• Got to be in it to win it! Amazon Vouchers and USB wristbands

    The 5th Edge Hill University Students e-Learning Survey 2012 has now been opened for a few weeks for you all to take part in! In the space of just a few weeks, almost 500 of you have already responded and shared with us your experiences and expectations of technology to support your learning, which helps us understand what works and what hinders.

    The survey should take around 10 minutes for you to complete, but it gives us a lot of valuable information about the services we provide and ideas of how to make things better for you.

    We used the findings from last year’s survey to improve our services to students and we will use this year’s responses to continue to improve existing services and inform new developments. You can view the collection of past survey results at http://www.eshare.edgehill.ac.uk/1348/

    It is important to get as many responses as possible to cover the range of experiences and enable us to benchmark against previous years, so your responses are very valuable to us!

    This is why, we are giving away a colourful 1G USB wristband to every 20th person who completes the survey. So far we have given away 24 wristbands and have loads more ready to go. There are also three prizes to be won – a grand prize of £50 Amazon gift vouchers and two runner up prizes of £25 Amazon gift vouchers!

    The survey may be accessed via the GO portal, from Learning Edge (Blackboard), from the Learning Services web pages or via the link below. We plan to close the survey on 25th January 2013.

    http://surveys.edgehill.ac.uk/elearning2012

     

     

    Nina Unsworth
    LTD Operations Co-ordinator

    Nina

  • Things to remember over Christmas….including our University Library opening times

     

     

     

     

     

    As semester 1 comes to a close and the holidays are upon us, there a couple of things Learning Services would like to help you with.

    We are aware it’s the exam period in January and also those of you undertaking a dissertation – the next few weeks might be when you have some free time.  Learning Services is here to help – if you need some quiet study time, the University Library will be open Thursday 27th and Friday 28th December 2012 from 9.00am – 5.00pm.  You can come in and see us, find resources, get some help, use a PC, bring your books back and take out some more…

    You will also be able to ring our telephone support line during the 27th and 28th.  Staff will be available 9.00am – 5.00pm on 01695 584286.

    Of course you don’t have to come in to use our excellent resources.  All our eResources will be available, so you can access these 24/7:

    • 75,000 eBooks
    • 17,000 eJournals
    • specialist subject web pages to sign post you to the right resources for your subject

    And if your Christmas break is all about rest and recuperation, you can always read our most recent newsletter.  There are updates from our faculty teams, including new projects and collaboration, information about our new website and the new Edge Hill app – Edge Hill Central.

    For more details about our opening hours please check the website

    Merry Christmas, Learning Services

     

    Rachel

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  • Calling all Social Work Students!

    Learning Services has recently purchased a great new resource for Social Work students – The Social Work Toolkit.

     

    The Toolkit has been designed to provide support to students undertaking a qualifying social work course and offers students assistance in preparing for and going on placement.

    There are over 100 resources in the Toolkit. These are divided between four themes:

    • Communication Skills
    • Developing your Practice
    • Ethics, Values and Diversity
    • Assessment and Intervention

    The resources are presented in a variety of media, such as audio clips, videos and downloadable PDF documents and include:

    • Case studies – Scenarios from a range of perspectives provide thought-provoking discussion points.
    • Preparation for practice – Practice and placement tips are offered in the form of summary sheets, activities and videos.
    • Expert opinions – Commissioned from academics and social work professionals, these pieces aim to expand knowledge and provide deeper insight.
    • Quick guides – Covering a wide range of topics, these guides offer accessible advice and insight.
    • Book chapters – Selected chapters from our highly regarded list of published social work textbooks offer more depth on key issues and areas of discussion.

    Each resource is supported by:

    • Learning objectives – enabling you to see what you will achieve from the resources.
    • Reflective questions – promoting opportunities to be reflective, in line with the importance placed on accountability and critical thinking skills in the profession.
    • Links to policy and law (where appropriate) – highlighting what underpins relevant content with a view to making connections with law and policy easier.
    • Further resource suggestions – pointing you towards a wealth of reading, supportive websites and appropriate guidelines.
    • Links to other resources – suggestions of similarly themed resources also available on the Social Work Toolkit for you to explore.

    So why not get using the Toolkit today?

    http://library.edgehill.ac.uk/record=b1326930~S6

     

     

    Lisa

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