The 2023 Horizon Report, Teaching and Learning, a key barometer of university education trends, has addressed the growth of misinformation. The report states:
Most colleges and universities, however, have not yet been able to provide more than limited information literacy offerings at best. Furthermore, faculty face challenges in teaching these issues due to concerns about potential accusations of political bias, negative student evaluations of teaching, and increased conflict in class. Institutions need to incorporate information literacy as a main component of the undergraduate curriculum while providing students and faculty with the tools and support they need to have meaningful conversations about these issues (p. 16).
Information Literacy (IL) may be defined as the ability to access and use information critically to discern truth and solve problems. For most of our students, IL is an add-on to the curriculum, addressed in a spotty manner by librarian visits to your classes or your urging to students to consult with a librarian. In our increasingly information-crazy world, such limited initiatives won't be enough. This page will show you how to transform student research assignments into vehicles for training able researchers.
For more information / consultation on using research assignments as training tools, contact:
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William Badke |
Qinqin Zhang Office -- Main Level |
Tel. 604-513-2121 x 3923 Office -- Main Level |
Is developing students as researchers a priority when we also need to impart so much content? Is it even possible? Most of academia appears to be answering "no" to both questions. This makes student information literacy the biggest blind spot in higher education today.
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Here is a plan (with a lot more detail below):
1. Determine the elements you believe would make an excellent research project for your course.
For example, an excellent research project:
2. Divide the project into 3 to 5 parts, each of which:
3. Help students to understand that your role in the process is to mentor them in their research skill development, with you as a "guide on the side."
The following presentation is a sample of what is needed to turn your assignment into a research skill development process (see PDF download version above):
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Related Presentations:
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For more tools and presentations to develop research skills, go to:
https://libguides.twu.ca/ResearchSkills/Home
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