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Language | English |
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Pages | 49-65 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Research in Learning Technology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 May 2007 |
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Keywords
- education
- online learning
- information literacy
- information and communications technology
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Exploring behaviour in the online environment : student perceptions of information literacy. / Smith, Janice; Oliver, Martin.
In: Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 02.05.2007, p. 49-65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring behaviour in the online environment : student perceptions of information literacy
AU - Smith, Janice
AU - Oliver, Martin
PY - 2007/5/2
Y1 - 2007/5/2
N2 - The aim of this paper is to show how information literacy can be conceptualised as a key learning process related to discipline and academic maturity, rather than as a generic skill. Results of a smallscale study including questionnaires and observation of student behaviour are reported and analysed in relation to Bruce's 'seven faces of information literacy' framework. The findings illustrate that information literacy is a highly situated practice that remains undeveloped through mandatory schooling. Some methodological issues are considered in relation to researching information literacy, including the limits of the Bruce model as a framework for analysis. We also show how decontextualised courses can foreground and privilege certain behaviours that are beneficial but that developing higher-level information literate attitudes is likely to be an iterative and contextualised process.
AB - The aim of this paper is to show how information literacy can be conceptualised as a key learning process related to discipline and academic maturity, rather than as a generic skill. Results of a smallscale study including questionnaires and observation of student behaviour are reported and analysed in relation to Bruce's 'seven faces of information literacy' framework. The findings illustrate that information literacy is a highly situated practice that remains undeveloped through mandatory schooling. Some methodological issues are considered in relation to researching information literacy, including the limits of the Bruce model as a framework for analysis. We also show how decontextualised courses can foreground and privilege certain behaviours that are beneficial but that developing higher-level information literate attitudes is likely to be an iterative and contextualised process.
KW - education
KW - online learning
KW - information literacy
KW - information and communications technology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0968776042000339790
U2 - 10.1080/0968776042000339790
DO - 10.1080/0968776042000339790
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - 49
EP - 65
JO - Research in Learning Technology
T2 - Research in Learning Technology
JF - Research in Learning Technology
SN - 0968-7769
IS - 1
ER -