Challenges in finding a connection between IL education and research problem formulation

Talikka, Marja; Värri, Hanna; Eskelinen, Harri; Rimppi, Heli

doi:10.1109/fie.2015.7344253

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“…The authors do, however, note the need for further research to establish the validity of the assessment methods used to evaluate these brief IL sessions and other forms of IL education. Talikka, V€ arri, and Eskelinen (2015) found, however, that changes in students' information searching performance can be seen even after brief, 90-minute IL education sessions.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…They recommend collaboration between the engineering faculty and librarians and extend collaboration even to faculty from communication and English departments in order to integrate reinforcement of IL skills in existing engineering curricula. Linking IL and language studies to substance education is also presented by Talikka, Eskelinen, and V€ arri (2014) in a case-study related to materials science. Although these studies present collaboration practices, and the integrated IL and language education provides students with valuable skills in both cases, the wider aspect of connecting these skills to undertaking research is not considered.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of Brief Integrated Information Literacy Education Sessions on Undergraduate Engineering Students' Interdisciplinary Research

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Eskelinen

2017

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Engineering students often conduct information searches without sufficient consideration of the context of their research topic. This article discusses how development of a new information literacy (IL) mindset through instruction in integrated IL education affects students' understanding of research problems and formulation of information search questions. The course observed is a mechanical engineering seminar for undergraduate engineering students with integrated IL education. A survey-based research method is utilized with surveys carried out at three stages of the course. The results show that as the course progressed, students' interdisciplinary research problem descriptions became more profound and their formulations of information search questions developed more advanced understanding of the principles of information use. Preliminary parallel results have been analyzed from 2013 to 2016 at a university of technology in Finland.

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confidence: 77%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%