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Συμβολή προγραμμάτων πληροφοριακής παιδείας στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία
Μάλλιαρη, Νίτσος
Eureka! Institutional Repository (Eureka!)1 Oct 2007Open access
NobleIDark:/48914/w1/20261105/850EE69CDOI10.26234/heal.ihu.58
Συμβολή προγραμμάτων πληροφοριακής παιδείας στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία
Μάλλιαρη, Νίτσος · Eureka! Institutional Repository (Eureka!) · 2007
NobleIDark:/48914/w1/20261105/850EE69CDOI10.26234/heal.ihu.58
Abstract
Information literacy programs help students develop skills to efficiently use and evaluate information. Online information literacy programs developed by academic libraries in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom highlight the need for systematic education and training in searching information, evaluating and composing essays and copyright issues. An information literate student should be able to search, retrieve and evaluate information in any learning environment. In this paper we explore the information literacy program developed by the library of a technological educational institute. The need for an information literacy program is verified by a relative study that has taken place to the Institution’s educational staff. Data were gathered using the method of questionnaires. Having processed and analyzed the data, it came out that a significant percentage of the educational staff (47%) notes that students face problems locating and using information in the library, such as describing a subject using keywords and searching the library’s automated catalogue. This percentage is higher (57%) when students use the internet to retrieve information. Indicative problems are choosing the proper database and evaluating the search results. Furthermore, 85% of the teaching staff that has answered the questionnaire, notes that they would use the library’s educational programs as teaching aid. Also, a significant percentage (75%) of the teaching staff considers important a relevant course with credits to exist in the curriculum. The online information literacy program presented and analyzed in this paper consists of the following modules: determine the information needs, search and retrieve information, evaluate the information, synthesize and communicate the information and proper use of the information. The modules are in accordance to the standards of the American College and Research Libraries Association and the Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy.