The anatomy of elearning

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The anatomy of e-learning

• Lynda Ayiku and Anthea Sutton (Information
  Officers)
• School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR),
  University of Sheffield

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Introduction
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CPD needs of health information professionals

• Demands on NHS knowledge services have become
  increasingly sophisticated, requiring that health
  information professionals roles evolve to
  include
• knowledge management
• training in information and evidence-seeking
  skills
• involvement in clinical decision making
• implementation of policies

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Barriers to traditional face-to-face CPD training

• Despite their requirements for training in these
  areas, health information professionals often
  find it difficult to get away from the workplace
  to attend training due to
• budgetary constraints
• shortage of time
• small numbers of staff and lack of appropriate
  staff cover

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FOLIO was created to overcome these
difficulties

• The online courses enable participants to study
  without the need to leave the workplace
• The courses are free of charge and are available
  for all information professionals who support
  staff working within the UK National Health
  Service (NHS)

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What is FOLIO?
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• FOLIO is the
• Facilitated Online Learning as an Interactive
  Opportunity programme

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What is FOLIO?

• FOLIO is a programme of continuing professional
  development (CPD) e-learning courses for health
  information professionals
• Part of the National Library for Health Librarian
  Development Programme (NLH LDP)
• NLH LDP provides support and training for
  librarians moving into new roles
• Course topics are based on a Training Needs
  Analysis (TNA) that was carried out in 2003.
• TNA revealed that technical skills, management
  skills, professional skills and contextual
  knowledge were required

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Completed FOLIO Courses

• Up to yet, 13 FOLIO courses have been delivered
• Management skills
• Making your case successfully (MACHIAVEL)
• Managing change for health information
  professionals (MCHIP)
• Managing for service quality (MSQ)
• Contextual knowledge
• Information for social care (I4SC)
• Understanding the business of clinical care
  (CLINICOS)

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Completed FOLIO Courses

• Professional skills
• The FOLIO customer care course (FRONTIER)
• Planning and conducting an information needs
  analysis (PACINA)
• Maximising the impact of your service (MAXIM)
• Getting to grips with knowledge management (G2G)
• Designing, conducting and analysing surveys and
  questionnaires (ASQ)
• Learning and teaching skills
• Designing and delivering information skills
  training courses (INFOSKILLS)
• Evaluating information skills training courses
  (INFOSKILLS2)
• Introduction to e-learning (E-FOLIO)

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FOLIO Team

• The FOLIO courses are delivered by a team at
  ScHARR. The FOLIO Team comprises
• Andrew Booth (Programme Director)
• Anthea Sutton and Lynda Ayiku (Learning Resource
  Co-ordinators)
• Plus external input from experts in the field
• In addition, clerical support is provided by the
  Course Administrator, Tricia Campsell

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Aims of the FOLIO programme
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(1) Informing

• Providing participants with an overview of topics
  relevant to their work
• Teaching is provided via course materials such
  as
• Briefings
• Guest lectures
• Interactive PowerPoint presentations
• - etc

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(2) Engaging

• We provide a mixture of formal and informal
  teaching methods to
• engage and motivate participants
• increase the potential to meet a range of
  preferential learning styles among participants

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(3) Socialising

• Online learners often feel isolated when
  undertaking e-learning courses
• This can lead to de-motivation and participant
  withdrawal from e-learning courses
• The FOLIO courses include a buddy system to
  help lessen feelings of isolation
• Buddies are required to collaborate with each
  other on specific FOLIO exercises and activities

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Planning FOLIO courses Lessons learnt
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Lessons learnt

• Workload
• Fewer, evenly spread exercises and tasks
• Timescales giving participants time to interact
  with buddies and complete tasks etc.
• Participants now receive a clear indication of
  time needed on the FOLIO courses (2-4 hrs per
  week)

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Lessons learnt

• Buddy system
• Participants given the opportunity to follow the
  buddy route or the self-directed route
• Larger buddy groups- overcomes problem of
  orphan buddies

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Current and upcoming FOLIO courses

• Current course (Jun-Jul 2006)
• Promoting and marketing library and information
  services (ProMISe) Sept-Oct 2006
• Future courses
• Moving into supervision Supervisory skills for
  paraprofessionals and/or newly qualified
  professionals (MOVES) Sep-Oct 2006
• Breaking out of the Box Extending the health LIS
  professional role- skills and strategies
  (BREAKOUT) Nov-Dec 2006

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Any Questions?

• Contact the FOLIO course team at
  folio_at_sheffield.ac.uk
• Keep an eye on the FOLIO website for future
  courses and developments www.nelh.nhs.uk/folio

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Over to you!