External resources relating to learning development topics, available under creative commons licence unless otherwise stated.

The little book of information skills – Leeds Metropolitan University accessed through OER section of LMU repository

University of Leicester OER repository – resources from the Student Support and Development Department

Learning Journeys – resources from the University of West London, outputs from the ALLE project

LearnHigher – collaborative CETL, now incorporated into the work of ALDinHE.  Website currently being revamped for relaunch in April 2012

Prepare for Success – Resources aimed specifically at international students preparing to come to the UK. Strictly speaking these are not OERs, as they are not re-purposeable.

The assignment survivalKit
The LearnHigher version is based at the University of Kent, derived from work done at Staffordshire University, but based on an original idea from the University of Minnesota, and available to download as Open Source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/assign-calc

University of Exeter – English – Information Skills – Interpreting Reading lists http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/using/help/english/informationskills/interpretingreadinglists/#Books

University of East London Info Skills

University of Sheffield – Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia.

University of Sydney – iResearch: information skills for life – Finding items on your reading list

University of Leeds – Understanding your reading list tutorial

University of West London – 2 quizzes on reading lists – http://hermes.uwl.ac.uk/learnerjourney/journey1_finding_way_around.html

Oxford Brookes University – reading lists guide quiz – http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/skill/skill1b.html

Induction and pre-induction across the sector

University of Leeds: Flying start
http://flyingstart.leeds.ac.uk

(looks to have moved – AH to arrange access to last year’s version)

University of Brunel: Headstart
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/headstart

University of Bournemouth: Stepping Stones to HE
http://dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/steps/

University of Bath: Bridging the gap
Resources not apparently online, but useful project evaluation at
http://go.bath.ac.uk/BridgingTheAcademicCultureGapReport

University of Glamorgan : Getting Started   http://gettingstarted.glam.ac.uk/

 

Software helpguides

Articulate: http://www.articulate.com/blog/how-to-get-articulate-support-training-and-tutorials/

Excellent blog linking to lots of information including tutorials,  forums and seminars.

Captivate: http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate.html

Links to basic and advanced tutorials.