The winner takes it all: enhancing the quality and impact of library workshops

Adam Edwards and Vanessa Hill will present on their work changing their teaching methods over the past two years and will alllow delegates to try out some of the games and activities they have developed. The presentation will cover the issues they faced in changing their pedagogy and their collaboration with academic and academic writing colleagues to facilitate the changes made. They will then discuss the inspiration they gained from the work of others such as Markless and Boyle and how this influenced their choices of teaching methods. The solutions they have come up with which will include practical demonstration of these games and activities and finally the impact this has had on the students they have taught, presenting the results of a survey they undertook in 2012. They will then reflect on the lessons learned and their plans for the future.

Presented again, by popular demand, at : "From The Road Less Travelled to the Information Super Highway: Information Literacy in the 21st Century", held on Friday, January 31st, 2014 at The British Library Conference Centre. Session title: Games and gamification for information literacy.
Presented again (by Adam Edwards and Suzanne Rushe) at: “Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing Landscape2014: IFLA Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting”, held on Thursday-Friday 14-15th August, hosted by Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Republic of Ireland. Session title: The winner takes it all: Enhancing the quality and impact of library workshops. http://www.iflasatellitelimerick.com/