A discussion of an information literacy article, taking place in the
virtual world, Second Life on Wednesday May 25 2011, 12 noon SL time
(which is 8pm UK time, see http://tinyurl.com/5tqlcjz for times
elsewhere) You need a SL avatar and the SL browser on your computer,
to participate.
Where: Infolit iSchool Journal Club room
http://slurl.com/secondlife/infolit%20ischool/106/208/30/
Marshall Dozier (Edinburgh University, Scotland; Pancha Enzyme in
Second Life) will lead a discussion of this article:
Edwards, S. (2004). 'Web-based information searching: understanding
student experiences in order to enhance the development of this
critical graduate attribute'. 3rd International lifelong learning
conference, Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia , 13 - 16 June 2004.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/996/1/Web_searching_Submitted_with_citation.pdf
Please try to read the article before coming, and bring thoughts and
questions (though Marshall wil some up key points at the start ;-)
Here are a few questions to warm up your critical-thinking-caps
What strengths or weaknesses do you see in the methods?
Are the conclusions and approaches outlined in the discussion
supported by the data?
How, if at all, does the study apply in your own area? Is there
anything you think you might try or change, as a result of reading
this paper?
A one hour session, discussion in text chat
A University of Sheffield Centre for Information Literacy research event
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Sheila Webber, Senior Lecturer & Director of the Centre for
Information Literacy Research, Information School, University of
Sheffield, UK
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Phone: +44 114 222 2641
Second Life & Twitter: Sheila Yoshikawa
The Information Literacy Weblog http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
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