An evaluation of an information literacy training initiative at the University of Dar es Salaam

Journal of Information Literacy

Evans Wema¹  Mark Hepworth¹ 

[1] Loughborough University

关键词: Information Literacy;    Information Behaviour;    Tanzania;    Higher Education;    Taught postgraduate students;    Teachers: librarians;    Education faculty;    Qualitative research;    Teaching methods;    Course evaluation;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Information Literacy

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThis paper reviews the implementation and impact of an Information Literacy Training course at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. The purpose of the research which is described was to determine the effectiveness of different methods of assessment for teaching information literacy. MethodologyThe focus of the paper is an analysis of student learning through quizzes, exercises, reflective discussion and student presentations. The training lasted seven days and involved Masters Students from the Faculty of Education. Data was collected via quizzes, exercises and group reflection and presentations that related to each stage in the course. The data were used to see whether the overall method of training was effective and also to see whether these assessment tools were useful in themselves. The approach was primarily qualitative. FindingsThe course, judging from the various forms of feedback, was effective. Student feedback enabled us to learn about the ways in which each of our teaching methods contributed to the student learning experience. The integration of knowledge from information behaviour research, educational theory and current Library Science perspectives on information literacy also proved valuable in developing the curriculum. Practical implicationsThe students themselves appear, from the data collected, to have learnt from the course. The librarians who taught the course were able to use the feedback and experience to run subsequent courses. Hence it proved successful in terms of knowledge transfer and enabling the development of information literacy trainers.

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