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Undergraduate Course: LibSmart +: Your Library Research Starts Here (LLLK07004)

Course Outline
SchoolCentre for Open Learning CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits5 ECTS Credits2.5
SummaryThis course is only available to students enrolled on a credit bearing course at the Centre for Open Learning.

The University Library today is a huge digital resource that you can access wherever you are. LibSmart will give you the confidence you need to make the best use of library resources for your studies. You'll learn how to locate the reading for your course, find Library buildings, use e-books and e-journals, and use resources to carry out research for a report or essay. The course supports you to develop good academic practice, including constructing a search strategy, critically evaluating sources, and using tools for citing and referencing.
Course description This course is only available to students enrolled on a credit bearing course at the Centre for Open Learning.

The course aims to support students to use online library resources for their study and research. It will take students step by step from starting to use the library to researching a topic for a report or essay. Students will be encouraged to reflect, apply and integrate the learning from the course to their own library and information pathway. Through this course, students studying for Centre for Open Learning credit-bearing courses will be able to develop their library and information literacy skills to enhance their course experience and course performance.

The course will be delivered by the Academic Support Librarian team. Students will complete each of the five LibSmart modules in order:

1 Getting Started with the Library.
2 Your Information Landscape.
3 Finding and Retrieval.
4 Managing Information.
5 Referencing and Good Academic Practice

The course content will be followed by additional time required to write and submit the assessment piece. This will integrate the learning from the five modules and apply it to the student¿s own context, outlining practical and personal strategies for using the library as a university student.

As an online course, students can access the course materials from any location through our virtual learning environment. For each module of the course, they will be expected to undertake 3 hours of independent learning, 1 hour's reflective writing in a personal online journal and 1 hour's discussion board interaction. Teaching will be delivered via a 1 hour per week synchronous interactive tutorial. For the final assessment piece, students will be required to write a 500-700 word annotated bibliography on a research topic of their choice, which includes a reflection on the library tools and strategies they have used.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 50 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 25, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 24 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Module online quizzes (formative) - Students will have multiple attempts to achieve correct answers in quizzes.


Discussion board contributions 10% (summative). Assessment criteria: contributions should be:
50-100 words each week (so 5 contributions)
Relevant to weekly topic covered in discussion board

Final Assessment 90% (summative)
Students will be required to write a 700-word annotated bibliography on a research topic of their choice, which includes a reflection on the library tools and strategies they have used.
Feedback Module online assessments ¿ formative.
Students will be provided with group feedback on weekly quizzes

Discussion boards ¿ formative
Feedback will be given by teaching staff on a group basis each week via discussion boards in a thematic summary. Students are encouraged to provide peer feedback via discussion boards. Teaching staff will provide individual feedback on discussion board contributions to students if they are not contributing appropriately for their posts to meet the criteria for summative assessment.

Final assessment - summative
Electronic journal entry (e.g. in PebblePad), to be submitted online after the course has finished. The journal entry will use a structured proforma to guide students to ensure that all elements of assessed criteria are covered.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Apply knowledge and understanding of library resources at the University of Edinburgh to successfully access online library resources.
  2. Demonstrate awareness of the key library resources appropriate to their discipline.
  3. Use a range of approaches and skills to find information for an essay or report on a topic.
  4. Select and use appropriate ICT applications to manage the information they have found.
  5. Use Library tools to implement good academic practice with citation and referencing.
Reading List
Essential
LibSmart I Modules
1 Getting Started with the Library.
2 Your Information Landscape.
3 Finding and Retrieval.
4 Managing Information.
5 Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/LibSmart


Recommended
Library Subject Guides
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Digital literacy: be familiar with ICT literacy/data and information management and analysis to support their research and enquiry

Critical thinking : capability to evaluate information thoroughly; identifying assumptions, detecting false logic or reasoning and defining terms accurately in order to make an informed judgement.

Independent research : conduct research and enquiry into relevant issues through research design, the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, synthesising and reporting
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Christine Love-Rodgers
Tel: (0131 6)50 8956
Email: Christine.Love-Rodgers@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk
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