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The Springboard Project

The Springboard Project. Bolton sixth form college. Welcome. Introduction Purpose of the session The Springboard Project (SBP) Q & A. What is the SBP?. Bolton Sixth Form College’s Information Literacy S kills programme

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The Springboard Project

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  1. The SpringboardProject Bolton sixth form college

  2. Welcome Introduction Purpose of the session The Springboard Project (SBP) Q & A

  3. What is the SBP? Bolton Sixth Form College’s InformationLiteracy Skills programme An initiative put together by the LRC team to re-introduce information literacy skills into the curriculum It’s all about getting back to basics It offers a solid foundation to help students in HE or employment

  4. What does it involve? (In it’s entirety) It consists of 4, 1 hour interactive workshops; Sprint, Leap, Soar and Present It starts at the very beginning of the learner journey with an assignment/project/coursework It works through it applying information literacy principles until the end result is a succinct academic report of high quality

  5. Why we have the SBP? There are 4 main reasons why the SBP was devised

  6. Why we have the SBP • The SBP is fully inclusive – it’s been designed for learners at Entry level to Level 3 • It caters for all types of learning styles; • Its also for anyone who wants to improve their learning strategies

  7. What does it promote? Better working relationships with subject staff and SMT Independent learning An information literate student population The LRC staff skills set The LRC and its resources Higher level skills for life

  8. Aims and Objectives OBJECTIVES (Students) Know when and why information is needed Know where to find it and evaluate it Know how to use the information and communicate it in an ethical, academic manner To use and understand that different resources impact on the quality of the end product AIMS (Staff) • Provide a range effective resources in different formats • Teach information handling skills • Equip students with the skills to become independent learners

  9. Incentives Lost identity Rebrand Updates Networking & sharing best practice Joining & attending focus groups Ofsted Impact

  10. Development • Research; • Eureka! The #Springboard Project… #Surviving the jump from school to sixth form then on to university or employment – the actions of a springboard leap; run (sprint), jump/bounce (leap), mid-air (soar) and land (present), hence the 4 workshops.

  11. Content • Before we deliver the workshops advice and guidance is offered on study skills • Students are given the opportunity to prepare to receive the new skills

  12. Content KEY:  Give information  Teach new skills Give instructions  Activity • Define the information problem  • Prompt students to think about what they already know  • Think about what information is required  • Break down the assignment brief  • Definitions game • Create shopping list  • Offer Research Skills 

  13. Activities

  14. Content KEY:  Give information  Teach new skills Give instructions  Activity • Plan where to gather information  • Think about what formats are available  • Triangulate findings  • Introduce paper-based and OLR  • Offer Searching the Internet Effectively skills  • Offer Citing, Referencing and Bibliography skills  • The use of ILT  • Think Before You Click activity 

  15. Activities

  16. Content KEY:  Give information  Teach new skills Give instructions  Activity • Bringing the information back to the assignment brief – does it meet the criteria?  • Assess and evaluate it – is it; Credible, Objective, Current and Accurate? Remember SQ3R!  • Highlight, make notes, form opinions and conclusions  • Consider interpretations and deduce facts  • Organise it in a way that relates back to the assignment criteria 

  17. Content KEY:  Give information  Teach new skills Give instructions  Activity • What to do with the newly acquired information and knowledge  • Teach Plagiarism Awareness Skills  • Teach Academic Writing Skills  • Teach the use of ILT/AV/Images/Data in presenting academic reports 

  18. Post-It!

  19. Evaluation & Improvements Improvements Additional Survey Monkey Ask students what they thought could be improved Additional marketing of the workshops More staff training Evaluation • Feedback – Post-It notes • Overall feedback was that the sessions were excellent the appropriate content • The impact speaks for itself…

  20. Impact 50% increase in resources circulation JISC Collections – E-books for FE league table increase; from 36th to 1st! Deliver further sessions to L3 students Deliver LRC induction Deliver non-LRC related workshops Invited into the classroom to offer bite-sized workshops Referrals from teaching staff

  21. Q & A Thank you!

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