CEC 07
  July 6 Wednesday
  09.00-11.30

Helen Buckley Woods is an Information Specialist at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield. She works predominately with the Public Health Collaborating Centre (PHCC) at ScHARR who provide systematic reviews and other evidence based products to inform Public Health Intervention and Programmes Guidance for NICE (National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence) UK. She has worked in health information for six years including four years as an academic librarian. Prior to this, Helen has worked successfully in school and further education library services and in public libraries and the voluntary sector. Helen has supported learners in all her roles in a variety of contexts, both in formal lectures and workshops and with individuals and small groups. She currently teaches and supports learners at ScHARR in the Masters in Public Health programme and in other ScHARR programmes including the ScHARR Short Course Unit Systematic Reviews course and the Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE) course. In 2010 Helen completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

In this Continuing Education Course participants will have the opportunity to examine four aspects of teaching and learning through practical learning methods. Different methods of active learning will be explored and demonstrated in the session (e.g. class discussion and learning by teaching). These elements will be combined within an overall jigsaw method of learning. Participants will be able to explore active “learning by doing” methods (adapting these to their own teaching situations) whilst engaging within the bigger picture of educational theory. The course will provide an opportunity for exploration of the relationship between theory and methods allowing participants to identify how they can adapt such methods and use them within their day-to-day information literacy teaching practise. All participants will be expected to read and digest either two short journal articles or a book chapter before the session