Lilac 2005 Keynote Speakers
Diana Laurillard
Department for Education and Skills Harnessing technology to the needs of education : What roles do library and information services play? (PDF, 0.98KB)
Diana Laurillard is Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit at the UK Government's Department for Education and Skills, and is Visiting Professor at The Open University. She is responsible for developing a coherent e-learning strategy for the Department across all the education sectors, including training, home-based learning, workplace learning, and partnerships with private suppliers.
Professor Laurillard previously held two terms of office as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the Open University. During that period she was responsible for developing the appropriate use of learning technologies within the full range of learning and teaching methods in the University's courses, and for the structural reform at the heart of its course production operations. By the end of her second term, over 160,000 students were connecting online to the OU for aspects of their study, and over half the courses had integrated e-learning with more traditional methods. Her academic work spans more than twenty-five years of research, development and evaluation of interactive multimedia materials and internet services in education and training, covering a wide range of discipline areas. Her book ‘Rethinking University Teaching' (Routledge Falmer, 2 nd edition 2002), has been widely acclaimed, and is still used as a set book in courses on learning technology all over the world. This work has been recognized through her honorary degrees from the University of Abertay, and the Open University of the Netherlands. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of University College London.
Sheila Corrall
University of Sheffield Information Literacy: Progress and Prospects for the UK (PDF, 653KB)
Sheila Corrall is Professor of Librarianship & Information Management at the University of Sheffield. Before taking up her present post, she spent thirteen years leading and managing university library and information services, most recently as Director of Academic Services at the University of Southampton. She previously worked for ten years at the British Library and five years in the public library sector. She has served on the committees of many national and professional bodies and was elected as the first President of CILIP. She has published three books and more than 50 articles on professional and management topics and in 2003 she received the International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to the information profession.
Jude Carroll
Oxford Brookes University Student plagiarism: university librarians as part of the solution (PDF, 73.4KB)
How common is plagiarism? We don't know for sure but all the indications point to a steep increase year on year.
How common is the worry about plagiarism? Very common indeed.
This workshop advocates a balanced approach to dealing with plagiarism that combines
• Consensus on definitions of plagiarism, collusion and cheating
• Designing out easy cheating options in courses
• Considering how best to inform students about regulations
• Teaching students the skills of academic discourse and citation
• Encouraging detection of student plagiarism.
Of course, not all students will find these measures sufficient deterrent so the afternoon session will cover procedures and electronic detection tools.
The session will combine short presentations, practical exercises and sharing of practice. It will be delivered by Jude Carroll, an Educational Development consultant at Oxford Brookes University and author of A Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education.
Jude's interest in plagiarism dates from a request six years ago to run a lunchtime session for lecturers just like this one. To her surprise, this one-off request spiralled into a world-wide exploration of plagiarism as a way into exploring concerns and issues central to teaching in universities. Her current research considers institutional approaches to setting fair punishments.
Gwyneth Price
Institute of Education A health check for Education in the 21st Century (1.11MB)
Gwyneth is Student Services Librarian at the Institute of Education, University of London and is responsible for student support, including inductions and information literacy courses for post-graduate students. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Library and Information Studies at University College London.
Sheila MacNeil
CETIS, LT Scotland Between the 'e' and the 'i' (MS Powerpoint, 1.31KB)
Sheila MacNeill is a Learning Technologist with Learning & Teaching Scotland where she is involved in the design and development of a variety of internet based learning materials. Sheila is actively involved in developing and running collaborative projects for Scottish Primary Schools. Digital literacy is a key professional and personal interest. Currently Sheila is seconded to CETIS ( Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) three days a week.
Liz Thomas
The Higher Education Academy
Dr Liz Thomas is Senior Adviser for Widening Participation at the Higher Education Academy, and was previously Director of the Institute for Access Studies, a specialist research centre at Staffordshire University. Liz is actively involved in research, policy and practice relating to widening participation, and is currently undertaking the HEFCE-funded review of widening participation research about the barriers to participation in higher education. She is particularly interested in the retention and success of students from under-represented groups, and institutional change to support this. She has managed national and international research projects on these and related issues. She has published five books on access and widening participation and she is co-editor the peer-reviewed journal Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning.
