oers at skills@library
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Skills@Library supports student academic skills
development
Leeds Uni:9 Faculties7,000 staff
30,000 students
The Leeds Curriculum
embeds core skills and
research based learning
Academic Skills Strategy
Embedding skills in the curriculum
Blended learning
approach
Leeds for LifeEmployability
strategy
Finding and evaluating
information
Critical thinking
Reading and note-taking
Academic writing
Referencing & academic
integrity
Presentation Skills
Preparing for examinations
Maths
Skills@Library Academic Skills
Working with staff to embed skills in
the curriculum
Design & teach skills sessions
with academics
Enabling students to develop their
own skills
workshops one to one support
online resources
Us going to them Them coming to us
Working with staff to embed skills in
the curriculum
Provide ONLINE options for
embedded skills sessions
SHARE teaching materials for others to use
Enabling students to
develop their own skills
workshops one to
one support
online resources
Them coming to us
Us going to them
Today’s session
• highlights the role of OERs in supporting these two aims
SHARE teaching materials for others to use
Provide ONLINE options for embedded
skills sessions
Sharing our teaching materials
Skills@Library Lecturer webpages
Complete workshops – powerpoints, lesson plans,
activities
A collection of academic skills
teaching materials
Individual activities – face to face or online
All freely available to use or adapt as needed
Explore
• Are there any new areas you want to teach in the future or sessions you want to re-design?
• Could you use or reuse this sort of materials?
http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-lecturers
Promoting blended learning
Provide and use ONLINE options for
embedded skills sessions
Leeds Institutional OER Policy
“the University encourages staff and students to use, create and publish OERs to enhance the quality of the student experience, provided that resources used are fit-for-purpose and relevant”
http://ses.leeds.ac.uk/download/96/open_educational_resources
Policy outline
1. Staff are encouraged to use OER in student education. 2. Staff are encouraged to produce and release OER into
the community. 3. Recommends use of Creative Commons licences. 4. Staff should ensure all materials are copyright
compliant.5. Recommends use of JORUM.6. Students can be consumers and producers of OER.
Leeds JORUM
How can Online OERs help with Embedded Skills Development?
Staff signpost students by embedding
tutorials in VLE module areas
Students can use tutorials
prior to or as a follow-up to face-to-face
teaching
Library staff can focus face-to-face teaching
time on trickier skills / concepts
Promoting OERs to academic staff: VLE front page flyer
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/vle/staff/build/skills/
Academic Staff Feedback
“Excellent, lots of good ideas/materials to support development of research skills…Can see ways this material can be integrated into existing modules through level 1 – 2.”
“I am amazed at the resources that are available to be used for teaching and supporting students...I will definitely use materials for referencing and writing skills, especially the face-to-face ones.”
“There is a really good range of resources available that could be useful for lecturers looking for ideas in how to get started in teaching a topic. Potentially saving time in developing their own resources.”
Student FeedbackUndergraduate and taught postgraduate students were asked to try a tutorial (outside of a teaching session):
• 98% said tutorials were easy to navigate• 88% said the level was about right• 79% said that it improved their understanding greatly or quite a lot• 92% would recommend the tutorial to a friend
“Easy to use and vital to completing assignments”
“I found it helpful in gaining a further understanding in the subject area”
“It is easy to understand and apply to your own work”
“i have it bookmarked on my laptop so i can keep referring back to it.”
“Useful if you don't know much about it, too basic if you do though.”
Discuss
• Are there e-learning resources in JORUM you could reuse? Have you tried to already?
• What are the barriers and benefits to doing this?
http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-online-tutorials
Future Plans• Move Lecturer webpage content to JORUM• Desktop capture for short videos and demos (may replace full tutorials?)
So that we reach more
students
By making e-resources
easily reused
By sharing teaching resources
widely
To embed academic
skills in the curriculum
OERs support Skills@Library’s work with academic staff
