About
this Project
PoP-i
is a collaborative non-commercial venture between Imperial College London
and the City of Bradford Metroplitan District Council, Library Service
to develop an on-line learning programme for Information
Literacy aimed at public libraries based on the instructional design
principles created by ICL in their information literacy internal programme
(ILIP). Some of the challenges expected are: developing relevant content
for the public library sector; ensuring delivery is within an appropriate
learning environment; gaining significant buy-in from a group of staff
who are not familiar with e-learning. From a project management and
professional development perspective there is a percieved benefit in
the Higher Education sector working with colleagues from the Public
Library sector and vice-versa. This page sets out the project management
approach which is broadly in line with guidelines laid down by JISC
Virtual
Learning Environment
The decision has been taken to use Moodle which is described here from
the Moodle website: "Moodle is
a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package
designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create
effective online learning communities." We have now incorporated
our content into Moodle.
To
view the current Pop-i virtual learning environment
please click here
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Project
Aims
To produce a fully functioning on-line tutorial on information literacy
appropriate to the needs of staff working in a public library
To pilot the delivery of this tutorial to 20 staff, and to evaluate its
usability and impact.
To develop a toolkit to
enable staff to provide information literacy skills for library users
To disseminate the results
of the pilot and evaluation, and to provide a demonstrator of better practice
for other public libraries
To highlight the benefits
and issues associated with working across the public library and Higher
Education sectors.
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Key
personnel
Developers:
Debbi Boden, Faculty Team Leader, Imperial College London d.boden@imperial.ac.uk
Rónán O'Beirne, Principal Libs Officer: Information & Learning,
Bradford Libraries ronan.obeirne@bradford.gov.uk
Design:
Simon McKenzie,
Library Webmaster, Imperial College London s.mckenzie@imperial.ac.uk
Assessment Design:
John Davies, Digital Services Officer, Bradford Libraries john.davies@bradford.gov.uk
Tutors:
Anne Brown, Learning Development officer, Bradford Libraries anne.brown@bradford.gov.uk
John
Davies, Digital Services Officer, Bradford Libraries john.davies@bradford.gov.uk
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Key
Deliverables
High quality e-learning
content in the form of html pages interoperable with various VLEs
A clear pedagogical approach
appropriate to a range of learning styles
A range of assessment exercises
and learner support resources
90% of learners gaining
tangible benefits from undertaking the programme
An evaluation methodology
appropriate to the development of e-learning programmes
A toolkit for staff to
utilise within a public library enquiry/reference setting
Dissemination strategy
to include: a project website; a final project report suitable for publication
in a refereed journal; an interactive demonstration for presentation at
conferences, workshops etc.
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Risk
Assessment
This project is considered to be a low-risk venture with key resources
limited to available staff time to be committed within the priorities
of both participating organisations. A fuller risk assessment, with a
focus on the technology aspects will be posted here in due course.
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| Evaluation
Methodology
The evaluation methodology to be used within the pilot will be based
around the Inspiring Learning for All framework. A pilot group of
12 staff will form a cohort that will undertake the first course within
the VLE. Those involved in the design of the system and in developing
the content will also have an opportunity to participate in the project
evaluation.
Feedback will be requested from the user community on two areas -
infrastructure i.e. how the learning programme actually works;
including design and technology issues and content i.e. whether
the learning materials are appropriate and useful, comments on pedagogy
are welcome here also. In some cases structured questionnaires will
be used and there will always be the opportunity to offer personal
thoughts on the project. In doing this our aim is to ensure an innovative
approach to high-quality evaluation based on users' expectations.
On a meta-level the whole project will be evaluated from and Action
Research perspective by the developers and will potentially provide
useful data for a future case study looking at the development of
IL programmes within public libraries; also it will give rich data
about cross-sectoral work within the libraries domain.
