Turning up and tuning in: strategies for student engagement with library sessions (hosted online by Northumbria library)
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About this event
Date: Wednesday 11 June 2025
Time: 9.30 - 11.30am
Closing date for bookings: Wednesday 4 June 2025 (5pm)
Platform: Online via Teams
Libraries work diligently to create meaningful and informative learning support sessions. However, these events often face the challenge of poor attendance.
What do we mean by engagement? Engagement can be charted through various stages: students' awareness of the support available, their willingness to sign up and attend, and their level of interaction during the sessions. Should we be using a marketing approach to reach students, evaluate our offerings, or consider the timing and mode of delivery? Or should we enhance the sessions themselves through more interactive elements, gamifying learning, and promoting discussion?
This event aims to explore challenges and discuss various strategies to boost engagement. We'll share examples from our member libraries on how they've addressed low turnout, including what strategies have worked and what haven't.
Who is this event aimed at?
It will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching students (info literacy, study skills etc).
Could you get involved? Call for Contributions
We're looking for people to present at the event:
- Have you cracked it and managed to engage with students and increase attendance at your sessions? Would you be able to share your experiences at our event?
- Have you tried something new which you were sure would encourage attendance, but which fell a bit flat – and could you share what you think happened?
- We’re interested to hear from you if you have done something innovative or a ‘bit different’ in your teaching and, maybe even as a side effect, have managed to get a great turnout from your students.? Could you share at the event?
- We’re open to anything else on this topic too so if you have done something that you’d like to share at the event, please get in touch.
Your contribution can be a short paper (15-20 mins), a lightning talk (5-10 mins) or anything else you think will fit the bill.
Please send your ideas by 25 April 2025 to: academiclibrariesnorth@sconul.ac.uk.