Search results for "Information Literacy"

Sourcing on the internet: Examining the relations among different phases of online inquiry

2021

This study examined students’ engagement in sourcing throughout online inquiry, that is, when they specified the information need, formulated search queries, evaluated online texts, and composed a written product. Participants were 167 upper secondary school students. Students completed an online inquiry task in a restricted online environment that utilized authentic online texts. Students’ prior topic knowledge and reading fluency was measured and controlled for in the analysis. The results showed that students engaged in sourcing even in the earliest phases of online inquiry. A sequential regression analysis indicated that the more frequently students engaged in sourcing in specifying the…

The model for consistent teaching of information literacy in online courses. Faculty liaison librarians tutoring researchers and research students

2014

Presentation from the workshop "Informational services for research process" (14.-16.04.2014., Riga).

Towards Adult Information Literacy Assessment in Latvia: UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Competency Matrix in Practice

2014

The study presents conclusions regarding the possibility of adapting the UNESCO MIL Competency Matrix and developing methodology for information literacy assessment of the adult population. During field research in a sample territory (Kekava district) and within an adult population target group, the levels of information literacy are assessed, and information literacy education needs are clarified. The research results can be used for the development of diagnostic instruments for regional growth, planning of adult education, elaboration of information literacy training programmes, as well as for self-evaluation of information literacy competencies. The study has been carried out within the …

2020

Critical evaluation skills when using online information are considered important in many research and education frameworks; critical thinking and information literacy are cited as key twenty-first century skills for students. Higher education may play a special role in promoting students' skills in critically evaluating (online) sources. Today, higher education students are more likely to use the Internet instead of offline sources such as textbooks when studying for exams. However, far from being a value-neutral, curated learning environment, the Internet poses various challenges, including a large amount of incomplete, contradictory, erroneous, and biased information. With low barriers t…

The Information Society and the New Competence

1988

Informācijpratība doktorantūras studentiem

2019

Konferences ziņojumā izklāstīts apkopojums par doktorantūras studentu informacionālām vajadzībām studijās un pētniecības darbā. Autore apkopojusi atziņas no zinātniskās literatūras bibliotēkzinātnes un izglītības jomās, kā arī no pieredzes, strādājot akadēmiskā vidē. Doktorantūras studentu informacionālās vajadzības nosaka to kompleksā daba, kā no vienas puses studiju un no otras puses pētniecības procesa dalībniekiem. Informācijas un komunikācijas tehnoloģijas ietekmē pētniecības darbplūsmu, un tiek attīstīti arvien jauni risinājumi dažādu pētniecības procesu veikšanai. Bibliotēku personālam, attīstot informācijpratības pakalpojumus, jāņem vērā doktorantūras studentu informacionālo vajadzī…

Financial Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction to the International Handbook of Financial Literacy

2016

Academic Contest and Social Networking to Promote Technology and Information Literacy among University Students

2012

Abstract Spanish universities have recently adapted their studies to the requirements of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This process has involved the consideration of the development of computer and informational skills as an academic objective. In order to develop these skills, among other activities, an informative video has been disseminated. The design of the communication campaign, developed through viral marketing and social networks has been the result of and empirical research carried out by students of the University of Valencia. This paper describes the research objectives, questions, techniques and main findings.

Multiple viewpoints increase students' attention to source features in social question and answer forum messages

2016

International audience; Social question & answer forums offer great learning opportunities, but students need to evaluate the credibility of answers to avoid being misled by untrustworthy sources. This critical evaluation may be beyond the capabilities of students from primary and secondary school. We conducted 2 studies to assess how students from primary, secondary, and undergraduate education perceive and use 2 relevant credibility cues in forums: author's identity and evidence used to support his answer. Students didn't use these cues when they evaluated forums with a single answer (Experiment 1), but they recommended more often answers from self‐reported experts than from users with a …

The Ph.D.-candidate as an information literate resource

2012

One of Agder University Librarys goals is to support teaching and research at the University of Agder (UoA). To do so, the library should be involved in research projects and offer the right products at the right time. The spring of 2012 a survey was conducted among researchers (academic staff and Ph.D.-students) at the faculty of humanities and education at UoA as well as the library staff. Aditional interviews was made with the library´s research librarians and two of the Ph.D.-students. The surveys and interviews made it clear that researchers and librarians have a different conception on what research support is and should be. While librarians focus mostly on library resources, the rese…