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Project
Timescale & Milestones
| Milestone
|
Description |
Status |
Start
|
Finish |
| 1.0
P.Mgt |
Project
Initiation & Planning |
|
14
Oct 2005 |
25
Nov 2005 |
| 2.1 |
Shape
and structure of main pageset and key generic components in
place - with some specific content in place - ready for primary
functionality testing. |
|
14
Oct 2005 |
31
Dec 2005 |
| 2.2
|
deeper
content development including assessment strategy - external
link setting & testing - ready for review by subject matter
experts |
|
1
Jan 2006 |
31
Mar 2006 |
| 2.3 |
Moodle
installation & evaluation and population |
|
7
Jan 2006 |
31
Mar 2006 |
| 3.1 |
Authorisation,
Access and security issues in Moodle including site backup
and restore routines |
|
31
Mar 2006 |
30
Jul 2006 - delay due to lack of robust backup routine |
| 4.1 |
functional
testing and evaluation |
|
1
May 2006 |
30
May 2006 |
| 4.2 |
Alterations
and additions to main structure |
|
7
May 2006 |
15
Aug 2006 |
| 4.3 |
Amendments,
additions and deletions to content |
|
14
June 2006 |
30
Aug 2006 |
| 4.4 |
System
walkthrough |
|
01
Sep 2006 |
08
Sep 2006 |
| 5.0 |
Go
Live - Enrolments |
|
14
Sep 2006 |
15
Sep 2006 |
| 5.1 |
Intro
Unit - Welcome |
|
15
Sep 2006 |
15
Sep 2006 |
| 5.2 |
Intro
Unit - Information Literacy |
|
15
Sep 2006 |
15
Sep 2006 |
| 5.3 |
Learning
Units - Introduction |
|
15 Sep 2006 |
15
Sep 2006 |
| 5.4 |
Learning
Unit 1 - Information |
|
15
Sep 2006 |
29
Sep 2006 |
| 5.5 |
Learning
Unit 2 - Search & Retrieve |
|
29
Sep 2006 |
6
Oct 2006 |
| 5.6 |
*Learning
Unit 3 - Intelligent Use of the Web |
|
6
Oct 2006 |
13
Oct 2006 |
| 5.7 |
Learning
Unit 4 - Digital Resources + Checkpoint 20/10/06 |
|
13
Oct 2006 |
27
Oct 2006 |
| 5.8 |
Learning
Unit 5 - Critical Evaluation |
|
27
Oct 2006 |
3
Nov 2006 |
| 5.9 |
*Learning
Unit 6 - Acquiring, managing and storing information |
|
3
Nov 2006 |
10
Nov 2006 |
| 5.10 |
Learning
Unit 7 - Using Information Ethically |
|
10
Nov 2006 |
24
Nov 2006 |
| 5.11 |
Learning
Unit 8 - Referencing Take the Quiz |
|
24 Nov 2006 |
8
Dec 2006 |
| 5.12 |
Focus
group and user evaluation exercises |
|
19 Dec 2006 |
19
Dec 2006 |
| 5.13 |
The
Information Literacy Toolkit |
|
11
Dec 2006 |
22
Dec 2006 |
| 6.1 |
Evaluation of Pilot Pop-i - Draft Report |
|
2
Jan 2007 |
31
Jan 2007 |
| 6.2 |
Evaluation
of Pilot Pop-i Final Report |
|
1
Feb 2007 |
21
Feb 2007 |
| 7.1
P.Mgt |
Project
dissemination |
|
1
Nov 2005 |
Open
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| 7.2 |
Develop
interactive presentation materials |
|
1 March 2005 |
Open |
| 8.0
P.Mgt |
Project
close |
|
28
Feb 2007 |
31 Mar 2007 |
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To
fix errors, bugs, typos and other irritations please e-mail directly
one of the developers.
Oh,
and in case you were wondering the name - POP-i is
derived from or relates loosely to an interactive programme of online
learning in public libraries.
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page last updated 2006/09/3 21:15 - RO |
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