Early draft of the CLTR poster. JD is weaving his magic to produce the real thing.
Friday, June 18, 2004
Monday, June 14, 2004
Sunday, June 13, 2004
BBC - collective - Homepage
BBC - collective - Homepage
Came across this in the Weekend Guardian. Part of the BBC site but is co-web/weblog in organisation.
Came across this in the Weekend Guardian. Part of the BBC site but is co-web/weblog in organisation.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Back to Wikis again
Just been having a play on the Customer Care wiki and am feeling even more pleased! It is starting to make sense to me on how it might be used. I might have to direct the first user on what content should consist of or look like and this could guide others thereafter. Could demo the Wiki part at the Learning Services Open Day and get some quick feedback and also when offering the face-to-face introduction to the module in August. Many thanks again.
Monday, June 07, 2004
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Abstract - Developing an online information skills tutorial for NHS users
Abstract - Developing an online information skills tutorial for NHS users
Background Information.
The Library and Information Resource Centre at University Hospital Aintree is managed by Edge Hill College of Higher Education, and has contracts to supply library and information services to four NHS Trusts: Aintree Hospitals Trust, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, South Sefton Primary Care Trust. Staff at the Library and Information Resource Centre (LIRC) have developed dedicated Web pages for its NHS users, and through these pages they can access many clinical information resources, including nationally, regionally and locally procured electronic journals, databases and electronic books. In order for LIRC users to fully understand and manipulate such resources now requires a high level of information literacy. Therefore developing information literacy skills in users has been identified as a priority by the LIRC team.
Project
The LIRC team have developed a health information skills tutorial, which takes users through all aspects and stages of information literacy and use of specific health information resources. The LIRC team have encountered many obstacles when using traditional face to face teaching and learning methods, including space, physical resources and in particular time commitments from those users undertaking information skills training. The new tutorial has been developed so that it may be delivered online through the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), in this instance through WebCT. This mode of delivery means that extremely busy clinicians and users of the LIRC are able to learn online in their own time, and most importantly, at their own pace.
The Tutorial
This online tutorial contains six units, and first unit provides the context to the learning of information literacy and includes an online self-audit. This self-audit aims to link questions to sections of the tutorial, thus identifying participants' skills gaps and the sections of the tutorial where these gaps can be addressed.
The six units of the tutorial deliver teaching and learning via a balance of:
- Textual information
- Interactive learning opportunities (i.e. the use of animated representations of abstract concepts for participants to follow)
- Guided searches of live electronic information resources (where the users is invited to view an electronic information resource being used in a particular context)
- Summative interactive quizzes at the end of each unit.
- Activities for users of the tutorial to undertake.
The paper will demonstrate the pedagogical and technological developments of the online information skills tutorial, and will include evaluative data from a pilot of NHS learners who have been studying information skills using the online tutorial. The paper will also illustrate the online teaching and learning processes that underpin the tutorial and will draw upon the reflections of both the users and of the LIRC staff. Finally the paper will also attempt to demonstrate the effects that interactive online learning has on NHS staff competencies in using information resources.
Background Information.
The Library and Information Resource Centre at University Hospital Aintree is managed by Edge Hill College of Higher Education, and has contracts to supply library and information services to four NHS Trusts: Aintree Hospitals Trust, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, South Sefton Primary Care Trust. Staff at the Library and Information Resource Centre (LIRC) have developed dedicated Web pages for its NHS users, and through these pages they can access many clinical information resources, including nationally, regionally and locally procured electronic journals, databases and electronic books. In order for LIRC users to fully understand and manipulate such resources now requires a high level of information literacy. Therefore developing information literacy skills in users has been identified as a priority by the LIRC team.
Project
The LIRC team have developed a health information skills tutorial, which takes users through all aspects and stages of information literacy and use of specific health information resources. The LIRC team have encountered many obstacles when using traditional face to face teaching and learning methods, including space, physical resources and in particular time commitments from those users undertaking information skills training. The new tutorial has been developed so that it may be delivered online through the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), in this instance through WebCT. This mode of delivery means that extremely busy clinicians and users of the LIRC are able to learn online in their own time, and most importantly, at their own pace.
