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ICT Driving Licence at the University of Helsinki: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Study Fields
Tiina Heino
Päivi Helminen
31 March, 2009
Helsinki University Libraries
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Contents of the presentation
Background
Coordination and participants
ICT Driving Licence: its structure and contents
Evaluation of the project
Case: Cooperation with teachers at the Faculty of
Agriculture and Forestry
Case: ICT Driving Licence at the Medical Faculty
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University of Helsinki
Campuses in HelsinkiHelsinki
11 faculties
10 libraries
almost 4 000 new students per year
38 000 students
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University of Helsinki
Kumpula CampusFaculty of Science
students 7 000, staff 1 000
Kumpula Science Library
Viikki CampusFaculty of Agriculture
and Forestry, Faculty of Biosciences,Faculty of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Vetrinary Medicine
students 6 400, staff 2 500
Viikki Science Library
Meilahti CampusFaculty of Medicine
students 2 300 staff 1 500
HUCH 10 000
National Library of Health Sciences
City CampusFaculty of Theology,
Faculty of Law,Faculty of Arts,
Faculty of Behavioural Sciences,
Faculty of Social Sciences
students 22 000, staff 3 000
National LibraryUndergraduate Library
five faculty libraries
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ICT Driving Licence – Why?
Bologna process The reform of the degree structure (two cycles)
Started autumn 2005
Necessary ICT knowledge and skills for all new students The effective use of educational technology
The effective use of electronic library
Official and systematic 3 ECTS (common & faculty tailored together)
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ICT Driving Licence – Who?
A shared project of the University of Helsinki
Project Coordinator
Staff from all faculties (11) Teachers
Support persons for educational technology
Faculty and campus libraries
IT Department
Open University, University of Helsinki
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ICT Driving Licence – What?
Common learning material plus faculty tailored part
Learning material:
1. Introduction to the use of computers
2. The computer environment at the University of Helsinki
3. Modifying and presenting data
4. Information seeking
” Learning goals: the new student will be able to
- use the collection catalogues and other information sources at the
libraries
- acquire search techniques that will make student’s work more
efficient
- analyze the results and utilize the information in accordance with
the principles for good academic practice”
5. Data security and privacy protection
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4. Information seeking
Contents:
1. Planning the information search
2. Finding material from the HELKA libraries (the libraries at
the University of Helsinki)
3. Seeking information about a specific subject
4. Utilising and evaluating search results
National Project for Studying Plan for Information
Literacy http://www.helsinki.fi/infolukutaito/english/index.htm
ICT Driving Licence made it possible to integrate the
information literacy into the curriculum of the first year
students in every faculty =>
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Recommendation for universities for including information literacy competency in the new
degree structures
III Master’s level studies: Information literacy in advanced level studies:
integrated into the Master’s thesis seminar
II Bachelor’s level studies: Information literacy in intermediate level studies:
integrated into the proseminar/Bachelor’s thesis seminar
I New students: Basics in information literacy:(part of compulsory general studies, e.g. part of ICT studies)
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ICT Driving Licence – How?
Learning material (produced together)
www.helsinki.fi/tvt-ajokortti/english
Entry level tests and final exams (examination)
Questions and tasks produced together
in Moodle (virtual learning environment):
- Questions and tasks are in continuous development process (focusing,
targeting, measuring skills)
Teaching sessions
Faculty tailored part
Support material for the teaching staff
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Self-learning Material
Entry Level Test(Moodle VLE)
Monitored Examination
(Moodle VLE)
(obligatory in all faculties)
Components of the ICT Driving Licence
Library Tour&Hands-on Session
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Evaluation of the project:Strengths (SWOT) 1
Supportfrom
university leaders
Participants
Heterogenous groups
Enough time to prepare
Clear, common
goal
Favourable towards
development in their own work
Productive discussions, constructive
critisismTiming
continuing…
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… Strengths 2 (SWOT)
Big university
Minimizing overlapping
work
…continuing
Need for common work
Need for shared work and shared
costs
Not-doing becomes visible
Need for homogenization
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Weaknesses (SWOT)
Some faculties and institutions
No teaching personnel with
ICT and pedagogical
skills
Big university
Different kinds of IT systems
No IT ’traditions’ in curriculum
Difficult to plan and to teach
Complicated IT systems
Competition with their own
curriculum
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Possibilities (SWOT)
Persons in different
positions and tasks
Synergy, power in cooperation
Improvement of the quality in ICT teaching
Different languages
Shared IT knowledge
Shared experiencesCommon, together
producedlearning material
Libraries have the possibility to show
what they have and what they can
ICT skills for personnel
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Threats (SWOT)
Faculties’ commitment to guide and carry out the
course
Updating and keeping up with the time - the
learning material
Faculties’ commitment to the shared project
Updating and keeping up with time
- the curriculum
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Experiences from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology
Hands-on training session is embedded to the
introductory course of the department. A team of eight
teachers from the department teach the introductory
course. Faculty teachers give assigments and participate in the
information seekings sessions in the library. Faculty teachers have another information seeking
session with each small group. Students write essays or prepare presentations in small
groups of 6-7 students.
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ICT Driving Licence at the Medical Faculty:
170 new students, divided into PBL-groups/10 persons each medicine and odontology students together first 2 years- pre-
clinical studies)
Compulsory ICT Driving Licence group sessions
1. ’START’ group session- Introduction to Blackboard etc.
2. Terkko and its services
3. Medline
4. SPSS-statistics (introduction)
Optional sessions Word-text processing The computer environment at the University of Helsinki (medical
faculty)
Entry level tests and final exams in Blackboard (renewal possibilities)
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ICT Driving Licence at the Medical Faculty
17.5.2006 Lääketieteellisen koulutuksen tuki- ja kehittämisyksikkö TUKE – Marja Silenti
Self learning material on the web
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Criteria for passed ICT Driving Licence at the Medical Faculty
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National Library of the Health Sciences – Terkko
’Terkko and its services’ group session:
10 persons/group
- 3 in Swedish
à 2h 15 min
2 trainers
Goal: practical use of library and its services:
- e-journals, e-books, library catalogue, net dictionary etc.
At the Medical Faculty ICT studies part of the curriculum also in previous
years
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Experiences at Terkko
Mostly positive
Medical curriculum: linear progress in studies
Homogenous groups (mostly)
Average IT skills good
Timing OK
Students’ activation important
Positive experience
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Challenges for the Future
How to ensure funding and coordination in the future
How to ensure the pedagogical soundness Do self-learning material and tests encourage students for
further studying and learning
How to keep up with changes in information environment
How to get enough resources to update the learning material
ICT Driving Licence for the staff
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Further information
ICT Driving Licencehttp://www.helsinki.fi/tvt-ajokortti/english/
Helsinki University Librarieshttp://www.helsinki.fi/kirjastot/english/training/
Information Literacy Network of Finnish University Libraries
http://www.helsinki.fi/infolukutaito/english/
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Thank you!
Contact:
Päivi Helminen
Viikki Science Library
Tiina Heino
National Library of Health Sciences