Perspectives of first-year Business Studies students on the Certificate of Information Literacy: a case study of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

IF 0.4 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Yunus Omar, Zulaiga Davids
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This paper presents the results of a survey on the perspectives of students and lecturers after students had attended a course on information literacy (IL) training. A student self-assessment survey aimed to explore what IL skills students are applying and how they feel about completing the IL course. A second survey gained feedback from lecturers to verify whether students had applied IL skills within their subjects after taking the IL course. The population studied was Business Studies students at first year and foundation level, drawing a sample from Communication and English courses. Findings indicate that lecturers have seen an improvement in the academic work of students after their IL training. Students perceived an improvement in their skills to evaluate sources – a skill most applied in their academic work. The value of the study lies in its focus on how students view their IL skills. The study finds that students see IL training as beneficial, not only in Communication and English, but in their other subjects as well. They also see the benefit it will have for all students at a university. Literature suggests that soliciting students’ perspectives on IL is under-researched. This case study adds to research in that area.
商科一年级学生对信息素养证书的看法——以开普半岛科技大学为例
本文介绍了一项关于学生参加信息素养培训课程后对学生和讲师的看法的调查结果。一项学生自我评估调查旨在探索学生正在应用的外语技能以及他们对完成外语课程的感受。第二项调查获得了讲师的反馈,以验证学生在学习外语课程后是否在其学科中应用了外语技能。研究对象是商科一年级和基础阶段的学生,样本来自交流和英语课程。研究结果表明,教师们看到学生在接受外语培训后的学业成绩有所提高。学生们认为他们评估资料来源的技能有所提高,这是他们在学术工作中最常用的技能。这项研究的价值在于它关注学生如何看待他们的外语技能。研究发现,学生们认为外语培训不仅对交流和英语有好处,对其他科目也有好处。他们也看到了它对大学里所有学生的好处。文献表明,征求学生对IL的看法尚不充分研究。这个案例研究增加了该领域的研究。
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South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science
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