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Transue, Beth M. – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
Connectivism is an emerging learning theory positing that knowledge comprises networked relationships and that learning comprises the ability to successfully navigate through these networks. Successful pedagogical strategies involve the instructor helping students to identify, navigate, and evaluate information from their learning networks. Many…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Library Instruction
Sawetrattanasatian, Oranuch – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Web 2.0 technology has drawn much attention recently as a fascinating tool for Information Literacy Instruction (ILI), especially in academic libraries. This research was aimed to investigate the implementation of Web 2.0 technology for ILI in Thai university libraries, in terms of information literacy skills being taught, types of Web 2.0…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Web 2.0 Technologies, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Humrickhouse, Elizabeth – Online Submission, 2011
This paper examines how library educators can implement Web 2.0 tools in their Information Literacy programs to better prepare students for the rigors of academic research. Additionally, this paper looks at transliteracy and constructivism as the most useful teaching methods in a Web 2.0 classroom and attempts to pinpoint specific educational…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Needs, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Page, Mary; Kesselman, Martin – Research Strategies, 1994
Describes distinctions between networked and traditional information resources, explains how these affect user education, and discusses how to transform traditional library instruction into meaningful network education. The nature of the Internet, the librarian's role, staff training, user instruction, using the network to teach, and opportunities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cleveland-Innes, Martha; McGreal, Rory; Anderson, Terry; Friesen, Norm; Ally, Mohamed; Tin, Tony; Graham, Rodger; Moisey, Susan; Petrinjak, Anita; Schafer, Steve – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Athabasca University--Canada's Open University (AU) made the commitment to put all of its courses online as part of its Strategic University Plan. In pursuit of this goal, AU participated in the eduSource project, a pan-Canadian effort to build the infrastructure for an interoperable network of learning object repositories. AU acted as a leader in…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 9, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Learning Communities Can Be Cohesive-And Divisive" (Jaffee, David); (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Cooperative Learning, College Presidents