Research & Referencing support in HE and FE Peter Gledhill Learning and Information Services
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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