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Effective Modern User Instruction for Information Literacy

Join this seminar to learn how to assess, locate, evaluate, and use information effectively in problem-solving using the PBL learning process. Explore various user instruction steps, from library introduction to thesis writing, and discover lessons learned from this innovative teaching approach.

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Effective Modern User Instruction for Information Literacy

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  1. “Modern user instruction – teaching users new media” Klaipeda 25th – 26th May 2005 Anne-Marie Pettersson anne-marie.pettersson@bth.se

  2. Information literacy • assess the need for information • identify what information is needed • locate information • evaluate information • use information in solving problems

  3. The PBL Learning Process • introductory lecture • encounter a real world problem • solve the problem with information already possessed • identify what needs to be learned • teacher = educational coach (tutor)who becomes less active • small learner groups

  4. User instruction steps 1st semester Library Introduction Any time Book a librarian 1st semester Bibliographial Databases Search strategies 6th semester Thesis writing Individual instructions 1st semester ELIN@Blekinge Full text journals 5th semester Search workshops 3rd semester Bibliographical databases CINAHL, Medline

  5. Lessons learned • Time consuming • Timing • Motivation • Variation • Rehearsal • Difficulties • New search behaviours

  6. Thanks for your attention! anne-marie.pettersson@bth.se

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