How can you help Tom? A school librarian's guide to preparing students for university

Jo AlcockEvidence Base

Birmingham City University

Who is Tom?

How can you help Tom?

Digital literacy:What is digital literacy?How can you support digital literacy?

What is digital literacy?

Helen Curtis, University of Wolverhampton

Fresher’s Week

Tom’s Experience• Busy social calendar• Making new friends and keeping in touch with old friends• Online social networking to supplement face to face

socialising

How can you help?

• Responsible social networking– School policy?– Support appropriate use (e.g. privacy)

• Digital identity– This Is Me resource

• Protecting reputation online– CommonCraft video

Lecture 1

Tom’s Experience• Multiple module guides to understand

– Learning outcomes– Module requirements

• Reading and resource lists to support studies– Different types of resources– Required vs. recommended reading

How can you help?

• Using the VLE– School VLE/intranet– Online tools

• Familiarisation with module guides – Copies of subject guides in the library– Exam board specifications– In house module guides

• Using resource lists– Topic resource lists, even with fiction

Visit to library

Tom’s Experience• Using catalogue

– Searching for reading list items• Browsing shelves and locating items• Online resources

– Finding e-books and e-journals

How can you help?

• Library activities– Quizzes– Rewards and certificates

• Searching for known items– Using the catalogue– Treasure hunts

• Understanding classification schemes– Order in the Library game

First assignment

Tom’s Experience• Lots of time spent finding resources• Needs to find a way of filtering out some of the resources• Need to incorporate research into assignment

How can you help?

• Time management– Assignment Survival Kit

• Constructing effective searches– Keyword activities

• Evaluating information– 5 Ws Information Source Evaluation Matrix– Spoof websites– Internet Detective

• Referencing and plagiarism– Fundamentals of referencing

Your homework

• 3 things you are going to investigate or implement to improve the digital literacy skills at your school

Foundations to success

Thank you for listening

Jo Alcockhttp://www.joeyanne.co.uk

@joeyanne

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