Abstract
RSCH 1501: Research Strategies is a one-credit online course that introduces students to information literacy concepts. Over the course of eight weeks, RSCH 1501 helps students develop skills to think critically, ethically, and strategically about the information they create and consume. RSCH 1501 is structured across ten learning modules: an introduction, eight units focusing on specific course topics, and a conclusion. Each topic unit covers a particular skill, resource, or technique that students need to learn to become a better researcher.
Our LEAP proposal incorporated LEAP principles and practices in order to teach the skills needed in the current information environment more effectively. Our goal was to foster the expansion of critical thinking, so that students would not only build research skills in an academic context, but also understand how these skills are applicable beyond the classroom and in their everyday lives.
There are currently in place two methods to measure the effectiveness and impact of the course: Pre- and post-test student assessments, and data gleaned from student evaluations. To measure the impact of the proposed course revisions on student understanding of course concepts, we compared the pre- and post-test measures in place and examined if and how the revisions to the assignments and discussions impact student performance.
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Metadata
- Subject
Education
- Department
Libraries, Libraries
- Institution
Gainesville
- Event date
15 November 2019
- Date submitted
19 July 2022
- Keywords
- Additional information
Author Biography:
Amanda Nash is an Associate Professor and the Head Librarian at the Gainesville Campus. Her special interests include information literacy, curriculum development, and library administration. Barbara Petersohn has been a Reference and Instruction Librarian / Associate Professor at the Dahlonega Campus of UNG since 2012. Teresa Nesbitt is a Reference Services Librarian/Assistant Professor at the University of North Georgia’s Cumming Campus. She has been with UNG since 2017.
Title of Award Granted:
LEAP (Liberal Education, America's Promise) into Action Grant
Name of Institution that Granted the Award:
University of North Georgia