scholarly journals The Effectiveness of a Web-based Board Game for Teaching Undergraduate Students Information Literacy Concepts and Skills

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (9/10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Markey ◽  
Fritz Swanson ◽  
Andrea Jenkins ◽  
Brian J. Jennings ◽  
Beth St. Jean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Web Based

Designing and testing a web‐based board game for teaching information literacy skills and concepts

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Markey ◽  
Fritz Swanson ◽  
Andrea Jenkins ◽  
Brian J. Jennings ◽  
Beth St. Jean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Teaching Information

scholarly journals Plagiarism Instruction Online: Assessing Undergraduate Students’ Ability to Avoid Plagiarism

2006 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 418-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Instructional Design Process ◽  
Quiz Scores

This study assesses undergraduate students’ understanding of plagiarism through the use of an interactive, Web-based tutorial, Plagiarism: The Crime of Intellectual Kidnapping. The author details the instructional design process used to create this information literacy resource and integrate it into the curriculum. Data from 2,829 student quiz scores are analyzed to assess student learning. The results of this study indicate that students have difficulty grasping concepts related to paraphrasing. A comparative analysis of pre- and posttest results shows that student scores improved an average of 6 percent.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of WeCWI-Enabled Web-based Instructional Tool to Improve Writing Performance and Critical Thinking Level among Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Boon Yih Mah ◽  
Suzana Ab. Rahim ◽  
Rasaya Marimuthu ◽  
Shun Chone Liaw
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Writing Skill

The complexity of the writing skill, low literacy skills, interlanguage errors, low language proficiency, lack of critical thinking, poor information literacy and second language (L2) writing anxiety, which is supported by the two-semester course performance analysis, result in the poor writing skill among one of the Malaysian universities' undergraduates.

scholarly journals Locate your soundscape: interacting with the acoustic environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Orio ◽  
Berardina De Carolis ◽  
Francesco Liotard
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Initial Experiment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Entire Country ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The City

AbstractAlthough overshadowed by visual information, sound plays a central role in how people perceive an environment. The effect of a landscape is enriched by its soundscape, that is, the stratification of all the acoustic sources that, often unconsciously, are heard. This paper presents a framework for archiving, browsing, and accessing soundscapes, either remotely or on-site. The framework is based on two main components: a web-based interface to upload and search the recordings of an acoustic environment, enriched by in- formation about geolocation, timing, and context of the recording; and a mobile app to browse and listen to the recordings, using an interactive map or GPS information. To populate the archive, we launched two crowdsourcing initiatives. An initial experiment examined the city of Padua’s soundscape through the participation of a group of undergraduate students. A broader experiment, which was proposed to all people in Italy, aimed at tracking how the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was dramatically changing the soundscape of the entire country.

Developing information literacy courses for students through virtual learning environments in Tanzania: Prospects and challenges

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110182
Author(s):  
Evans F Wema
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The Face

This article reviews literature on the use of virtual learning environments by highlighting their potential and the challenges of introducing the same in Tanzania. It introduces the concept of virtual learning environments by demonstrating their applications to support teaching and learning. The article discusses the use of virtual learning environments in teaching information literacy courses by highlighting the success of using such tools in facilitating the teaching of information literacy courses to library users. In this review, special emphasis is placed on attempts by Tanzanian institutions of higher learning to introduce web-based teaching of information literacy and the challenges faced. The review reveals the need for Tanzanian institutions of higher learning to develop virtual learning environments to facilitate the teaching of information literacy courses to students and faculty so as to reach many of those who may not manage to attend the face-to-face information literacy sessions that are offered by librarians on a regular basis.

Student Experiences with Digital Citizenship: A Comparative Cultural Study

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Kammer ◽  
Kodjo Atiso ◽  
Edward Mensah Borteye
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Ethical Aspects

Abstract This comparative cultural study examines differences in digital citizenship between undergraduate information literacy students at two different, but similar, universities across the globe from each other. Under the notion that the internet and prevalence of mobile devices allow students to participate online as digital citizens in ways that were impossible before, we use mixed methods to compare the attitudes and experiences of undergraduate students at a university in the midwestern United States (U.S.), with a university on the southwestern coast of Ghana. We also examine the policies related to technology use at these schools. The findings indicate that Ghanaian students had higher levels of digital citizenship. Other findings suggest that network issues are a problem for students in both schools, especially for Ghana, and ethical aspects of internet use, like cyberbullying, hacking, and fake news, deter students from participating online as much as they would like.

scholarly journals The Daily Image Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Chinese Undergraduate Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Huang ◽  
Diane Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Image Search ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Current Image ◽  
Image Information ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Normal University

A survey was conducted at Beijing Normal University to explore subjects’ motives for image seeking; the image types they need; how and where they seek images; and the difficulties they encounter. The survey also explored subjects’ attitudes toward current image services and their perceptions of how university libraries might provide assistance. Based on the findings, this article summarizes the features of Chinese undergraduate students’ daily image needs and their information behavior related to images. The findings reveal the need to improve the image services offered by academic libraries and strengthen undergraduates’ information literacy with respect to image search and use.

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