Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

The event held on 25 July 2013, at Manchester Metropolitan University, incorporated a mix of formats, including practical insights and teaching tips, and more reflective considerations of the role and impact of teaching librarians, through paper presentations and lightning talks.

Emma Coonan, Information Skills Librarian at University of East Anglia, put together the full proceedings from the event and created a paper to illustrate the key findings of the day.  Emma describes the papers in the collection as "not only exploring technological developments: they also consider too the institutional culture shifts demanded by the disruptive technology of discovery systems (Pattern); how our presentations can be made more relevant and engaging (Jenkins, Leonard); and how to align the way we present information systems with students’ widely varying subject needs (Buchanan). They explored how to design activities that enable students to relate their prior experience to new knowledge (Edwards and Hill’s two contributions); how to help build students’ confidence and self-belief (Johnston and Walton); and how to interweave threshold concepts about academic practices into practical information skills support (Coonan)."