Information Literacy Life SkillsInformation Literacy is a skill that your rely on throughout life. This life skill to be Information Literate needs to be practised through information gathering,comparison and analysis. It is your right to understand and know as much as possible about the world and environment around you,so become Information Literate to ensure you can gather and use the knowledge freely available to you. Information Literacy SkillsThe ability to identify useful research grade information is detailed in our Information Literacy Overview, and the benefits of good Information study skills can be recognized through our Information Literacy Report. Information-seeking behaviour of distance learning studentsIntroduction There is a constant stream of studies focusing on young undergraduates’ information behaviour. Distance learners and mature students, if included in the studies are not usually identified as such. These students are often mature students who have other needs than young undergraduates living near the university. In the literature some problems and barriers faced [...] University students’ information seeking behaviour in a changing learning environment – How are students’ information needs, seeking and use affected by new teaching methods?Introduction and aim of the study Introduction The theoretical basis of this study is partly in theories and conceptions of learning and partly in that research in information seeking, needs and uses which emphazies the user and takes the social context into consideration. The need for changes and improvement in the quality of education has [...] |
