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Snapshots of the future: SirLearnaLot and SMILE

Snapshots of the future: SirLearnaLot and SMILE. Debbi Boden & Ruth Stubbings. issues possible answers SirLearnaLot SMILE. Content. Information Overload by David Joyce http://www.flickr.com/photos/deapeajay/1928521563/. Issues - Teaching. no longer just stamp books

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Snapshots of the future: SirLearnaLot and SMILE

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  1. Snapshots of the future:SirLearnaLot and SMILE Debbi Boden & Ruth Stubbings

  2. issues possible answers SirLearnaLot SMILE Content Information Overload by David Joycehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/deapeajay/1928521563/

  3. Issues - Teaching • no longer just stamp books • teaching students how to find and use information • not taught this on formal library courses I’ll give you a stamp by Tina aka mamabrarian http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamabrarian/1072049464/

  4. Answer - SirLearnaLot • funded by HEA ICS • several partners • aim • content • progress Taymouth Castle 8 ChineseDrawing Room Ceiling (Scottish Knight) by abernmf http://www.flickr.com/photos/abernmf/2245878543/

  5. SirLearnaLot

  6. Issues - Students • academic / employability skills • widening participation • varied skills • Google • Info lit not a separate skill – is integral to all skills Tired by Ana mc http://www.flickr.com/photos/srevenge/2243018516/

  7. ‘the idea of an essay having an introduction, a body and a conclusion should be very familiar to a student who's been through A levels and been accepted into a university. In practice, the essay-writing skills I teach are very rarely revision …basic academic skills are not being covered at A level at all, and students are coming straight to us with no idea of how to write academically - or indeed how to write at all.’ Anon. ‘The kids aren't all write: functionally illiterate and frankly not bothered’. The Times Higher. 21 February 2008 .

  8. Answer - SMILE • funded by JISC • several partners • aim • content • progress Smile Cat. loststbernardpets.org

  9. What next? SMILE!

  10. SMILE!

  11. References • www.rd.com • www.smile-video.com • www.cookiepots.com • iew.wordpress.com • www.zedge.net • www.myspace.com • grandworldinc.en.alibaba.com • www.ahajokes.com • members.virtualtourist.com

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