The Information Retrieval Competencies of Students Faced with Remote and Blended Teaching

Abstract

The article describes the problems and features of information retrieval activity of students amid the extreme transition of universities to remote education. The results of a student survey are described, allowing to gain some initial insights into the information retrieval competencies of students in a new reality, when the only opportunity for them is remote access to electronic information systems and electronic educational resources. The competencies necessary for effective information retrieval in a remote and blended teaching have been listed and characterized.