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Teaching Bites 2011

This September LIS presented a series of short, informal seminars on topics relevant to all teaching staff.  Whether you wanted to find out how to make your teaching materials more exciting, or see good practice examples of how information literacy has been embedded within certain subjects at Aston, the programme offered the chance to find out how LIS can support you in your teaching. 
 
 

Towards employable graduates: embedding Information Literacy


Examples of good practice in Information Literacy where it has been embedded into programmes/modules, and the benefits to graduates of having these lifelong skills. 

Wednesday 7th September

Georgina Hardy and
Lydia Matheson

Review Session 

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Evidence-Based Learning & Teaching

Literature searching, current awareness, social networking in the Learning & Teaching field.   

Wednesday 14th September

Nicola Dennis

Review Session 

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Jazzing up your Learning & Teaching materials


Advice on copyright for using pictures and YouTube videos in lectures/on Blackboard, as well as looking at some reusable learning objects from Open Educational Resources and Jorum.

Wednesday 21st September

Caroline Long

Review Session 

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