tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50414398808145735952024-02-08T05:14:42.632+00:00Huddersfield Librarian TeachMeetWe'll use this blog to put up details about the Librarian TeachMeet in Huddersfield and link to any material generated afterwards...Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-57402277678060815732011-02-17T14:04:00.002+00:002011-02-17T14:09:40.852+00:00Induction by crossword<div>We overran on the presentations during the day, so I was mean to Sarah and cut hers from the list of talks! She's been kind enough to give us some content though - see below for "Induction by Crossword": </div><div><br /> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574660335370179234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidZr7OgzH4w2_l3vD-aa0Zx4tmb6aYRrqfu8dKddKPR4U3L4HNYamFsUTBQclo_ZqVFNEtauANRFLSanJ-P_DYMbAXZg4nfmtYGNRq77KN9Hw_6oxZ3zBEG6ftyqSIUAvJH6WL4_g8Xs/s320/crossword+ind.png" /><br /><div>I started using crosswords (and also Library Bingo and the Cephalonia method) in inductions a couple of years ago after an Information Skills meeting at work. All the Senior Assistant Librarians involved in teaching got together to share ideas on how to overcome the torture of ‘death by PowerPoint’ at induction time. Crosswords was one suggestion and I thought it was a quick and easy way to inject a bit of life into my induction sessions and also a cunning way to get students to take on board some of the information we try to impart in inductions. There are lots of free crossword creators available out there and a quick search on Google will find plenty. I tend to favour ‘Eclipse’ as I find this very easy to use.<br />For induction by crossword I use our student handbook which is printed each year and handed out at every induction (and, I suspect, languishes un-read under beds or in bags). The idea is to have a set of crossword clues, the answers to which can be found on a specific page in the handbook – hopefully encouraging students to read the handbook.<br />Using the crossword method in induction is also a good way to get students who are perhaps meeting for the first time talking as you have the option of putting them in pairs or small groups to solve the clues. It’s also flexible and can be adapted for other purposes. You could devise a library tour where each clue takes the user to a specific area of the library to find the answer or it could be used at the beginning or end of a teaching session to check knowledge.<br />When writing the clues for your crossword I suggest you keep them simple. So for example a fill in the gap – “I can pay my ..... online” (answer is ‘FINES’). If you’re using a handbook for students to find the answer then it’s a good idea to put the page number where they’ll find the answer in brackets at the end of the clue e.g. ‘To find books on my reading list I can use the .......... ...........’ (page 4).<br />I’ve added a link to the crossword maker I used and a print screen of an example of a crossword.<br /><a href="http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/">http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/</a> </div><br /><div></div>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-47807241137602696892011-02-16T15:24:00.003+00:002011-02-16T15:55:28.311+00:00Bag of Goodies notes<p>Here are the notes from the "bag of goodies" exercise, all tablecloths summarised into one list!<br /><br /><strong>QR codes</strong><br />Printed handouts (embed in extra material)<br /><br /><strong>Music </strong><br />Background when people coming in / doing exercise.<br />In Cephalonia inductions<br />Create atmosphere (calming or invigorating)<br />Getting students off their chairs<br /><br /><strong>Cards</strong><br />Voting<br /><br /><strong>Clothes Pegs</strong><br />Referencing - putting terms in right order (x2 - almost identical comments!)<br /><br /><strong>Egg timer</strong><br />Timed discussions<br />Time related activities "how many keywords in 2 minutes"<br /><br /><strong>Sweets</strong><br />Use as incentive / reward<br /><br /><strong>Building blocks</strong><br />Foundations for argument<br />spidergram - colours mean different things<br />Build a lego figure - then have to say how it represents your attitude / feeling to the library (or similar for modelling clay)<br /><br /><strong>Modelling clay</strong><br />Using to print letter in<br />Make a model to represent different steps on a journey?