In today’s society, lecturers/researchers and students are faced with diverse information resources alike. Yet, accessing high-quality information, reliable information, or good resources does not come easily. In this process, every individual will need useful tools and a powerful set of skills.
Information skills guides
The information skills guides the Library offers form a cookbook that will help lecturers/researchers and students improve their information and academic skills. For instance, in:
- finding and accessing information;
- setting up a search;
- evaluating resources;
- making decisions in choosing resources that responds to one’s needs;
- saving, managing, and using references;
- ethically applying information to address a problem.
The goal is to facilitate lecturers/researchers and students in the process of improving their:
- research and academic skills;
- self-directed learning;
- critical thinking;
- ethical attitude and behavior in using, creating, and evaluating.
The skills students have acquired and developed can be used throughout their studies as well as following their studies in professional and personal settings and facilitate them in becoming life-long learners and creators of knowledge.
Brief e-modules
Lecturers/researchers and students can engage in self-directed learning using short e-modules grouped in 10 information skills guides that help with how to search, find and manage scholarly information and data in an efficient way. The e-modules combine texts, exercises, and videos, which can be worked through separately and/or individually.
Additionally, lecturers/researchers can point out to and encourage their students to make use of these e-modules. By doing so, students can strengthen their foundation in preparing their assignments and theses.
For an overview of the guides and e-modules, please see below and discover a variety of topics!
Embedding information skills guides in Canvas courses
Lecturers can incorporate (part of) the guides into their courses on Canvas. This helps make materials more salient to students and facilitate an autonomous learning process.
The first five guides are about the basics (i.e., exploring, searching, citing, evaluating (scholarly) information and data, and integrity issues). These guides are focused more on BA 1-3 level. The last five guides are relatively more advanced (i.e., doing a literature review, managing data, publishing, measuring impact, and profiling). These guides are of more interest to (research) master and PhD students.
As a lecturer/supervisor/researcher, you can choose e-modules/topics relevant to your students for a specific course and embed them in your Canvas course. There are various ways to add guides and guide content from the EUR Library to your Canvas course.
Collaboration with the University Library for a customized training
The e-modules are useful resources for students to improve their information and academic skills. Yet, if you believe as a lecturer/ supervisor/researcher that your students can benefit from hands-on group learning or need extra support, a customized training session for BA3, master, and PhD students is a possibility.
The training typically involves a presentation plus (interactive) assignments and is held either online or on location. The duration of a training session depends on the group size and type of the training. Need more information about our customized trainings or want to request one? Please contact us via our online form.
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