Category Archives for Education & Learning
Transformative? Integrative? Troublesome? Undergraduate Student Reflections on Information Literacy Threshold Concepts
In this exploratory study the authors ask students enrolled in a credit-bearing undergraduate research methods course to rank and evaluate the troublesome, transformative, and integrative nature of the six frames currently comprising the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. … Continue reading
Assessment of knowledge and skills in information literacy instruction for rehabilitation sciences students: a scoping review
This is the third version of a work in progress (published January 2018); the first version was made available by OASPA in December 2013 and a second version in June 2015. We encourage its wide dissemination and continue to welcome … Continue reading
Creating a Connected Future Through Information and Digital Literacy: Strategic Directions at The University of Queensland Library
As knowledge-intensive institutions, universities face many challenges resulting from today’s highly dynamic technological environment. While the ways in which learners and researchers engage with digital information resources are complex and diverse, there is a keen awareness of the varying levels … Continue reading
How Real-World Learning Could Help People Compete With Machines
When machines come for our jobs, we will need skills in communication, creativity, collaboration, and complex thinking to compete, says Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University. It will take a completely different kind of education system, he says — … Continue reading
Libraries Look to Big Data to Measure Their Worth—And Better Help Students
These days, though, libraries are finding new ways to measure their worth. They’re counting how many times students use electronic library resources or visit in person, and comparing that to how well the students do in their classes and how … Continue reading
How Technology Is Leading Us Into the Imagination Age
In many ways, the future is unpredictable. A report by the World Economic Forum reveals that almost 65 percent of the jobs elementary school students will be doing in the future do not even exist yet. Combined with technological automation … Continue reading
The Abbey Theatre Digital Archive: a digitization project with dramatic impact
The Digital Archive enables new types of research, including text and data mining, and has reshaped undergraduate curricula. It has also had a transformative effect on the Library as leader of the project. The role of the archivist has changed … Continue reading
Engagement Insights: Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education – Annual Results 2017
Students in courses with more inclusive practices reported greater learning and engagement, according to new survey results released by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). About 3 in 5 college students said their courses emphasized sharing their own perspectives … Continue reading
Discovery Services: Libraries and Beyond
This reexamination of the roles of libraries within the community creates or develops a shared context which impacts both professional identity and advocacy efforts. While it is not clear the exact shape and scope of this crisis in the library … Continue reading
Open Access and Predatory Publishing
Online connection is the fabric of contemporary life. We are all aware that the Internet and World Wide Web provide extraordinarily dynamic and virtually instantaneous options for communication and access to information. Scientific publication has kept abreast of this trend, … Continue reading