ACIL Meeting Minutes - 25th September 2003
SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information Literacy
Thursday 25th September 2003
Meeting No 5
UNCONFIRMED
MEETING NOTES AND ACTION POINTS
Present:
Hilary Johnson (Chair); Janet Peters, Helen Hathaway, Martin Jenkins, Wendy
White, Deborah Bragan Turner, Liz Hart, Peter Godwin
Apologies: Jo Parker, Stephen Town
1 Notes / Action
Notes of Previous Meeting:
Matters of accuracy noted: TLIG not TTLIG; 1.4 “to forward email exchange”
Outstanding action points:
Notes
Additional:
Agreed: Draft Minutes from ACIL to SCONUL website within 2 weeks.
Bulletpoints to SCONUL Executive by 2nd October
By Whom: LH Action No.: 05/01
2 Matters arising
IFLA debate was noted and is ongoing. There are flaws in the
certificate idea worldwide by it would be useful to pursue to assist in collaboration
and co-operation. A key Issue might be that the certificate would be diluted
to such a degree that its use would be limited. Establishing a common framework
with certification at various levels to which individual centres could add their
local requirements would be a possible way forward. Another approach would be
to consider using common learning outcomes.
UCISA joint event (DBT/WW). Venue evaluated and approved with
a ceiling of 100 participants. Speakers are: Jane Core, Diane Laurillard, Les
Watson, Patty Wiles and Michele Shoebridge. Jane Core to undertake summary for
the day including feedback for Diane Laurillard to take back to the e-learning
discussions. WW liaising on the website link and registration. Price will be
£80 for the event including lunch. Issue of shared costs and profit/s
was not yet resolved between ACIL/UCISA. The event is intended to make a surplus
with an administration cost of £10. JaP to discuss issue with Executive
Secretary of UCISA.
By Whom: JaP (to replace 04/04) Action No.: 05/02
NFIL (HH). HH circulated a document for approval and comment. Various documents were suggested to be added as a temporary measure until webpages are fully available. HH to progress to completion. Committee thanked HH for her work on this issue.
JISC Seminar. Report from WW. Attendance was balanced and
those with IL knowledge were present in numbers. Diane Laurillard emphasised
the importance of IL, quoting work from MOSAIC. Main questions raised were:
What is e-learning? If its important, what shall we do about it? Conclusion
that Information Literacy more important however the summary of the day was
somewhat rushed. Both DfES and HEFCE would receive feedback for their e-learning
documents. Emma Place, ILRT Bristol, also mentioned interest in working with
ACIL. To invite her to a meeting.
By Whom: LH / HJ Action No.: 05/03
Noted: SCONUL Informal Guidance to Advisory Committees. ACIL
has a new email list managed by SCONUL. HJ proposed the use of the mailing list
asap for internal communications. Agreed that archives would be open. LH to
progress.
By Whom: LH / HJ Action No.: 05/04
Noted: Information and IT Literacy (Facet Publishing 2003) publication
Additional item: “Customised” MOSAIC Project:
JaP update. Reading material recently received following non-disclosure agreement.
Pilot progressing with various groups including a Nottingham physiotherapy students,
non-academic staff in Business School, small group of Library Assistants in
semester 2. Reading has customised local pages and delivery to continuing education
students (as 10 credits) and self select students via the Study Advisers. Southampton
commencement slightly delayed. Evaluation for this work is still not finished.
JaP to progress as possible funding source. In the event EduSERV are unable
to progress then alternative funding needs to be considered. The amount of work
involved is likely to be small in this instance so potential to outsource if
appropriate funding support available (perhaps from SCONUL thought acknowledged
that this is limited). Committee agreed that the overall initiative required
a name. Suggestion was “MOSAIC PLUS”.
By Whom: JaPAction No.: 05/05
3 Learning Outcomes: Discussion led by JaP
Objectives of discussion:
- To further discuss input into Learning and Teaching strategies and whether any included learning outcomes for IL
- Examples of good practice (to be built on in future)
- Guidelines on how learning outcomes are created leading to a briefing paper suggesting how this should be undertaken, with examples of current practice
Examples were distributed and discussion ensued
Agreed to pursue briefing paper perhaps jointly with LTSN (Kathy Wiles)
By Whom: HJAction No.: 05/06
LTSN could provide overview and then ACIL provide more specific content and therefore promote discussion nationally and locally. Perhaps with a particular slant towards new information environment (VLE’s / digital environment).
Each institution to write a short commentary on examples perhaps with more representation from outside the Committee.
Specific institutions to be contacted for case studies of different practice (as opposed to “best” practice)
Context:
- electronic environment
- Learning outcomes and their position / relevance in the sector
By Whom: JaP / LH / Working group on email led by WW Action No.: 05/07
4 Development of role of ACIL to encompass learning and teaching
Follow on from previous discussion at last meeting where Jane Core and Kathy
Wiles attended.
Context:
- encouragement by JC/KW
- SCONUL issues around e-pedagogy
- need to position SCONUL in context of e-learning agenda (DfES / HEFCE documents).
Discussion centred around current advisory committees:-
- Distance learning
- e-learning (work done by off shoot of Exec. Board)
- Disability
- Information literacy
- Quality Assurance
- Information Systems
Recommend to Executive the following:
- Reconsideration of learning and teaching overall framework
- Link to existing Committees and their agenda
- Extend the ACIL remit somewhat to include learning and e-learning as an embedded part of information literacy. Particularly to include an updated advocacy role in providing IL in HE and also the wider profession as sectors develop and change
- Potential to become slightly bigger in terms of size and change name to ACILL (Information Literacy and Learning)
Ways forward?
- LH to write a summary proposal
- HJ to approach chairs of Quality and Information Systems, also Toby Bainton and Andrew Green
By Whom: LH / HJ Action No.: 05/08
5 DfES / HEFCE e-learning strategies
ACIL to draft a response. It would be useful to combine some of the institutional
responses with SCONUL response. There would need to be some mention of the SCONUL
response to UKeU bearing in mind the age of that document and that is aimed
primarily at distance learners.
HJ to produce comments on DfES document which will be circulated for next meeting.
By Whom: HJAction No.: 05/09
HEFCE e-learning document. LH to circulate comments from Staffordshire as a
starter for the Committee
By Whom: LH Action No.: 05/10
6 ACIL Action Plan 2003/2004
Committee decided to initially review the existing Action Plan. Noted on the
attached existing Action Plan 2002/2003
7 Any other business
JaP reported on a meeting with Angela Jones-Evans. North Wales (Bangor and related
institutions / sectors) bidding to ESRF on Information Literacy (as part of
Lifelong Learning). There will be co-ordination between the bids for South and
North Wales but these cannot be submitted jointly under ESRF role/s
8 Date of Next Meeting:
2004 dates agreed
Revised date of late 2003 is Thursday 13th November 2003. Location
to be agreed.
Updated November 2003 by Selena Lock S.A.Lock@Cranfield.ac.uk.