<br />Ice - breakers<br /><br /><strong>Giant Sticky Notes</strong><br />Get students to write down concerns<br /><br /><strong>Chatterbox</strong><br />Marketing tool<br /><br /><strong>Games</strong><br />Choose your own adventure<br />snakes and ladders - different routes to reach your goal, e.g., essay writing process from being given title to final mark<br /><br /><strong>Mini-whiteboards</strong><br />Laminated sheet - resuable / green.<br /><br /><strong>Misc / not sure what to put under!</strong><br />Visual learners element of play<br />Focus away from librarians as teachers - students as active<br />tactile objects to engage</p>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-58708155166699596172011-02-16T15:13:00.002+00:002011-02-16T15:24:35.113+00:00Some feedback from the day<p>A little delayed but here is feedback from the day, mainly from the sticky notes stuck to the glass on the way out! In no particular order...</p><ul><li>Too fast </li><li>lots of ideas shared </li><li>maybe not enough time to network inbetween </li><li>V. enjoyable afternoon - lots of activity in bite sized chunks </li><li>Excellent, thoroughly enjoyable and informative - great to share and learnt a lot </li><li>Shame no time for questions for presentations </li><li>Great to meet up with some familiar faces and meet new people! </li><li>Nice that we all got involbed and learnt from each other </li><li>friendly, informal atmosphere </li><li>cake was a bonus! </li><li>new contacts made </li><li>Fun meeting people </li><li>liked the speed dating (would liked that to be longer) </li><li>Lots of ideas </li><li>Good </li><li>stimulating </li><li>informative </li><li>new ideas </li><li>enoyed the mini-presentations - just the right length </li><li>All tips were interesting and very welcome! </li><li>gained lots of new ideas - thanks! </li><li>Great networking and information sharing experience </li><li>Good for meeting people from other institutions and getting ideas </li><li>Really enjoyed it - as a person new to teaching info skills its great to pick up new tips </li><li>Would be good to have more sessions </li><li>Time rushed by - really good & stimulating session - enjoyed very much </li><li>5 min sharing hour was very informative </li><li>Great to share ideas and see what otehr peoplea re doing </li><li>lots of common concerns </li><li>"employability" and "context" are the two buzzwords I'll take away with me </li><li>Loads of good ideas </li><li>I feel really enthused and motivated (+hot!) </li><li>Lots of practical ideas to take away </li><li>A few useful ideas that I'd not thought of - or not used previously that I intend to try - so that was just what I was looking for! </li><li>Overall very enjoyable! </li><li>Very useful for ideas </li><li>Speed networking was fabulous (the most valuable part of the teach meet) </li><li>Room could maybe be a bit bigger (noisy during networking therefore hard to hear – It would have helped to spread out more) </li><li>Next time maybe a bit longer to allow for a few Q’s after each presentation, also to prevent anyone feeling rushed. A future half day or even whole day?? (ambitious!) </li><li>Some presentations were not quite what I expected. Some gave a more general overview rather than a snippet of an interactive teaching method (which was more the sort of idea / useful tip I was looking for). </li><li>Bag of goodies – perhaps a feedback to whole group and suggestions on use of contents (more time would have allowed this) </li><li>Liked the idea for drinks afterwards </li><li>Good mix of topics </li><li>Sharing emails was also a good idea </li></ul>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-69504061133925319882011-02-10T14:50:00.001+00:002011-02-10T14:51:58.693+00:00Twitter ArchiveWe've got an archive of Tweets using the teachmeet #tag at http://twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/hudteachmeet if anyone wants to go back and see the Twitter stream for the day!Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-57963859678516897232011-02-10T09:16:00.002+00:002011-02-10T09:17:33.190+00:00Kaye's talkKaye shared with us her thoughts and experiences on "Effective assessment: a tough nut to crack"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FFGcYfF_Lcg?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FFGcYfF_Lcg?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-43522869191033643882011-02-10T09:10:00.002+00:002011-02-10T09:16:05.092+00:00Jo & Jacqui's talkJo & Jacqui did a joint session on their experiences around "Literature Searching sessions for International Students".<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OGMxLGVtv5Y?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OGMxLGVtv5Y?