Power Hours Moira Stephen, Liaison Services Manager

Introduction  What  Over 60 different workshops on information skills and IT  Where  Edinburgh campus; VLE; webinar  When  During semester - lunchtimes; twilight;  Format  Mostly drop in – a few bookable

Topics  Academic writing  Citing, referencing and plagiarism  Finding & evaluating information  Presentations & posters  Study & lifestyle tips  Word for your thesis See Power Hour webpages for more infoPower Hour

Delivered by  Subject librarians  Effective Learning Advisor  Lecturers  Student support & accommodation  Academic enhancement  Information governance See About the presentersAbout the presenters

Marketing  Website  University News pages  Digital display screens  Blog  Twitter  Posters  Printed brochure  Events

Semester 2 Timetable

Materials on VLE

Evaluation  At end of each workshop  Course content  Relevance  Level/Duration  Appropriateness of support materials  Level of study/Year of study  School  How they heard about course

Challenges  Timing  Managing expectations of users  Parity of experience across campuses etc  Alternative delivery options  Administration and marketing overhead  Supporting & developing staff on other campuses

Future developments  Expand delivery options – VLE, Webinar, videos  Workshops for staff  Academic – VLE – currently piloting  Professional services  Information services  Summer programme  Pilot online IS course (Sept 2014) for 1 st year UG in SML

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