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London 2011P R E – C O N F E R E N C E W O R K S H O P
22nd Century Librarians and the death of
information skillsAndy Jackson
Learning & Teaching LibrarianUniversity of Dundee
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This workshop…• …Is the sequel to a workshop at LILAC 2010
– ‘Just enough education to perform : information skills, professionalism and employability’
• …Is intended to stimulate discussion & debate
About meAndy JacksonLearning & Teaching Librarian at Dundee University
Interested in information skills, employability & graduate attributes
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Outcomes from this workshop…• An opportunity to reflect on our own jobs and roles
• A grounding in the issues surrounding graduate skills and graduate attributes
• An understanding of the changing relationship between you and your learners
• Some ideas for potential staff development in your own institutions and libraries
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This workshop will cover…• Activity One : the ideal graduate
– Key information skills– Personal attributes
• The 21st Century Graduate– Quality enhancements– Graduate attributes and the new technologies– 22nd Century Librarians
• Activity Two : Learning behaviour and the new technologies– Challenges of the 21st Century Graduate– What would help us meet these challenges?
• Discussion, potential developments, questions, comments, suggestions…
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Activity One• What makes a good graduate?
• Consider the learners in your own organisation
– In pairs or groups of three, consider the following :-• What are the most important INFORMATION SKILLS
you feel they should have when they graduate (suggest two)?
• What PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES would you like your students to have when they graduate (suggest two)?
– You have 5 minutes to complete this activity• Be prepared to feed back at the end, either in
person…
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OK, time’s up!
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Activity One - feedback• Personal attributes and information skills
– Can we agree on what information skills are the most important to a graduate?
– Can we identify a set of ‘professional’ attributes, (values, attitudes, behaviours) which we think will be valuable to a graduate?
• New graduates are likely to be:-– Working towards a different kind of learning
outcome – Using technologies and learning styles we haven’t
yet fully embraced in Libraries
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‘Graduate Attributes’ – the new learning outcomes?
Graduate SkillsCan include:-• IT skills• Literacy skills• Numeracy skills• Information skills• Oral communication skills• Independent learning skills• Time management
Graduate AttributesCan include:-• Imagination & creativity• Intellectual curiosity• Ethical behaviour• Commitment to social justice• Understanding of diversity• Global & environmental
responsibility
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Graduate Attributes• Strong connection with HE’s current focus on
employability and professionalism• Quality Assurance initiatives are driving this
debate (via the QAA in the UK)
– Institutional Audit/Institutional Review (England/Wales/N Ireland)
– ELIR (Scotland)
• Enhancement Theme - ‘Graduates for the 21st Century’
• Information literacy widely accepted as one of the key graduate attributes in HE
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Challenges posed by pursuit of ‘Graduate Attributes’
• They are not merely ‘skills’…
– …although we still need to teach the ‘skills’
• We may be required to engage much more with pedagogy and the practice of teaching
• We may be required to possess and display the attributes we are aiming to develop
Imagination & creativityIntellectual curiosity
Ethical behaviourCommitment to social justice
Understanding of diversityGlobal & environmental
responsibility
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How might learning be different in the future?• 22 trends in educational
technology, eLearning & distance learning
From NMC’s Horizon Report 2009
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Horizon Report• Annual horizon-scanning paper produced by
the New Media Consortium (NMC)• 2011 report lists six ‘technologies to watch’
– Electronic books (yes, really!)
– Mobile computing– Augmented reality– Game-based learning– Gesture-based computing– Learning analytics
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Challenges posed by these ‘imminent technologies’
• Predicting how they will affect education
• Predicting how they will affect our Libraries
• Aligning our organisations to meet the new pedagogies these innovations will demand
• Aligning these new technologies with the pursuit of Graduate Skills
• Developing our own professional & personal skills in order to engage effectively with these technologies
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The Big Question• If we are in danger of being
overtaken by both the pedagogy and the technology…
…Is the concept of ‘information skills’ living on borrowed time?
• Is it too early to start thinking about the role of the 22nd
Century Librarian?http://coolhqpix.blogspot.com/2010/12/most-unique-helmet-shape.html
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Activity Two• Consider your current activities related to
information skills teaching• You will work on one of two topics :-
– The challenges of learners and learning behaviour
– The challenges of current and emerging technologies
– What would help you address these challenges?
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Activity Two – Group One• Consider your current activities related to
information skills teaching– Working in groups of four to five, discuss :-
• What things do you find challenging about the way your students behave as learners?
• What things do you think your learners find challenging about information skills?
• What would help you address these challenges?
– You have 15 minutes to complete this activity• Be prepared to feed back at the end
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Activity Two – Group Two• Consider your current activities related to
information skills teaching– Working in groups of four to five, discuss :-
• What things do you find challenging about the technologies that your learners use?
• What do you think your learners find challenging about using your Library and its resources?
• What would help you address these challenges?
– You have 15 minutes to complete this activity• Be prepared to feed back at the end
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OK, time’s up!
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Activity Two - feedback• Discussion questions:-
– Do you feel you are keeping up with changes to technology?
• If so, what or who helps you to keep up?
– Do you feel you are keeping up with the preferences and expectations of your learners?
• Again, what or who helps with this?
– Are you sufficiently skilled for working towards the development of graduate attributes?
• If not, how can you rectify this?
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Closing thoughts• Rumours of the death of information
skills have been wildly exaggerated
– “Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession” (Horizon Report 2011)
• Information Skills practitioners must therefore engage as far as possible with evolving technologies and pedagogies
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Thanks for participating!
[email protected] Jackson
Learning & Teaching LibrarianUniversity of Dundee
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