Developing Learning

EnvironmentsConcerns, considerations and concrete proposals

Anne BörjessonÅsa Forsberg

Lund University LibrariesHead Office

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Lund University Libraries

• A decentralised network of 34 subject oriented departmental, faculty and centre libraries

• The Library Head Office – Responsible for common resources and services – Coordination of activities such as support to higher

education teaching and learning

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The libraries

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Open Educational Resources: the project

A project to develop digital learning resources:

• To support the network libraries, having an increasing teaching responsibility

• To explore and implement student active methods

• To support students in distance education

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Project activities

• Spring 2007:– Overall design of the resources and on the

development of the project plan• Automn 2007:

– Competence development training in software and higher education teaching and learning for participating librarians

– Development of a number of learning resources.• Spring 2008:

– Release in February– Implementation activities, workshops

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OERs within four topics

• search method

• source evaluation

• academic writing

– citing

– referencing

• academic conduct

– plagiarism

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OERs are provided with metadata, and are stored in a database under Creative Commons license

OERs are presented on the Lund University Libraries web

www.lub.lu.se/laeranderesurser

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A variety of techniques and formats

web page, pdf, mp3 and film ...

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A variety of techniques and formats

Screen recordings, multislide presentations and quizzes ...

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Digital learning resources support task-centred learning

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Students have different previous knowledge

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Distance students need extra training

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Information literacy is never an isolated, stand-alone skill

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Implementation

• Workshop with the network librarians– Best practices– Blog

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Implementation

• Workshop for teachers at NU2008 – IL integrerated in subject studies– Learning resources percieved as useful

• In subject teaching• In competence development for teachers

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Concerns

• Teachers and librarians seem to agree on the importance of integrating IL and subject studies– Time consuming process

• Possible conflict between OER and subject specific resources

• Evaluation– methods

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Considerations

• Acceptance of common pedagogical platform• Organization and responsibility

– topic– project

• Strategy– slow implementation– competence development

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Concrete proposals

• Strategic plans– University– National– European

• Competence development– Courses– Workshops, discussions; 23 things

• Just in time, just in place

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Thank you!