Research & Referencing support in HE and FE

Peter GledhillLearning and Information Services

Sheffield Hallam University

Rita ProctorLearning Resource Centre

Sheffield College  

Overview

• Working with Sheffield College• Information literacy support at SHU & Sheffield College• Impact analysis & session evaluations 

Information Literacy Framework @ SHU

Sets out the abilities we expect students to have

• Provide integrated information literacy provision appropriate to the level, mode of delivery (e.g., DL/PT) and subject of study and research topic

• Embed information literacy into the learning, teaching and assessment process: (re)approval, course planning

  

Active learning sessions

 

Referencing sessions

• Planned with module leaders• Referencing in the context of academic writing• What to reference • How to reference

- citing, quotation, paraphrasing, reference lists & bibliographies

• Examples - using examples of referencing, e.g., journal articles- referencing questionnaires

 

Working with Sheffield College LRC

• Explored each institution's IL teaching, esp. re: referencing guidance at January session

• Brenda Desmond, LRC Manager at Norton College• additional timely interventions

• Rita Proctor

 

Interventions at Sheffield College• Research skills• Assignment support• Note taking• Time management• Harvard referencing• Proof reading

Impact• 2011-12: 93% of respondents within the Faculty of D&S

said yes to the statement "Do you think this session will be helpful for your studies?"

• Impact studies: • D&S case study: quality of references increased

form 25% to 76%: http://research.shu.ac.uk/SEEJ/index.php/seej