University of Limerick Library supports first year student transition

What do we know about student engagement & success?

Student need to know expectations

Support FeedbackSocially &

Academically Engaged

‘Making the Leap’ – The UL Context

LibraryMichael Smalle

Student Affairs

Sarah Gibbons

Teaching & Learning

David Maloney

Irish Survey of Student Engagement

Peer Advisors

Timely & Relevant Advice from your Peers

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4 Week 5 TotalCatalogue Queries 225 263 117 110 100 Directional query (internal) 296 283 199 170 153 Printers 152 287 258 197 154

Computer/Email account setup 175 220 104 52 47 Other 81 38 23 20 23 Self Issue machines 94 94 54 64 54 Directional query (external) 128 117 80 81 76 Referred to Info Desk 88 96 100 81 77

Other (specify in notes section) 77 149 46 22 21 Referred to ITD 215 50 46 27 24 Module Registration (SULIS) 89 15 0 0 0 Access Gates-problem card 19 0 1 0 0 Access Gates- General 24 2 0 0 0 Access Gates-disability query 15 0 0 0 0 Total queries 1678 1614 1028 846 729 5895

Total queries 1384 1068 724 446 294 4242

2015 Stats for the first 5 weeks

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Promoting the Role of 1st Year Librarian for Student Engagement & Success

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A MOOC which supports students in the transition from 2nd to 3rd level education in Ireland

The Learning Journey MOOC is a project supported by the National Forum for Teaching and Learning Building Digital Capacity fund. It is a collaborative project involving Sligo Institute of Technology, Galway-Mayo IT, Limerick IT, Mary Immaculate College , University of Limerick, Letterkenny IT and The National University of Ireland Galway. The focus of this project is to create a MOOC that will help students in transiting from 2nd to 3rd level education.

What is a MOOC? A MOOC can be described as 'A course of study made available over the Internet which is free, and is open meaning it has no participant limits, anyone who decides to take a MOOC just logs into the course and begins'.

Teachers and Students, we want you to get involved!The Learning Journey MOOC is still in development but we want you to get on-board, after all this MOOC is being developed with you in mind. Use the MOOC in the classroom or self directed and give us your feedback.