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Developing Learning Environments Concerns, considerations and concrete proposals. Anne Börjesson Åsa Forsberg Lund University Libraries Head Office. Lund University Libraries. A decentralised network of 34 subject oriented departmental, faculty and centre libraries The Library Head Office
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Developing Learning EnvironmentsConcerns, considerations and concrete proposals Anne Börjesson Åsa Forsberg Lund University Libraries Head Office
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
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
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
OERs within four topics • search method • source evaluation • academic writing • citing • referencing • academic conduct • plagiarism
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
A variety of techniques and formats web page, pdf, mp3 and film ...
A variety of techniques and formats Screen recordings, multislide presentations and quizzes ...
Information literacy is never an isolated, stand-alone skill
Implementation • Workshop with the network librarians • Best practices • Blog
Implementation • Workshop for teachers at NU2008 • IL integrerated in subject studies • Learning resources percieved as useful • In subject teaching • In competence development for teachers
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
Considerations • Acceptance of common pedagogical platform • Organization and responsibility • topic • project • Strategy • slow implementation • competence development
Concrete proposals • Strategic plans • University • National • European • Competence development • Courses • Workshops, discussions; 23 things • Just in time, just in place