Developing Learning Environments Concerns, considerations and concrete proposals Anne Börjesson Åsa Forsberg Lund University Libraries Head Office.

Developing Learning

EnvironmentsConcerns, considerations and concrete proposals

Anne BörjessonÅsa Forsberg

Lund University LibrariesHead Office

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Lund University Libraries

• A decentralised network of 34 subject oriented departmental, faculty and centre libraries

• The Library Head Office – Responsible for common resources and services – Coordination of activities such as support to higher

education teaching and learning

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The libraries

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Open Educational Resources: the project

A project to develop digital learning resources:

• To support the network libraries, having an increasing teaching responsibility

• To explore and implement student active methods

• To support students in distance education

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Project activities

• Spring 2007:– Overall design of the resources and on the

development of the project plan• Automn 2007:

– Competence development training in software and higher education teaching and learning for participating librarians

– Development of a number of learning resources.• Spring 2008:

– Release in February– Implementation activities, workshops

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OERs within four topics

• search method

• source evaluation

• academic writing

– citing

– referencing

• academic conduct

– plagiarism

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OERs are provided with metadata, and are stored in a database under Creative Commons license

OERs are presented on the Lund University Libraries web

www.lub.lu.se/laeranderesurser

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A variety of techniques and formats

web page, pdf, mp3 and film ...

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A variety of techniques and formats

Screen recordings, multislide presentations and quizzes ...

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Digital learning resources support task-centred learning

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Students have different previous knowledge

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Distance students need extra training

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Information literacy is never an isolated, stand-alone skill

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Implementation

• Workshop with the network librarians– Best practices– Blog

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Implementation

• Workshop for teachers at NU2008 – IL integrerated in subject studies– Learning resources percieved as useful

• In subject teaching• In competence development for teachers

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Concerns

• Teachers and librarians seem to agree on the importance of integrating IL and subject studies– Time consuming process

• Possible conflict between OER and subject specific resources

• Evaluation– methods

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Considerations

• Acceptance of common pedagogical platform• Organization and responsibility

– topic– project

• Strategy– slow implementation– competence development

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Concrete proposals

• Strategic plans– University– National– European

• Competence development– Courses– Workshops, discussions; 23 things

• Just in time, just in place

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Thank you!