your exams• Could do better (Revision skills)
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What we offer – Embedded skills teaching
Topic
Sessions 2008/9(12 months)
Sessions 2009/10 (9 months)
Intro to study skills/ learning 3 6
Group work 2 3
PDP 1 1
Poster design 0 1
Presentation skills 3 0
Revision & exam skills 3 1
Time management 2 2
Writing skills 4 3
Total 18 17
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What we offer – online tutorial
“Studytrail” Available on VLE (Moodle) 6 skills modules Due to be merged with our
“Infotrail” tutorial Writing skills & time
management most popular modules.
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Challenges faced: The need for joined-up support
“We suggest that librarians and staff supporting IT, careers, widening participation, accessibility and learning development need better opportunities to learn from each other as the nature of successful study changes. There is background evidence that literacies transfer poorly across boundaries, a finding the makes joined-up support all the more critical.”
Learning Literacies in a Digital Age. (2009) JISCURL: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/briefingpapers/2009/learningliteraciesbp.aspx
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Solution: Skills Forum Student Hub &
Employability Award
Challenges faced – internal overlap
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Challenges faced – academic resistance
“Loughborough students already have study skills”
Solution: “Transferrable skills in
the curriculum” course Information Science
MSc students project
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Challenges faced – 1-2-1 support
International and DANS students have access to 1-2-1 skills support
Nothing for able-bodied home students
Solution: Working with English
Language Support to improve provision
Survey of LLOs
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Challenges faced – teaching the teachers
No formal training amongst Academic Librarians to teach study skills
Absence of external “study skills teaching” courses
Solutions: Observation & Team teaching “Teaching a topic from scratch” session HEA pathway Reading... SDR process
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East Midlands “Skills share” network A skills teacher from one HEI observes
a workshop at another HEI The observed teacher then
reciprocates Result: Good practice shared Outcome: improved student
experience across the sector! Any interest?
A proposal