Fostering Information Literacy in German Psychology Students Using a Blended Learning Approach

Nikolas Leichner, Johannes Peter, Anne-Kathrin Mayer, Günter Krampen

2014

Abstract

This paper reports about the experimental evaluation of a blended learning course for information literacy tailored to the needs of undergraduate Psychology students. The course consists of three modules delivered online and two classroom seminars; the syllabus includes scholarly information resources, ways to obtain literature, and criteria to evaluate publications. For evaluation purposes, a multimethod approach was used: The students completed an information literacy knowledge test and three standardized information search tasks (ordered by ascending difficulty) before and after taking the course. A sample of N = 67 undergraduate Psychology students (n = 37 experimental group, n = 30 waiting control group) participated in the course. As it was expected, students’ knowledge test scores as well as performance in the search tasks improved markedly during the course. Results are discussed with regard to the soundness of the evaluation criteria used and to further development of the course.

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Leichner N., Peter J., Mayer A. and Krampen G. (2014). Fostering Information Literacy in German Psychology Students Using a Blended Learning Approach . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-021-5, pages 353-359. DOI: 10.5220/0004795103530359


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@conference{csedu14,
author={Nikolas Leichner and Johannes Peter and Anne-Kathrin Mayer and Günter Krampen},
title={Fostering Information Literacy in German Psychology Students Using a Blended Learning Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={353-359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004795103530359},
isbn={978-989-758-021-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Fostering Information Literacy in German Psychology Students Using a Blended Learning Approach
SN - 978-989-758-021-5
AU - Leichner N.
AU - Peter J.
AU - Mayer A.
AU - Krampen G.
PY - 2014
SP - 353
EP - 359
DO - 10.5220/0004795103530359