A session given by Anna Seabourne and Anika Easy at the Student Education Conference “The Leeds Graduate - the distinctive journey”, The University of Leeds on Friday 9 January, Parallel Session 3, 14.10-14.40
Paper abstract:
Skills@Library provides a core programme of workshops on particular topics. Last year (2014) we ran two additional weeks of workshops targeting specific groups of students to provide dedicated help at key transition points: Experimental Week and Postgraduate Week. Sessions included: lunch-time referencing drop-in clinic located in the Library foyer; using Twitter to support academic learning; active writing sessions for postgraduate students during their dissertation-writing stage; drawing for review and learning at exam and project revision stages. This meant that practical support was available and tailored to students at times and places when they needed it, showing understanding of and empathy for the transitions within their University development.
This session gives a brief overview of the activities, highlighting what helped students (and ourselves) reach those ‘A-ha!’moments, and shows how the exercises can be replicated within modules or as additional sessions when required.
Transferability: The applications of these initiatives are University-wide.
Learning to Experiment – workshops and activities for key transition points
1. Learning to Experiment –
workshops and activities for key
transition points
Student Education Conference, University of Leeds
“The Leeds Graduate - the distinctive journey”
Friday 9 January, Parallel Session 3, 14.10-14.40
Anna Seabourne
Anika Easy
2. Draw or write
your ideas on
the coloured
sheets!
Experimental?
What does ‘experimental’
mean to you?
11. 2. Use Twitter as part of your learning network
Personal learning network
Ask questions and share
ideas with other students
Developing relationships
with other people
interested in your topic
Twitter webinar
