Apr
07
2010
The Scottish Information Literacy Project comes to a close at Glasgow Caledonian University after five very successful years, having worked in partnership with cross sector partners in secondary and tertiary education, the world of work and the wider community, relevant non governmental agencies such as Learning and Teaching Scotland, the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, Scottish [...]
Apr
06
2010
This years LILAC took place in Limerick with both John Crawford and myself presenting the last of the Scottish Information Literacy Projects which appropriately dealt with: Begin at the Beginning: Information and Critical Literacy in Curriculum for Excellence Early & First Level (Nursery and Primary Schools) (powerpoint presentation) Begin at the beginning – Information Literacy in primary [...]
Apr
06
2010
I have recently been reading Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies to Improve Student learning edited by Douglas Cook and Ryan L. Sittler and wanted to share a few of my thoughts about it. I was attracted to this book as I feel that it is important for librarians and information professionals to [...]