The Tutorial
This online tutorial contains six units, and first unit provides the context to the learning of information literacy and includes an online self-audit. This self-audit aims to link questions to sections of the tutorial, thus identifying participants' skills gaps and the sections of the tutorial where these gaps can be addressed.
The six units of the tutorial deliver teaching and learning via a balance of:
- Textual information
- Interactive learning opportunities (i.e. the use of animated representations of abstract concepts for participants to follow)
- Guided searches of live electronic information resources (where the users is invited to view an electronic information resource being used in a particular context)
- Summative interactive quizzes at the end of each unit.
- Activities for users of the tutorial to undertake.
The paper will demonstrate the pedagogical and technological developments of the online information skills tutorial, and will include evaluative data from a pilot of NHS learners who have been studying information skills using the online tutorial. The paper will also illustrate the online teaching and learning processes that underpin the tutorial and will draw upon the reflections of both the users and of the LIRC staff. Finally the paper will also attempt to demonstrate the effects that interactive online learning has on NHS staff competencies in using information resources.
Check out the soundblox
This may be a way of using it. Not sure what we could speak about. Maybe an interview type recording of the two of us?
Friday, June 04, 2004
JavaScript RSS Box Viewer 1.0RC
This is what I used to add the feed from the BBC - JavaScript RSS Box Viewer 1.0RC
The list of BBC feeds is available here
Loads of library feeds
It is very easy to change which feed we feature. Could have a feed of the week. Not sure how Auricle have done theirs.
The list of BBC feeds is available here
Loads of library feeds
It is very easy to change which feed we feature. Could have a feed of the week. Not sure how Auricle have done theirs.
RSS Feed
I couldn't resist checking before going to bed. The RSS feed looks great. Can't wait to talk to you about how we can use these!
Visit from HEFCE
Alistair Townsend from HEFCE who coordinates the GMP projects will be visiting Edge Hill for an informal chat about the COMET project. He will be here on Weds. 9th from 3pm.
Le Poll est arrive!
The reason it disappeared is that I hadn't added it to the template so when you published your posts it rewrote the page.
New Poll feature
I like the Poll! It looks good too.
I suppose being nosey, I would like to know how the outcome would be published or what the runing total was or how many other people had voted. Otherwise, it is a bit of a meaningless exercise. Sorry! Auricle doesn't really seem to do anything with theirs but it looks good. I think these things only work if we can identify a valid reason for doing them.
I suppose being nosey, I would like to know how the outcome would be published or what the runing total was or how many other people had voted. Otherwise, it is a bit of a meaningless exercise. Sorry! Auricle doesn't really seem to do anything with theirs but it looks good. I think these things only work if we can identify a valid reason for doing them.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Journal Publication Information
ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW
The International Journal for Digital Information Research and Use
Purpose and Scope
Online Information Review is a bi-monthly international refereed journal concentrating on digital information sources, systems and services. The journal’s primary focus is broadly on the application of theory to practical aspects of online and digital information creation, storage, retrieval and use in academic, corporate, and scientific contexts. Papers on all aspects of information retrieval, including software developments and human-computer interaction issues, are welcomed, as are contributions on new technologies, including processors, storage media and devices, networks, and software of use in the field of interactive information and data. OIR publishes research-oriented contributions, theory-based analyses and practice-based discussions of new developments and applications, as well as regular review and research-in-progress sections, a professional reading section and a ‘savvy searching’ column.
The Editor is supported by an international Editorial Board, and prospective authors are invited to contact either the Editor or Editorial Board members to discuss possible submissions. Papers ready for submission should be sent electronically to the Editor for review.
Online Information Review may be accessed at.
Article Presentation
Articles should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length, although shorter communications dealing with more immediate issues or research in progress, responding to points raised in articles and raising new issues for discussion will also be considered. Such items should be up to 1500 words in length. Articles should be sent to the Editor as an e-mail attachment together with a brief autobiographical note, 1-6 keywords, an abstract of approximately 150 words and a suggested title. References should be in name/date format in the text, for example (Jones 1999, p. 255), with full bibliographic references at the end of the paper.
Copyright
Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work in not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty.
Review Procedure
Each paper is reviewed by the Editor and, if it is judged suitable for this publication, is then sent to one or more referees (usually members of the Editorial Board). Based on their recommendations, the Editor then decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected.