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-37549445741334920362011-02-10T09:09:00.000+00:002011-02-10T09:10:15.832+00:00Maria's talkMaria gave us an insight into "Plagiarism awareness at Bradford"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3GBKtrLXklg?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3GBKtrLXklg?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-54589196124802630722011-02-10T09:06:00.000+00:002011-02-10T09:09:00.981+00:00Joe's talkJoe told us all about being "All things to everybody"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KpxHhmjlg5c?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KpxHhmjlg5c?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-16599100906085493312011-02-10T09:05:00.001+00:002011-02-10T09:06:52.103+00:00Derek's talkDerek gave us an insight into his experiences around "Information skills and Information Technology"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNZ8dLtBc_A?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNZ8dLtBc_A?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-9504525351743862932011-02-10T08:48:00.002+00:002011-02-10T09:05:05.741+00:00Dan's talkDan's talk was "Developing the academic skills of postgraduates: my early adventures in blended learning."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X90qZeWB-rY?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X90qZeWB-rY?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-63377979471621709952011-02-10T08:47:00.001+00:002011-02-10T08:48:53.253+00:00Catherine's talkCatherine talked to us all about "How team teaching for Law students led to an increased awareness of my role amongst staff and students"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3pERi59f7LQ?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param 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Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-87240692593505738352011-02-10T08:15:00.001+00:002011-02-10T08:17:58.936+00:00Alison Sharman's talkAlison talked about Emotional Intelligence<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aZg-5BMW2Zc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-1453724938191966592011-02-10T08:00:00.004+00:002011-02-10T11:09:24.449+00:00Alison Lahlafi's talkAlison gave a talk on Linking Information Literacy Skills to the Employment agenda.<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Sorry, technical issues with this video, so this one isn't available!Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-49696241765090056212011-02-10T07:53:00.003+00:002011-02-10T07:58:05.472+00:00Anne-Mary's presentationAnne-Mary gave a talk on "Holding Audience attention".<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="320" height="185" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iDHILLjFl1A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-8781333505603287322011-01-26T16:24:00.002+00:002011-01-26T16:30:59.370+00:00Latest info on event!We’re getting closer to the Huddersfield Librarian TeachMeet, so here are a few more details about the afternoon.<br /><br />We’ll start at 2 o’clock exactly, so please arrive between 13:45 & 14:00 so we can start promptly.<br /><br />14:00-14:10 Introduction / Welcome to the event<br />14:15-14:45 Speed Networking<br />14:45-15:45 Quick Presentations<br />15:45-16:25 Bag of Goodies<br />16:25-16:30 Feedback and winding up<br /><br />For continuing discussion, people are welcome to get together in <a href="http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/huddersfield/">The Head of Steam </a> afterwards, a pub conveniently positioned in Huddersfield Train station.<br /><br />The event is in the Seminar room on floor 3 of the <a href="http://www2.hud.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/index.php">Library and Computing Centre </a>at the University of Huddersfield, within the Central Services Building – that’s the tallest building on campus with “UNIVERSITY” in large letters at the top. We are about 10 minutes walk from the train station. Report to the library reception on arriving and you’ll be guided to the room.<br /><br />If you’ve not yet given a topic for a lightning talk, please do, we can squeeze a few more in! The list of talks so far are on the <a href="http://hudteachmeet.blogspot.com/2011/01/short-talks.html">blog</a>, we’d like as many people as possible sharing on the day.<br /><br />We’d also like to share presentations with others and intend recording all talks. If you don’t want photos or videos of yourself to be taken and shared, please let us know before the day. We’ll also assume that no-one minds names and email addresses to be shared via an attendee list unless we hear otherwise.