In this article we present a toolbox for dialogic guidance that we use at the Academic Writing Centre at the University of Bergen when guiding students in various stages of the writing process. Our guidance is dialogic which means that we acknowledge that meaning and learning evolve when we interact with one another, when different and divergent voices meet; we let students themselves explore their writing, their writing processes and their texts, and find their own answers, their own solutions and their own ways. We ask open-ended questions, listen, describe and provide tools that meet different needs at different stages of the writing process, instead of judging and 'diagnosing' the written texts -and the studentsand then proposing a 'treatment'. Examples of our tools are spontaneous writing, the academic pentagon and the Toulmin model of argumentation. We seek to strengthen the students' understanding and awareness of their own writing, thereby improving not just the writing at hand, but also the students' academic writing skills and learning in general, and to develop a reflective and accepting attitude. Our students engage in dialogues with us, the tools we present, with themselves, their texts and their writing, with fellow students, with previous bachelor and master theses, and with the tradition which they are part of.
Embarking on planning and design of new library courses, or just even redesigning them, might be challenging in an everyday busy schedule. Especially if you want to try out new digital applications or features that could give the training an edge towards students, often prejudiced to what they can expect from a traditional library course. Ideally you engage colleagues and even students and faculty members in such a process. But how can you allocate enough time and resources to reach such ambitions? The ABC method, developed at University College London, is an effective, engaging and creative approach. In only 90 minutes groups are able to work together hands-on to create a visual storyboard outlining the type and sequence of learning activities aligned with the course’s learning outcomes. Blended learning and co-creation are often encouraged in course design in many educational institutions these days. The ABC method encourage also library instructors to think about e-learning tools, methods for active learning and opportunities for co-creation. Library courses, in difference from regular courses at universities, if often taught as a “one-shot-session”, and they rarely include formal evaluations. We therefore felt the need to adapt the method to better suit these circumstances. We adjusted both agenda and material, but all ideas and principles follow the original method. Evaluation showed good feedback regarding the proportion of participants who intended to change their course design after attending the workshop. This session will present the basic principles of the ABC-method and our experiences working with this approach to blended course planning.
At the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway, the library is given the coordinator responsibility for a project involving faculties, first-year-support, Department of Education and student administrative support. The project aims at making it easy to embed information literacy and academic writing into the curriculum. Develop a digital tool box where academics will find and share teaching activities Harvest experiences and suggest models for physic and digital writing support Suggest competence building measures for teachers and guides of academic writing Academic writing and critical dealing with sources are central skills that students are expected to master after graduating from university. At the same time these are generic skills which need practice, discussion and reflection. However, we know that this part of students' learning is easily neglected in competition with subject teaching. What we have done: The library has established the project in collaboration with two pilot subjects (biology and geography), emphasising digital writing support according to the UiB’s strategic aims and action plans. The two pilot subjects recognise the importance of writing for critical thinking and development of subject knowledge. They will redesign courses in their BA programmes to better align learning outcomes and assessment with learning activities, e.g. writing including peer and teacher feedback. By the time of the conference in June, we will have drafted a framework for typical writing support in the pilots to use for their teaching in the autumn semester. In our presentation we will address these key questions: How does our institution support academic writing? How do we train the trainers? How do we provide integrated teaching of academic writing and IL?
Embarking on planning and design of new library courses, or just even redesigning them, might be challenging in an everyday busy schedule. Especially if you want to try out new digital applications or features that could give the training an edge towards students, often prejudiced to what they can expect from a traditional library course. Ideally you engage colleagues and even students and faculty members in such a process. But how can you allocate enough time and resources to reach such ambitions? The ABC method, developed at University College London, is an effective, engaging and creative approach. In only 90 minutes groups are able to work together hands-on to create a visual storyboard outlining the type and sequence of learning activities aligned with the course’s learning outcomes. Blended learning and co-creation are often encouraged in course design in many educational institutions these days. The ABC method encourage also library instructors to think about e-learning tools, methods for active learning and opportunities for co-creation. Library courses, in difference from regular courses at universities, if often taught as a “one-shot-session”, and they rarely include formal evaluations. We therefore felt the need to adapt the method to better suit these circumstances. We adjusted both agenda and material, but all ideas and principles follow the original method. Evaluation showed good feedback regarding the proportion of participants who intended to change their course design after attending the workshop. This session will present the basic principles of the ABC-method and our experiences working with this approach to blended course planning. (Alternative if workshop: This workshop will give let you plan and design elements of a given course, utilizing the tools and methods of the ABC method.)
Skriving er en grunnleggende akademisk ferdighet som fremmer kritisk tenkning, læring, dialog og formidling. Videre er skriving en ferdighet som studenten må lære og utvikle gjennom hele studieløpet, for å bli del av det faglige fellesskapet og i forberedelse av yrkeslivet. Samtidig er skriving en generisk ferdighet som ikke enkelt kan læres i et auditorium, men som heller utvikles best gjennom praktisk øvelse, diskusjon og felles refleksjon rundt konkrete tekster. Likevel vet vi at denne siden av studentenes utvikling lett neglisjeres i konkurranse med faglig undervisning. Akademisk skrivestøtte krever en sammensatt faglig kompetanse. Ved Universitetet i Bergen har Utdanningsutvalget derfor bedt Universitetsbiblioteket (UB) om å koordinere prosjektet "Akademisk skrivestøtte ved UiB" som skal vurdere og foreslå ulike modeller for fysisk og digital skrivestøtte, og som iverksetter piloter for skrivestøtte i utvalgte fag. Som en del av prosjektet har vi særlig undersøkt former for digital skrivestøtte. Dette har ledet til underprosjektet "Tekst og kildebruk i digital læring", støttet av NB, hvor det er vår målsetning å styrke samarbeidet mellom bibliotekarer og faglærere, og sammen finne gode metoder for å utvikle digitale kursopplegg der opplæring i skriving og informasjonskompetanse er integrert i den faglige undervisningen. Med andre ord; kursopplegg hvor man lærer å skrive og skriver for å lære. I denne presentasjonen ser vi nærmere på hvorfor biblioteket må ha en nøkkelrolle i utviklingen av slike program for skrivelæring. Videre tar vi for oss hvordan vi har samarbeidet med andre enheter på universitetet for å finne og prøve ut metoder for digital skrivestøtte i faglig læring. Vi har flere positive erfaringer av samarbeidet mellom de involverte i prosjektet, men det har også vært utfordringer. Hva vil det si å delta i et samarbeidsprosjekt på tvers av enheter, avdelinger og fakultet, og hvilken betydning har det at prosjektet er forankret i øverste ledelse ved universitetet?
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