Integrating information literacy using problem‐based learning
Abstract
Teaching information literacy skills is increasingly difficult as the number of students entering the university demonstrate an extraordinary confidence using technology. Students and subject area faculty often do not grasp the subtle difference between being technology proficient and being information literate. Some faculty are even beginning to dismiss library instruction by saying “my students already know how to use the Internet”. This paper introduces a new method for teaching essential information literacy skills, combined with problem solving techniques, to develop, promote, and assess critical and analytical thinking of students further (and faculty) using information technologies today.
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Citation
Smith Macklin, A. (2001), "Integrating information literacy using problem‐based learning", Reference Services Review, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 306-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006493
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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