Tuesday 21st November 2006
0945 – 1645
Henry Jones Room,
Old Library
Trinity College Dublin,
College Street,
Dublin 2
Programme
0945
Welcome and introduction
1000
E-learning in the Irish context
Vinny Wade (Trinity College Dublin) will give us an overview of e-learning in Ireland, with an update on the National Digital Learning Repository. He will also tell us how he sees libraries fitting into the e-learning strategy of the organisation they serve.
Followed by a 15 minute question, answer, discussion period
1050
Coffee
1110
E-Learning and libraries
Mary Antonessa from NUI (Maynooth) will tell us about ‘moodle’ – explaining the practical implications for embedding resources and linking libraries to the institution’s VLE
Valerie Kendlin from University College Dublin will tell is about the UCD experience with the integration of Talis and Blackboard.
Followed by a 15 minute question, answer, discussion period
1230
LUNCH
1315
E-Learning and Librarians
Sue Roberts, Dean of Teaching & Learning, Edge Hill University, England, will concentrate our attention on the role of libraries and librarians in teaching and learning, showcasing the cutting-edge experience of Edge Hill. We will be challenged by Sue Roberts who is the “University Librarian” at Edge Hill.
Followed by a 15 minute question, answer and discussion period
1445
Coffee
1515
Social software, portals, 21st century OPACs – the TCD experience
Trevor Peare, Keeper (Readers’ Services) at TCD, will talk about “The Library catalogue as a learning tool, more than discovery, and possibly interactive”. He’ll showcase GEAC’s acquabrowser and what’s on the horizon with regards 21st century OPACs.
Arlene Healy, Sub-Librarian (Science, Medicine& Engineering & Electronic Information Services) at TCD, will give us an overview of the array of other current social software technologies available and how libraries can capitalise on these.
Greg Sheaf, Nursing Librarian at TCD, will showcase Trinity’s latest web-based orientation module.
1615
Conclusions and Questions & Answers & Discussions
1630
Course evaluation
