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Pedagogy for librarians – course places now available!

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Applications are now welcome for an exciting new “Pedagogy for librarians” residential course taking place in June 2015, with places heavily subsidised by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. What is it? An immersive and intensive five-day course, taking place from  June 1st to 5th, 2015 at Northern College (a former stately home, Wentworth Castle) in South Yorkshire. Applications are now […]

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CILIP debate and Reflective IL workshop: tickets still available

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Join us on Tuesday, 10th February at the Library of Birmingham, where the CILIP Information Literacy Group will be hosting the next CILIP Debate: ‘This house believes that the role of Librarian should be that of Teacher’. The debate will be chaired by Dr Jane Secker, and the debaters include: Darren Smart, Policy & Advocacy Officer, CILIP Public

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Free workshop on “Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme”

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a one-day event in London on developing a blended learning skills programme, and it’s free for IL Group members! Following an excellent event in Manchester, the Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme workshop is being repeated at CILIP in London. The event will be run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall

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Digital Literacy…where are we now? – Newcastle University, 20th February 2015

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Digital Literacy – librarians, staff and students – where are we now? Are we supporting our own and the digital literacy of users as technology and education moves forward apace?   In the morning, Charlie Inskip (Department of Information Studies, UCL) will give us  an overview on evolving digital literacy competencies, and Sally Patalong (Coventry University)

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Blended learning programme design workshop – 15/12/14

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Workshop: Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme Venue: Alan Gilbert Learning Commons, University of Manchester Date: Monday 15th December, 2014 This event was run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall from the University of Manchester Library, home of the award-winning My Learning Essentials programme. View the Storify from the day. We started with an overview

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Information Literacy Group endorses InformAll criteria

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group has formally endorsed the InformAll criteria to support development of information and data literacy teaching resources. The criteria, which are available in full and abbreviated versions, are aimed primarily at academic librarians but are useful for anyone developing teaching resources. They focus on relevance, learning outcomes and which aspects of information literacy are included

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Critical literacy for school librarians: 25th November (afternoon), Manchester Metropolitan University

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Sarah Mcnicol will be running a free, half day workshop, 1300-1600, at Manchester Metropolitan University, on critical literacy for school librarians. Critical literacy has been described as a ‘new basic’. It is a set of skills, dispositions and strategies intended to enable students “to challenge text and life as we know it” (McLaughlin & DeVoogd).

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Webinar: Developing Digital Literacy Skills

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Developing Digital Literacy Skills A webinar with Iain Baird, Academic Librarian at Teesside University Thursday, 20th November 2014, 5:00-6:00 pm Free! Places limited to 25 On 20th November, ARLG North-East is sponsoring a free webinar hosted by Iain, in which he will share his experiences of leading a change management project to develop CPD materials

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Free workshop on “Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme”

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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a free one-day event on developing a blended learning skills programme. The event will be run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall from the University of Manchester Library, home of the award-winning My Learning Essentials programme launched in September 2013. Workshop: Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme Venue:

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