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Publication Date: 2019-Jun
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Using Learning Diaries to Evaluate and Improve Online Information Literacy and Academic Skills Provision
Tolland, Aidan; Mogg, Rebecca; Bennett, Amanda
Journal of Information Literacy, v13 n1 p76-92 Jun 2019
The purpose of this paper is to describe a new method for the evaluation of online provision of information literacy and academic skills (ILAS), and advocate for its addition as a tool for the ILAS practitioner. The method is discussed in the context of evaluating its effectiveness for a project to investigate the value of six online tutorials for postgraduate taught students at Cardiff University. The paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of the method compared to the more commonly utilised focus group and interview techniques in this field of study. It concludes that the method has been highly effective in collecting substantial actionable information for the improvement of the development of student's ILAS and recommends its use in similar projects.
Descriptors: Student Journals, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Web Based Instruction, Information Literacy, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
CILIP Information Literacy Group. 7 Ridgmount Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7AE, United Kingdom. e-mail: jinfolit@gmail.com; Web site: https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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