Library and Skills Centre Teachmeet 2024

The Padlet for this event can be found here: Teachmeet Padlet.

• Please use this Padlet to share your questions, thoughts, and experiences on the topics discussed at today's event.

• You can add to the Padlet at any time throughout the day. There are sections for each of the presentations and activities.

• The Padlet will be available to look through after the event.

• Your contributions will be anonymous. Feel free to include your name/institution if you would like.

In the warm-up activity, we asked participants to reflect on challenges faced in Higher Education related to teaching critical thinking skills.

In the afternoon, we then grouped these issues into themes, which formed the basis of one of our activities.

In the first activity, groups had been given a different challenge around critical thinking.

Participants discussed the challenge using flipchart paper, in relation to 5 stakeholder groups. These were:

1. Home undergraduate students
2. Disabled students
3. International students
4. Academic staff
5. Participants as Library/Skills staff

For each stakeholder group, the following were discussed:

• How might this challenge affect this group in particular?
• How might this group respond to this challenge?
• What support might this group benefit from in relation to this challenge?

The following challenge discussed was technology:

The following challenge discussed was evaluation of sources using critical thinking:

The following challenge discussed was applying critical thinking in context:

The following challenge discussed was time:

The following challenge discussed was confidence:

In the final activity, participants discussed current and planned teaching of critical thinking skills. Groups discussed the following:

1. What are you doing currently in relation to teaching critical thinking skills and tackling misinformation?
2. What new ideas could you implement in the future? Have today's presentations and discussions inspired any actions you could take?

Discussions were recorded on flipchart paper.