Promoting the development of students' information literacy skills: Insights from a post-secondary classroom

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Binfet, T. (2002). Promoting the development of students' information literacy skills: Insights from a post-secondary classroom. In M. Driscoll & T. Reeves (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (pp. 1195-1198). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002
Montreal, Canada
2002
ISBN 1-880094-46-0
  Margaret Driscoll & Thomas C. Reeves
AACE

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Author

Ty Binfet, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Abstract

The principal aim of this pilot study was to explore the development of students' information literacy skills as they completed annotated bibliographies related to a topic in educational psychology. One challenge facing postsecondary educators is to encourage students to conduct comprehensive on-line searches of resources related to course assignments. Thirteen graduate students in educational psychology were asked to compile a web-based, annotated bibliography in lieu of writing a traditional term paper. Self and peer assessments were administered and revealed that students do not profess to have a search strategy in mind prior to starting their on-line research, that they do in fact develop strategies to streamline their search efforts, and that they report an increase in their comfort level using on-line databases as a result of having completed an annotated bibliography. Implications for postsecondary instruction and information literacy are discussed.

Keywords

• Students
• Literacy

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