<br /><br />One of the things we’ve got planned for the event is a reading corner. We’ve created a <a href="http://bit.ly/fdqRMC">list of bookmarks online </a>and will provide print versions of as many of these as possible on the day for you to look through. Please look at the list and add anything you think would be useful as well as leaving comments on the items already up there.<br /><br />If you’re on twitter, use<a href="http://twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/hudteachmeet"> #hudteachmeet</a> to tweet about the event, we’ll also use the <a href="http://hudteachmeet.blogspot.com/">blog </a>to collate information about the day.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Andrew<br />Zoё<br />Kirsty<br />Lisa<br />SarahAndy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-64863777011255253932011-01-10T13:16:00.013+00:002011-02-09T11:52:08.336+00:00Short talksWe've started to get offers for short, lightening style talks for the TeachMeet - We'll list them here as they come in!<br /><br /><ul><li>Anne-Mary Inglehearn - "Keeping the attention of your audience." </li><li>Andrew Walsh - "Clickers, Mobile phones and Twitter, polling for all!"</li><li>Joe Newsome - "All things to everybody"</li><li>Kaye Towlson - "Effective assessment: A tough nut to crack"</li><li>Catherine Parkin - "How team teaching for Law students led to an increased awareness of my role amongst staff and students"</li><li>Sarah Munks - "Induction by crossword"</li><li>Alison Sharman - "Emotional Intelligence"</li><li>Jacqui Mooney & Jo Ashley - "Literature Searching for International Students"</li><li>Dan Pullinger - "Developing the academic skills of postgraduates: my early adventures in blended learning.</li><li>Alison Lahlafi - "Linking information literacy skills to the employment agenda"</li><li>Maria Introwicz - "Plagiarism awareness at Bradford"</li><li>Derek Charlwood - "Information skills and Information Technology"</li></ul>Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-44757764628097582402011-01-10T11:34:00.002+00:002011-01-10T11:38:49.581+00:00A (draft) reading cornerI've started off a list of (possibly) useful books & articles in <a href="https://www.google.com/bookmarks/l#!threadID=G4VWiy67u0Ao%2FBDVcx3woQ8ObX79Al">Google Bookmarks </a>that I'll invite attendees to contribute to.<br /><br />We'll try and make sure as many as possible are available in print for people to mooch through on the day, but we'll also encourage comments on the online list. Hopefully we'll end up with some useful resources for people to follow up on after the event!Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-57169235775993343782010-12-22T11:37:00.003+00:002010-12-22T11:45:29.963+00:00Reading cornerConsidering a "reading corner" for the Huddersfield Librarian Teachmeet. Set off thinking about this by an article I came across the other day in <a href="http://www.lirg.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir">Library and Information Research </a>on <a href="http://www.lirg.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/246/303">Academic Librarians learning to teach. </a><br /><br />Not sure how to run it - perhaps ask for suggestions beforehand and try and pull together a set of books / articles for people to flick through on the day? That'd have to go together with an online list that everyone can access and preferably leave comments / additions on.<br /><br />Will pull something together over the next few weeks...Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041439880814573595.post-57853754967748500852010-12-15T15:16:00.000+00:002010-12-15T15:32:53.782+00:00Event just announced!We're holding a Librarian TeachMeet in Huddersfield on 9th Feb 2011.<br /><br />This will be a really informal opportunity for librarians who teach to get together to share tips and experiences.<br /><br />If you come, be prepared to give a short (5 mins at most) talk to share an aspect of your teaching. There will be "speed dating" to share tips and a "lucky dip" of teaching goodies to rummage through for inspiration.<br /><br />The free event will be held at the University of Huddersfield from 14:00 to 16:30 on Wednesday 9th Feb. More details will appear on this blog as and when we decide them!<br /><br />Please email <a href="mailto:library.learn@hud.ac.uk">library.learn@hud.ac.uk</a> if you'd like to attend.Andy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06672754063506249382noreply@blogger.com2