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Direct linkReyes-Lillo, Danilo; Hernandez-Garrido, Carlos – Education for Information, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic has demanded new strategies and, at the same time, granted new opportunities for the university regarding community engagement. Online education has become a challenge for all universities and libraries around the world. In this context, the Universidad Viña del Mar (Chile), articulating a collaboration between its…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Information Skills, Skill Development, COVID-19
Tang, Rong; Sae-Lim, Watinee – Education for Information, 2016
In this study, an exploratory content analysis of 30 randomly selected Data Science (DS) programs from eight disciplines revealed significant gaps in current DS education in the United States. The analysis centers on linguistic patterns of program descriptions, curriculum requirements, and DS course focus as pertaining to key skills and domain…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Higher Education, Content Analysis, Program Descriptions
Detlor, Brian; Booker, Lorne; Serenko, Alexander; Julien, Heidi – Education for Information, 2012
This study investigates the merits of employing active learning strategies in the delivery of information literacy instruction (ILI). Traditional approaches to the teaching of information literacy skills--where students are passive recipients of the information they receive--are challenged. Rather, methods that encourage students to actively…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies
Koltay, Tibor; Krakowska, Monika; Landova, Hana; Prokai, Margit – Education for Information, 2011
The Visegrad group comprises four countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The literature on information literacy, mainly in the respective national languages, and the development of initiatives are presented in this paper. The situation in each country is discussed separately, followed by a short discussion of similarities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Comparative Analysis
Mokhtar, Intan Azura; Majid, Shaheen – Education for Information, 2006
Information literacy has been a popular slogan in the education sector since it was first used in the 1970s. Despite extensive recognition of the importance of information literacy in education and learning, its importance in the school curriculum has not yet been fully recognized. This paper discusses the importance of information literacy and…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Teaching Methods
Cochrane, Clive – Education for Information, 2006
This paper presents the results of a case study investigating the extent to which information literacy is integrated into student learning in an undergraduate Management degree at Queen's University Belfast. The first part of the paper focuses on how information literacy was embedded in two modules delivered by the author. An analysis of assessed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Audits (Verification), Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedRobertson, J. E.; Williams, D. A. – Education for Information, 1993
Describes a study that was conducted to investigate the information skills abilities of students in Scottish Colleges of Further Education studying for the National Certificate in Business Studies. Topics addressed include highlighting keywords, identifying subject terms, appropriate search strategies, and results that indicate a need to improve…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Information Skills, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedFourie, Ina; van Niekerk, Daleen – Education for Information, 1999
Examines the use of portfolio assessment in a distance education program for research information skills at the University of South Africa. Discusses the assessment of information literacy and online searching skills; portfolio assessment criteria; student attitudes; validity and reliability of portfolio assessment; and problems. (LRW)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedde Jager, Karin; Nassimbeni, Mary – Education for Information, 1998
Discusses the lack of knowledge that students from disadvantaged educational systems have regarding information technologies and information sources, and describes a course developed at the School of Librarianship at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) for undergraduates that provides students with transferable learning and information…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
