Particularly for distance learners, more dependent on electronic resources than most full-time students, it seemed that accessing e-journals and e-books was sometimes a frustrating exercise, so that was one topic crying out for extra instruction.
So, too, was the whole business of referencing, or citation. (They're the same thing. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!) The RCS Effective Learning team is happy to help. But so, too are your ever-present Performing Arts Librarians!
Karen produced two trial videoclips, and tested them on the whole cohort of students taking our distance-learning PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, or Masters in Education.
We wanted to share them with you, but circumstances meant we couldn't. For a start, we introduced a new library system with "Catalogue Plus" offering vastly improved access to electronic resources. Suddenly Karen's first videoclip had become obsolete! Secondly, one of the referencing software packages that Karen had been recommending, made major changes to user subscriptions. She can no longer recommend it.
To cut a long story short - she has made new videoclips to replace the project trial ones. They only take a few minutes to watch, and if you need more information, please do visit the library portal pages, or get in touch with the library staff. Don't suffer in silence - just ask!
