Information literacy – case study Janet Waters

 over 3300 full-time students, 6000 part-time students and 800 University Level.  4 main campuses and 3 smaller centres throughout the county  FE we offer Foundation level, BTECs, apprenticeships, Access courses etc..  At HE we offer HNCs, HNDs, Foundation degrees and full Honours degrees with 5 partner universities – some with no partner resource access  Growing intake of international students on HE Foundation courses  2 sites are residential  Courses from Animal care, H &SC, Business, Social work, Education, Sport, Engineering, Construction, Catering, Hairdressing, Land Management, Film, Photography, Computing etc…. 1 LRC on 4 sites and massive online presence Wiltshire College

Aid Learners to find and use resources on current course Study skills – planned research, resource usage and referencing Embed skills to go to the next level Skills for HE and employment To give all learners the skills to progress Purpose of the IL programme

Map out and write up what we needed to achieve by level Embed IL in rolling induction programme Timetabled into lessons One to one support Impact Simples What we did

In some ways the easy part

1 st inductions mandatory – Basics: show and tell re the LRC and resource access – done within week of starting 2 nd inductions – teacher demand / study skills programme – FE adjust by level. Searching, copyright, plagiarism, e-resources – HE – university guidelines, research skills, writing styles, referencing. – Weekly drop ins by site. – Examples – level 2 H&SC referencing, level 1 plagiarism, Reference checking, literature review/dissertation planning Rolling induction programme

HE and FE Specific tasks as requested by teachers - Either in September term, all year or when required Examples: Access: study skills – weekly then fortnightly then monthly Re-enforcing after 1 st assignment Referencing – planned number of sessions then drop in Using e-resources to broaden sources Timetabled lessons

One to one support Teacher referrals Self referrals Online support Role of VLE for guidance Online chat Requests – mainly how to and referencing

Issues – less easy part You need: College buy in Pick teaching staff The right LRC staff Good resources – properly catalogued, available and promoted

Impact Feedback – surveys, endorsements – staff and students HE partner feedback Grades Demand