2. SADL Project Aims
To explore the role of Student Ambassadors for
Digital Literacy (SADL)
To explore how aspects of digital and
information literacy can be embedded into the
curriculum in two academic departments
To develop a set of resources on finding,
managing and evaluating information
To share best practice on embedding digital,
academic and information literacies into the
curriculum
6. Thank you
Find out more at http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsesadl/
SADL Resources
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsesadl/resources/
@LSESADL
Ellen Wilkinson e.wilkinson@lse.ac.uk @elleneka102
Notas del editor
LSE situation – lots of Masters not so many UGs
Starting to focus on UG support as they don’t come to library training sessions – only masters
Looking at what we offer and new ways to support them
Recruitment– looking for 10 students from each department
Created a person spec and students had to apply
Student Union support
‘Shout outs’ in class
Email / Moodle / Twitter
Statement on HEAR record
Amazon vouchers – attendance at workshop and participation in additional activities e.g. Candi, HEA events
Got 20 students. Range of years
In the first workshop we gave the students 3 definitions for Digital Literacy and asked them to choose one.
“the ‘savvyness’ that allows young people to participate meaningfully and safely as digital technology becomes ever more pervasive in society.” (Future lab)
“those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society.” (JISC)
“the skills, knowledge and understanding that underpin our ability to learn, undertake research and to teach in a digital age.” (LSE definition)
Pre project questionnaire using Google form on current research practices. Intend to carry out another post-project to measure impact
Workshops – when signed up students expected to attend all 4
Workshop 1 – Searching for Information
Workshop 2 – Reading and writing in your discipline
Workshop 3 – Managing and sharing information
Workshop 4 – Digital Footprint
Originally thought of focus groups but changed into workshops. We asked students about their current behaviour and ideas about these 4 things and the tools they used. Always had “quick win” – tools or ways to use them to get the most out of them
Blog - dissemination
Wanted to show you some of the work the students had done - we asked them “How do you keep up to date…”
Range of different software used – other posters with further tools
Students shared with us and each other – asked about tools they didn’t know about and were interested in trying these out.
Used a lot of flipboard paper and post-its – more engagement than with digital things like Padlet!
Student Ambassador for Digital Literacy role – clear expectations
Students not sure what to do and how to do it – some came up with ways e.g. had study group and shared info there, others mentioned it when it came up in the social policy group study room
But students don’t discuss these things down the pubs – perhaps this is just librarians!
Platform for students to share ideas?
Expected greater engagement with the blog
Exploring alternatives – Facebook Group, Moodle, Padlet
Increase publicity outside project to academic departments and other students to gain momentum
The ambassadors wanted this
Advertise to peers that help is available from the ambassadors
Students are so enthusiastic. No drop-off in attendance. Very engaged in workshops, want to be ambassadors just need some help and guidance, some interested in running workshops themselves. CANDI and HEA