Reengineering Information Skills: Librarians' Progression Towards Collaborative Learning

Abstract

The Liaison Librarians at the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering (DHPSE) Library at The University of Queensland (UQ) have a long and established history of delivering information skills to first year engineering students. This year saw the librarians use The University of Queensland's Collaborative Learning Centre (CLC) for the first time. Previously it had been problematic to engage and involve the large numbers of students enrolled in the course. The use of the CLC was seen as an opportunity to accommodate and deliver to students in a new and different way. Students were able to participate in hands on activities which had not been possible in previous years. As the first librarians at UQ to utilise the centre, this initiated the emergence of original techniques to engage students in information skills. The CLC is a state-of-the-art facility which provides an online collaborative learning environment. The delivery of the session in this environment allowed the Librarians to make use of an array of learning technologies that engaged the students and provided for different learning styles. The facilities provided encourage individual and group activity using computers, document cameras, pod mode learning and verbal interaction. The pod mode activities were shared with the entire room through the projection facilities. The information skills session conducted in this interactive and collaborative learning environment was beneficial to trainers and students alike. The evolving nature of the information skills component of the course and the impact of the CLC, and future developments will be discussed.

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