Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University Web-based course in information searching

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University The project Financed by Swedish Learning Lab Integration of ICT and teaching methods Learning platform: PING PONG Support from Uppsala Learning Lab September 2006 – May 2007

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University Uppsala University Library Serves 40,000 students and 6,000 faculty members Supports the teaching and research activities of the University Supplies 14,000 electronic journals, thousands of e-books, over 100 databases, 133 kilometers of shelves containing printed materials.

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University User education Individual and scheduled user education at the University Library 2005: 8,785 students 2005: 1,344 hours

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University User education – the goal The main goal - in collaboration with the teachers - is to help the students at Uppsala University to become information literate. Definition: The American Library Association's (ALA) Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, Final Report states that, "To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information”American Library Association

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University Getting started Starting point – students perspectives and needs, not the library’s Google and Google Scholar is not the only tool A clear, logical structure from the start Focus on the most relevant content

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University The course aims to complement to the regular user education at the library is a detached course is both interdisciplinary and subject specific contains self-corrected tests

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University Focus on: Evaluation of information sources and various search tools Criticism of the sources is to evaluate the source critically to evaluate the credibility to find out who or what is the source to establish the authenticity of the source to check it’s information How to find scientific publications

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University Content Introduction Scientific publishing Information sources Search tools Copyright References & Citations Evaluation Self-corrected tests

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University What promotes E-learning? Text – simple, clear and organized. Short sentences and paragraphs. Links to larger documents Pictures and graphical features only when directly attached to the text Consistency Interactive and active participation, exercises and quizzes Audio and video

Eva Nordgren and Linda Thorn Uppsala University References Li Zhang ”Effectively incorporating instructional media into web-based information literacy”. In Electronic Library; 2006, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p Kesselman, Martin; Watstein, Sarah Barbara ”Google Scholar and libraries: point/counterpoint”. In Reference Services Review; 2005, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p

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