What has defined 2023 so far in schools? It has to be the advent of Chatbot GPT (OpenAI, 2023) the artificial intelligence (AI) programme that will write everything for you. Is this the kiss of death to essay composition? Will all teachers use it to save time thinking of pertinent phrases in student reports? Should […]
Watch out! The robots are coming to school – Sarah Pavey Read More »
Since ChatGPT, a chatbot based on an artificial intelligence large language model, was launched in November 2022, the academic world has been abuzz with speculation about what the availability of tools like this could mean for the future of education. ChatGPT makes it extremely simple to generate convincing responses to prompt questions – which raises
AI chat tools and information literacy – Laura Woods Read More »
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from the Information Literacy Group. We hope you have a wonderful break and we look forward to catching up in 2023, maybe at the LILAC Conference! The photo is from our December ILG and LILAC Committee meeting.
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from the Information Literacy Group! Read More »
Trigger Words: Mental Health, Anxiety, Shame Over the last few years, considerations of mental health and wellbeing have become particularly important within library work. In the UK, this focus is often driven by statistics that show the high proportion of young people who have a probable mental health problem (Young Minds, n.d.). More specifically, anxiety
Learning to be compliant: The role that fear plays within information literacy teaching Read More »
Now we are past the midpoint of the autumn term, and the initial rush of inductions and information literacy introductory classes that make up most of an academic librarian’s life at this time of year are starting to subside, it’s got me in a reflective mood. Due to some medical issues I was still working
The covid effect: how has the pandemic affected student behaviour? – Laura Woods Read More »
In case anyone reading lives a blissfully social-media-free life, TikTok is a social media app made up of short videos created by its users. It started out as mainly videos of things like dances, stunts, and pranks, but now has videos on pretty much everything under the sun. Like other social media, the content a person
October is Health literacy month1. Health literacy is one of the parts of the information literacy definition, and in recent years, it has become increasingly clear how important an understanding of health research and reporting is to all of us. The onus is not just on the consumer of the information to understand the message,
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The new academic year seems to come around more quickly each year, which is probably a sign of me aging! However, despite it being a busy time of year it’s also a good time to review what I have been up to as Chair of the Information Literacy Group over the past few months and
ILG Chair’s Update, Jane Secker Read More »
My name is Jo and I am new to the ILG, having been swooped on whilst attending LILAC at Easter. I think they were desperate! I am the Library manager – official, rather wordy, title is Team Leader for Learning Services (Resources) – at Truro and Penwith College in Cornwall, where I split my time
How can we improve our information literacy offerings in Further Education? Read More »
I’ve recently been reading about the concept of toxic positivity, which is the assumption that we should always maintain a happy and optimistic outlook on life (Goodman, 2022). Emerging from the idea that thinking and acting positively can improve mental health by grounding us or encouraging gratitude, positivity has been critiqued for becoming toxic when
