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Defining excellence in learning resource provision:. from peer review to quality toolkit. Dr Andrew Eynon Library Resource Manager, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru. From standards to self-evaluation. From Guidelines to peer review. Format. Quality Indicators Key Prompts Examples of Evidence
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Defining excellence in learning resource provision: from peer review to quality toolkit Dr Andrew Eynon Library Resource Manager, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru
Format • Quality Indicators • Key Prompts • Examples of Evidence • Performance Indicators • Grade Illustrations
Benefits • Judge quality of performance against a common set of criteria • Identify patterns of service strength and weakness • Highlight best practice • Develop service improvement action plans
The future • Peer Review scheme • Welsh toolkit 2nd edition • Scottish toolkit 2nd edition
Toolkit for England • Meeting between CoFHE/CILIP, QIA and Ofsted May 2007 • CoFHE to develop a toolkit in conjunction with CoLRiC
Toolkit for England - contents • Rationale • How to use the toolkit • Vision • 5 KQs
Rationale • Need for detailed evaluation of LRSs • Need for guidance for practitioners • Need for guidelines for college managers • Follow model of best practice in Scotland and Wales
Vision • Need to highlight vital role of the LRS in teaching and learning • How LRSs can meet evolving student needs • How LRSs can and are adopting new technologies • How LRSs improve the student experience • How LRCs need to meet changing patterns of use
Key Questions • How well to learners achieve? • Does the service provide effective support to teaching, training and learning? • How well do programmes and activities meet the needs and interests of learners? • How effectively are learners guided and supported? • How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?
Key Question coverage • KQ1 – overarching question • KQ2 – academic liaison, use of ICT, reader development, information literacy • KQ3 – personalised learning, partnerships • KQ4 – Accessibility, induction, LRS support • KQ5 –staffing, quality, management & leadership
Structure • Quality indicator and key prompt • Who responsible • Performance indicators • CoFHE guidelines • CoLRiC Peer Accreditation Scheme • Toolkit • Evidence
Grade illustrations • Indicative – what a grade 1 institution might look like • Real world examples • Examples for all 4 grades
Working Party • Steve Cropper (Wirral Metropolitan College) • Alex Talbot (Newcastle College) • Kate Gardner (Worcester College of Technology) • Lee Bryant (City of Bristol College) • Chrissie Turkington (JISC RSC North West) • Nicola Scott (Hackney Community College) • Jim Temple (North Trafford College) • Andrew Eynon (Coleg Llandrillo Cymru)
What next? • Toolkit to be published in hardcopy • Linked to CEL/QIA website as a model of best practice • Support material on CoFHE website • Hands on sessions using toolkit
FAQs E-mail: a.eynon@llandrillo.ac.uk Blog: http://andrewey.wordpress.com Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/AndrewEynon