CONUL Teaching and Learning Committee Annual Seminar 2022

1. Filling the
GAP:
Collaborating on a
University-wide Initiative

2. University College Cork, Ireland
• Established in 1845
• Ranked in the top 1.1% of universities in the world
• Student population of over 23,000
• Ranked 8th university worldwide for sustainability
(UI Green Metric, 2021)
“Discover UCC.” University College Cork, https://www.ucc.ie/en/discover/. Accessed 8 Nov. 2022.

3. University College Cork Library
• Boole Library & Boston Scientific Health Sciences
Library
• Offer workshops, teaching and support to help
develop skills as part of the Library’s Digital and
Information Literacy Framework

4. Graduate Attributes Programme
• A programme designed to help graduates become
“well-rounded, curious, self-aware individuals who
continually learn new skills, are open to new ideas,
and make things happen” (UCC, 2022)
• Designed to be embedded across all disciplines

5. Graduate Attributes Programme
5 key strands of learning experiences:
• Creators, evaluators and communicators of knowledge
• Independent and creative thinkers
• Digitally fluent
• Socially responsible
• Effective global citizens, who recognise and challenge
inequality

6. Project Team
UCC Library
• Ben Williamson, Learning and Teaching
Librarian
• Stephanie Chen, Digital Learning
Specialist
• Caitríona Honohan, Learning and
Teaching Librarian (departed)
Graduate Attributes Programme
• Adel Coleman, Programme Manager
• Dr Eithne Hunt, Academic Advisor
• Maggie O’Sullivan, Senior Executive
Assistant
• Clodagh O’Sullivan, Executive Assistant

7. UCC Graduate Attributes and Values Compass

8. Learning Outcomes
1. Explain what it means to be a creator, list different
forms creations can take and provide examples of
tools you would use to create content.
2. Recognize the importance of evaluating the
information you find, both for your assignments at
UCC and for everyday decision-making, and evaluate
information by asking yourself questions about each
source and its context, developing your critical
thinking skills.
3. Identify different types of materials to aid
communication and suggest ways to make
communication materials universally accessible to all
users
4. Relate the skills and information learned to both your
personal and professional development.

9. Learning Experience 1
Title: What does it mean to be a creator?
Creator(s)/Curator(s): Stephanie Chen
Date: January 2022
Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust

10. Learning Experience 2
Forms of Creations
Please note, these are only a selection of examples.
Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust

11. Learning Experience 3

12. Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust
Title: What does it mean to be an Evaluator?
Creator: Caitríona Honohan, Learning & Teaching Librarian, UCC
Date: January 2022
Learning Experience 4

13. Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust
UCC Library Digital & Information Literacy Framework
Strand 3 - Evaluating
Evaluating - authority, critical appraisal, political/social/technological factors
influencing authority
Examples of Use:
• Academic Scenario: Critically examine, critique and argue the merits of a piece of
information as a useful source for a written assignment.
• Personal Scenario: Consider the trustworthiness of a news item shared by a peer.
• Employment Scenario: Gather evidence to support of a new project idea.

14. • Who wrote it and published it? Is
there contact information in the
About section?
• How is it presented? Are there
supporting sources referenced and
hyperlinked? Are there spelling or
other errors?
• What is the intended audience -
might it be particularly designed to
influence them?
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
How to Evaluate?

15. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
How to Evaluate?
• Why was it written? Is it evidence-
based or opinion? Could it be
sponsored by a group or company
to sell an idea or a product?
• Where does it apply to? Is that
important to your research?
• When was it written and when was
the site updated? Is it the most
current research?

16. Title: Why is it important to evaluate information? (student discussion)
Creator(s)/Curator(s): Caitríona Honohan, Cara Long and David Leen
Date: January 2022
Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust

17. Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust
Title: What does it mean to be a communicator?
Creator(s)/Curator(s): Benjamin Williamson
Date: January 2022
Learning Experience 5

18. Choosing your channel
Face-to-face chat
Phone / Text
Email
Video call

19. Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation
and Transformation Fund and the Tomar Trust
Your Digital Self
What impression of
yourself are you putting
online?

20. Accessibility in communication
• Visual impairments
• Hearing impairments
• Mobility impairments
• Learning difficulties and
disabilities
• Language differences

21. Why get involved?
• Higher visibility of the Library
• Position Library as point of contact and expert
• Strengthen relationships
• Information literacy: relate to aspects beyond
academic, develop skills and knowledge

22. Reflections
• Importance of student voice
• Importance of aligning tasks to users’ time
commitments
• Delivery of experience through different media

23. Next steps
• September 2022: launch of the UCC Graduates
Attributes & Values Compass (launch video)
• Feedback from the Graduate Attributes Programme
Team

24. Contact information
Stephanie Chen
stephanie.chen@ucc.ie / @iamstephanie_c
Ben Williamson
bwilliamson@ucc.ie / @Ben_LibWarrior
UCC Library
libguides.ucc.ie / @UCCLibrary