Month: May 2018

Book Review: “Creative Confidence; unleashing the creative potential within all of us”

Kelley, D., 1951 and Kelley, T., (2013) Creative confidence: unleashing the creative potential within us all. London: William Collins. I have two appraisal objectives that are centred around improving services to different groups of users, and I’ve been struggling to come up with ideas. I support a course called MICL, the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership. Their…Continue Reading Book Review: “Creative Confidence; unleashing the creative potential within all of us”

Now In A Minute

I recently attended the CPD25 event, CPD and learning technology: skills for librarians to support information and digital literacy.  I was interested in how the role of the librarian intersects with learning technologies and in getting new ideas for how learning technologies could be applied to delivering information literacy teaching. The speakers, Elizabeth Charles and…Continue Reading Now In A Minute

Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders

On the afternoon of 27th April, I rushed down to Bloomsbury in time to attend the CPD25 event: Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders. I had been very much looking forward to this event so I could learn more about how we can better look after our students (and staff) during their time…Continue Reading Supporting Students and Staff with Mental Health Disorders

Enabling learning through storytelling

Reblogged from: http://citylibresearchers.wordpress.com I recently attended a lunchtime workshop run by the City Academy on narratives and  storytelling based on a performance arts approach. I’m interested in both using the telling of stories or experiences to explain concepts but also in hearing the narratives of students. The basic idea of this is that the use…Continue Reading Enabling learning through storytelling