Reaching Graduate Students : A Community of Practice for Teaching ICT Literacy

Smith Macklin, Alexis; Culp, F. Bartow

Reaching Graduate Students : A Community of Practice for Teaching ICT Literacy

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2008

Authors

Smith Macklin, Alexis

Culp, F. Bartow

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Advanced Users : Information Literacy and Customized Services / Kohl-Frey, Oliver; Schmid-Ruhe, Bernd (ed.). - pp. 53-71. - ISBN 978-3-89318-053-0

Abstract

This study explored the use of a community of practice for teaching information and communication technology (ICT) skills to graduate students. Two questions were posed. The first addressed the ICT skill needs of 15 students enrolled in a research methods course in chemistry education. The second focused on the use of a community of practice to facilitate ICT skill acquisition. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analyzed. Results indicate that ICT instruction was most useful when: 1) students defined/interpreted information needs by recalling prior knowledge and experiences; 2) those interpretations were tested, refined, rejected, or revised for a specific purpose; 3) access to resources and tools (artifacts, symbols, and language) were readily available; and 4) formative feedback supported critical thinking about the information retrieval process. These findings provided important insights into using a community of practice to facilitate and reinforce learning.

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020 Library and Information Science

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SMITH MACKLIN, Alexis, F. Bartow CULP, 2008. Reaching Graduate Students : A Community of Practice for Teaching ICT Literacy. In: KOHL-FREY, Oliver, ed., Bernd SCHMID-RUHE, ed.. Advanced Users : Information Literacy and Customized Services, pp. 53-71. ISBN 978-3-89318-053-0

BibTex

@inproceedings{SmithMacklin2008Reach-4357,
  year={2008},
  title={Reaching Graduate Students : A Community of Practice for Teaching ICT Literacy},
  isbn={978-3-89318-053-0},
  booktitle={Advanced Users : Information Literacy and Customized Services},
  pages={53--71},
  editor={Kohl-Frey, Oliver and Schmid-Ruhe, Bernd},
  author={Smith Macklin, Alexis and Culp, F. Bartow}
}

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