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CoFHE Workshop December 2008 Jackie O’Brien

CoFHE Workshop December 2008 Jackie O’Brien. Question 2 from the FE toolkit. Does the service provide effective support to teaching and learning?. How has this been possible at Kidderminster College’s LRC?. INNOVATIVE LRC MANAGER Jill Edwards decided about five years ago

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CoFHE Workshop December 2008 Jackie O’Brien

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  1. CoFHE Workshop December 2008 Jackie O’Brien

  2. Question 2 from the FE toolkit Does the service provide effective support to teaching and learning?

  3. How has this been possible at Kidderminster College’s LRC? INNOVATIVE LRC MANAGER Jill Edwards decided about five years ago that Kidderminster College needed a Learning Resource Facilitator.

  4. HOW DOES IT WORK? • The Learning Facilitator is:- • Very proactive – to the point of being annoying • Very enthusiastic - to the point of being annoying • Very keen and excited about i-skills – to the point of being annoying • Word of mouth – very chatty – to the point of being annoying

  5. WHAT HAPPENS TO A NEW STUDENT WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT KIDDERMINSTER COLLEGE’S LRC? • Induction which is subject specific based on the Cephalonian method • During first half term they have an i-skills session • During their course they have assignment workshops

  6. LRC INDUCTION QUESTIONS If I popped to McDonald’s at lunchtime can I eat my Big Mac and diet coke in the LRC? If I dropped my memory stick into my bubble bath could I buy a new one from the LRC?

  7. i-skills • How to tackle an assignment • Information sources • Skimming, Scanning and Summarising • Bibliographies • Referencing • Plagiarism

  8. ASSIGNMENT WORKSHOPS • Booked by a tutor after a consultation • LRF has a copy of the assignment • Last 1-3 hours • Offered to all curriculum areas

  9. SUCCESSFUL ??? I am very busy - 27% increase in Workshops this year so far Independent Learners Happy tutors Happy LRC staff

  10. SUCCESSFUL ??? I am very busy - 27% increase in Workshops this year so far Happy Independent Learners Happy tutors Happy LRC staff

  11. The Future • Introduce IOLP into the curriculum • Tackling reluctant tutors • Develop my teaching skills • Develop independent learning

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