Learning and Teaching

• Faculty of Health – Digital Capabilities Program Pilot
  • We are exploring the Jisc Discovery Tool to use as part of the pilot, and beyond. Laura Gregory and I met with Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Jude Smith, and Abby Cathcart to discuss other uses of the tool. Watch this space!
  • LinkedIn Learning & Jisc Digital Capabilities Framework
    • Majella and I met with Poorva Bhardwaj from LinkedIn Learning to discuss mapping the Jisc Framework to LinkedIn Learning resources.
      • Since the meeting Poorva has shared this new tool – LinkedIn Learning Path

• Canvas – New QUT Learning Management System (LMS)
  • QUT is moving to Canvas as our new learning management system (LMS). Canvas will be implemented across 2022 and 2023 with the first university-wide rollout in Semester 1, 2023 and related teaching periods.
  • There’s no doubt moving to a new LMS is a sizable undertaking. To minimise the impact on our community, the LMS+ Project is working closely with all parts of the university that support learning and teaching to ensure an effective transition.
  • Sarah will represent QUT Library as a member of the LMS+ Project Business Reference Group and is already working with the project team on areas such as community site migration, enrolment, and templates. She will provide regular updates but please visit the LMS+ Project page to learn more about Canvas. 

• Pressbooks & OER Collective library session
  • QUT Library  – Open Education Resources Guide
  • The recording to the session: https://mediahub.qut.edu.au/media/t/0_4o4tvmlx
  • For any questions regarding OERs or Pressbooks, please write to opentextbooks@qut.edu.au. This managed account is monitored by Kate Nixon, Sarah Howard, myself, and Catherine Haden. We will ensure that your query is directed to the right place from here.

• Library Tours – Welcome Week
  • Thank you Emma for leading this, especially at such short notice!
  • Thank you to all the Library Advisers who volunteered to provide the tours!
  • Many thanks to Danielle, Kate and David for updating the tour scripts!

• QUT Library Learning and Teaching Group
  • Information Literacy Framework review
    • The Info Lit Framework Working Group and Sarah have met to look at the way forward with the update. Many thanks to the work already done by Stephanie, Emma, Gabrielle and Peter, as they have reviewed the current documents and have already made a number of recommendations. 

• XR Playspace
  • Interested in Extended Reality (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality…)? Come try the amazing new hardware eMPS have bought.
  • XR@QUT Lunch & Learn Sessions
    • Wednesdays 1pm – 5pm and Fridays 10am – 2pm
      • Where? KG Z6 Block Room 208

Information Access

• Together the Information Access Team, Document Delivery Team, Collection Access Teams and I said goodbye to VDX (Virtual Document eXchange – thanks Narelle!) on Thursday, 31 March. A great deal of work has been done by all Teams to move from VDX to Alma Resource Sharing and soon we will begin the next journey and transition to Rapido
  • We took a little time out of our day to celebrate and come together over morning tea.
• The Information Access Team has been working with the LRS Team on issues regarding QUTex and licence agreements.

Spaces Service

• Haven’t the library spaces come alive again! The statistics Joanna is sharing is amazing – 50,000 entries during the first three days of face-to-face classes. It was great to see so many people.
• Anne Kelley (new QUT Guild Abilities Officer) and I have connected and we are planning to meet in early April. Small but significant changes were made last year to our spaces upon feedback from the QUT Guild and students, and we will continue to work together.
• Jenny Thomas and I met with Craig Milne and Rebecca Heath to share our experience of preparing a 24/7 access trial, and submitting a proposal. Griffith Uni Library are exploring 24/7 access possibilities also.
• Joanna and I explored some user experience (UX) activities in the KG space, asking students about their reactions to the 24/7 trial. Jenny and Sarah will do these also at GP.
• Public holidays in semester one.
  • Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point libraries will close to the general community during the four public holidays of the 24/7 access trial period, however, the Law Library will remain open, except for Good Friday.
    • Good Friday, 15 April
    • Easter Monday, 18 April
    • ANZAC Day, Monday, 25 April
    • Labour Day, Monday, 2 May

CAUL

• OER Collective
  • Katya, Kate Nixon and Catherine Haden..
  • The 2022 OER Collective DIY Open Textbook grants program for you to forward to your schools. Please direct any questions regarding the grants program to opentextbooks@qut.edu.au. Stay up-to-date with all things Open Educational Resources and Pressbooks on the respective Teams sites as well as the Open Educational Resources LibGuide.
  • I am a member of the OER Collective Governance Group
• OER Professional Development Program planning continues, with weekly meetings of the project team.
• CAUL Conference planning continues. A BIG thank you to Kate Harbison, Ishara Maligaspe Koralage, Michael Hawks, Helen Davies, Katya Henry, Catherine Haden, Alice Steiner and Ellen Thompson for joining me and forming a planning team.
• Digital Dexterity Champion

  • Check out the ‘The Living Book of Digital Skills (You never knew you needed until now)’  – a living, open source online guide to ‘modern not-quite-technical computer skills’ for researchers and the broader academic community.  

Partnerships

This month I met with –

• Manager, HiQ Contact Centre  – Leanne Allen
• HiQ Comms Manager and Library Partner – Birgitta Elferink and Sarah-Jayne McCreath
• LTU – Henk Huijser and Freya Wright-Brough
• DBS – Dave Dennis and Megan Duffy
• HR Partner – Sam Lant
• Art Museum – Renae Belton
• Finance Partner – Pauline King
• SSG – Megan Pozzi
• QUTeX – Bob O’Connor & Nora Rendevska-Ryan
• Learning Hub Group – Caroline Rueckert, Angela Kenna, Birgitta Elferink, Jennifer Tredinnick, Rhonda Leece, Debby Redshaw, Nicole and I.
• Manager, Disability Services – Julie McKenzie
• Security Manager – Andrew Drylie
• Griffith University Library – Craig Milne and Rebecca Heath

Events/Presentations

• LTU All Staff Forum
• Articulation Seminar – Brett Fyfield
• OSC Advisory Group Meeting – Stephanie Bradbury invited me to present an overview of Pressbooks to the group.
• CAUL Open Educational Resources Collective Community Day
• QUT Entrepreneurship Open House

Thank you for reading this report. If you want to know more about the above, please contact Sarah anytime.