Wednesday
Aug192009
Scottish Information Literacy Project's Third Open Meeting
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 9:35AM
The third Scottish Information Literacy Project Open Meeting will take place on Wednesday 16th September between 10.0am and 4.15 pm at Glasgow Caledonian University. It is a free event to encourage maximum participation. The programme is enclosed below.
As with last year’s event there will be a strong focus on partnership involvement with presentations by Project partners and supporters. This year’s theme is Information literacy within the wider skills agenda as defined by Government policy as the Project has been successful in locating information literacy within this agenda. Professor David Smith, the co-director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, has agreed to deliver a keynote reviewing the educational policy background to developments in information literacy.
To reserve a place email us as below listing: name, job title, email address and indicating any specific dietary and/or disability requirements by Friday 4th September.
Best wishes
Dr. John Crawford, Christine Irving
Library Research Officer, Researcher / Project Officer
Milton Street Building Milton Street Building
MS004, (ground floor) MS005, (ground floor)
Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University
Cowcaddens Road Cowcaddens Road
Glasgow, G4 0BA Glasgow, G4 0BA
Tel: 0141-273 -1248 Tel: 0141-273 -1249
Email jcr@gcal.ac.uk Email christine.irving@gcal.ac.uk
Project website www.caledonian.ac.uk/ils/
Project blog /information-literacy
9.30 – 10.00 - Registration and coffee/tea
10.00- 10.10 – Welcome and overview. Dr John Crawford, Director, Scottish Information Literacy Project
10.10-10.55 – Keynote. Information literacy and the knowledge society: implications for higher education. Professor David Smith, Co-director, Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning
10.55 -11.05 Comfort break
11.05-11.50 – Project overview and update. John Crawford
11.50- 12.30 - The Scottish Government’s information literacy strategy and the launch of the Information Literacy Community of practice website. Lesley Thompson, Knowledge Management Officer, Scottish Centre for Regeneration and Jenny Foreman, Information Literacy Librarian, Scottish Government
12.30- 13.30 – Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 – Restructuring the Scottish Information Literacy Framework. Christine Irving, Project Officer, Scottish Information Literacy Project
14.15 -15.00 – Learning Literacies for the Digital Age, a JISC funded study (LLiDA). Lou McGill- eLearning and Information Management Consultant
15.00 – 15.20 Afternoon tea
15.20 – 16.05 – Connections between Information Literacy Skills and wider skills: The Future Skills Project. Ian McCracken, Learning Resources Manager, Govan High School.
16.05- 16.15 – Summary and close
Most presentations to run for 45 minutes including time for questions
As with last year’s event there will be a strong focus on partnership involvement with presentations by Project partners and supporters. This year’s theme is Information literacy within the wider skills agenda as defined by Government policy as the Project has been successful in locating information literacy within this agenda. Professor David Smith, the co-director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, has agreed to deliver a keynote reviewing the educational policy background to developments in information literacy.
To reserve a place email us as below listing: name, job title, email address and indicating any specific dietary and/or disability requirements by Friday 4th September.
Best wishes
Dr. John Crawford, Christine Irving
Library Research Officer, Researcher / Project Officer
Milton Street Building Milton Street Building
MS004, (ground floor) MS005, (ground floor)
Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University
Cowcaddens Road Cowcaddens Road
Glasgow, G4 0BA Glasgow, G4 0BA
Tel: 0141-273 -1248 Tel: 0141-273 -1249
Email jcr@gcal.ac.uk Email christine.irving@gcal.ac.uk
Project website www.caledonian.ac.uk/ils/
Project blog /information-literacy
Scottish Information Literacy Project Third Open Meeting – Wednesday 16th September 2009
Information literacy and the skills agenda: a day devoted to linking information literacy with skills strategies at all levels
Glasgow Caledonian University, Hamish Wood Building W115
Programme
9.30 – 10.00 - Registration and coffee/tea
10.00- 10.10 – Welcome and overview. Dr John Crawford, Director, Scottish Information Literacy Project
10.10-10.55 – Keynote. Information literacy and the knowledge society: implications for higher education. Professor David Smith, Co-director, Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning
10.55 -11.05 Comfort break
11.05-11.50 – Project overview and update. John Crawford
11.50- 12.30 - The Scottish Government’s information literacy strategy and the launch of the Information Literacy Community of practice website. Lesley Thompson, Knowledge Management Officer, Scottish Centre for Regeneration and Jenny Foreman, Information Literacy Librarian, Scottish Government
12.30- 13.30 – Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 – Restructuring the Scottish Information Literacy Framework. Christine Irving, Project Officer, Scottish Information Literacy Project
14.15 -15.00 – Learning Literacies for the Digital Age, a JISC funded study (LLiDA). Lou McGill- eLearning and Information Management Consultant
15.00 – 15.20 Afternoon tea
15.20 – 16.05 – Connections between Information Literacy Skills and wider skills: The Future Skills Project. Ian McCracken, Learning Resources Manager, Govan High School.
16.05- 16.15 – Summary and close
Most presentations to run for 45 minutes including time for questions
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