This term has seen the development of a set of Library Skills Training sessions including plagiarism and referencing. As our new build includes 6 new PC rooms complete with SMARTboards, the challenge was to incorporate the functionality of SMARTboards into our teaching...
Part of the Plagiarism session was used under creative commons license via JORUM and originated at Leeds University. It included a set of case studies for students to analyse in groups. As the tutor responsible for putting together this session, I developed the idea of using the 'vortex' function on the SMARTboard software. The ten case studies were either 'plagiarism' or 'not plagiarism' Two vortexes were labelled as such on the board and learners were invited to come to the front and drag 'Case study 1' etc into the relevant vortex.
This had several advantages; It involved the learners in actively particpating in the session, moving from their seats to the board; It appeals to different learning styles (kinaesthetic and visual); and it is fun!
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