How to Submit
Manuscripts or outlines of proposed articles should be submitted to the Editor by e-mail:
EDITOR
Dr G E Gorman, FLA FRSA
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6015
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 463 5782
Fax: +64 4 463 5446
E-mail: gary.gorman@vuw.ac.nz
The International Journal for Digital Information Research and Use
Purpose and Scope
Online Information Review is a bi-monthly international refereed journal concentrating on digital information sources, systems and services. The journal’s primary focus is broadly on the application of theory to practical aspects of online and digital information creation, storage, retrieval and use in academic, corporate, and scientific contexts. Papers on all aspects of information retrieval, including software developments and human-computer interaction issues, are welcomed, as are contributions on new technologies, including processors, storage media and devices, networks, and software of use in the field of interactive information and data. OIR publishes research-oriented contributions, theory-based analyses and practice-based discussions of new developments and applications, as well as regular review and research-in-progress sections, a professional reading section and a ‘savvy searching’ column.
The Editor is supported by an international Editorial Board, and prospective authors are invited to contact either the Editor or Editorial Board members to discuss possible submissions. Papers ready for submission should be sent electronically to the Editor for review.
Online Information Review may be accessed at
Article Presentation
Articles should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length, although shorter communications dealing with more immediate issues or research in progress, responding to points raised in articles and raising new issues for discussion will also be considered. Such items should be up to 1500 words in length. Articles should be sent to the Editor as an e-mail attachment together with a brief autobiographical note, 1-6 keywords, an abstract of approximately 150 words and a suggested title. References should be in name/date format in the text, for example (Jones 1999, p. 255), with full bibliographic references at the end of the paper.
Copyright
Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work in not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty.
Review Procedure
Each paper is reviewed by the Editor and, if it is judged suitable for this publication, is then sent to one or more referees (usually members of the Editorial Board). Based on their recommendations, the Editor then decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised or rejected.
How to Submit
Manuscripts or outlines of proposed articles should be submitted to the Editor by e-mail:
EDITOR
Dr G E Gorman, FLA FRSA
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6015
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 463 5782
Fax: +64 4 463 5446
E-mail: gary.gorman@vuw.ac.nz
Fame at last!
Received today:
Dear Mr Martin
The Editorial Board of Online Information Review have taken note of your recent presentation at the following conference:
COMET 2 Conference 2004 - "E-ffectiveness - making a difference"
on the topic of:
Expertease Online Information Skills Tutorial
We feel that the content of this presentation may be of interest to our readers. If you would like to publish a version of your presentation, or an article on another relevant topic, please could you contact me.
Regards,
Gary Gorman
We subscribe to this journal through ProQuest Nursing Journals. The journal is published by MCB which is known for high quality journals in the field of Business and Management. I'm very pleased about this!
Dear Mr Martin
The Editorial Board of Online Information Review have taken note of your recent presentation at the following conference:
COMET 2 Conference 2004 - "E-ffectiveness - making a difference"
on the topic of:
Expertease Online Information Skills Tutorial
We feel that the content of this presentation may be of interest to our readers. If you would like to publish a version of your presentation, or an article on another relevant topic, please could you contact me.
Regards,
Gary Gorman
We subscribe to this journal through ProQuest Nursing Journals. The journal is published by MCB which is known for high quality journals in the field of Business and Management. I'm very pleased about this!
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Auricle update
Auricle has Soundblox with it's own MP3 audio file on what a Soundblox is. I like the way it attaches to a photo. We could use for case-studies for something. The obvious one for me (if it works within WebCT) is to use in Customer Care. Another one might be the use of interview files such as the Studs Terkel digitised interview archive which is one of the exmples we were given in Edinburgh. Something to play with anyhow.
Also like the quick poll software they have added. Again, something we could use on the T&L or Learning Services web pages or within WebCT to check satisfaction or understanding?
Also like the quick poll software they have added. Again, something we could use on the T&L or Learning Services web pages or within WebCT to check satisfaction or understanding?
Poster notes
You definitely kept the notes which were on the back of the sheet I brought you with the original paper submission on. I'm sure we could recreate the content in 5 minutes if needed.
Deadline date for poster
John has asked us to have the poster written by June 17th. We can leave the design up to him or give him some ideas.
I can't seem to find the notes we sketched out, have you got them?
I can't seem to find the notes we sketched out, have you got them?
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