The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future

Rowlands, Ian; Nicholas, David; Williams, Peter; Huntington, Paul; Fieldhouse, Maggie; Gunter, Barrie; Withey, Richard; Jamali, Hamid R.; Dobrowolski, Tom; Tenopir, Carol

doi:10.1108/00012530810887953

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“…As internet-based resources represent easy, often more user-friendly access to information, it is increasingly the first choice of students, especially at the undergraduate level when searching for relevant information for assignment work and projects (Rowlands et al, 2008). Students may often equate their information technology proficiency with information literacy, and may not appreciate the need to evaluate information before using it in assessment (Oliver, 2008).…”

Section: Rq1: What Are the Existing Information Seeking Behaviours Ofmentioning

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Using Clickers to Support Information Literacy Skills Development and Instruction in First-Year Business Students

Stagg¹,

Lane²

2010

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Executive SummaryCourse-integrated information literacy (IL) instruction can be enhanced via the use of student response devices, or 'clickers'. The first phase of this study focused on how first-year undergraduate students perceived the use of clickers as a mechanism to encourage active learning and engagement in order to establish a baseline of information seeking behaviour and to actively engage students in the learning process. Data collected within IL classes and subsequent surveys of student perceptions are examined with discussion on the implications for future practice and research. Our findings from this first phase of this study through the quantitative data collected with clickers indicate that first year business students have shortcomings in information literacy and can improve their information literacy skills in relation to research and assignment work in their formal assessment. Furthermore the use of clickers are positively viewed by undergraduate students and postgraduate students as a technology which can facilitate active learning and engagement if used appropriately with clearly aligned learning objectives.

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Section: Rq1: What Are the Existing Information Seeking Behaviours Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Clickers to Support Information Literacy Skills Development and Instruction in First-Year Business Students

Stagg¹,

Lane²

2010

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“…Cette insatisfaction peut être liée aux difficultés inhérentes à la recherche d'information soulignées par Mittermeyer et Quirion (2003) et Rowlands (2008). Le manque d'habiletés à définir le sujet est l'une de ces difficultés.…”

Section: Google Et La Recherche Sur Internetunclassified

Accès aux ressources numériques et leur utilisation par les enseignants : Résultats d’un sondage

Gervais

2015

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Cet article fait état des résultats d’une recherche menée auprès d’enseignants du niveau préscolaire et primaire d’une commission scolaire de l’Outaouais. Le questionnaire en ligne soumis aux enseignants comportait quatre sections : informations générales, recherche d’information, volet pédagogique de l’exploitation de l’information, ressources documentaires et numériques. Les résultats montrent que les enseignants ont des habitudes et des pratiques de recherche d’information semblables à celles des étudiants universitaires. Ils permettent également de constater que l’intégration de la recherche d’information en classe demeure exceptionnelle. Cette recherche révèle comment les enseignants accèdent aux ressources numériques et documentaires et les utilisent ensuite dans le cadre de leurs activités pédagogiques.This article summarises the results of a survey of preschool and primary teachers of an Outaouais-area school board. The online questionnaire was made up of four sections: general information, information-seeking habits, the pedagogical use of information, and resource and numeric materials. The results indicate that teachers have information-seeking habits and practices similar to those observed in university students. The results also show that the integration of information-seeking techniques in the classroom is not widespread. This research project also demonstrates how teachers access resource and numeric materials and use them in learning activities.Resultados de una investigación llevada a cabo entre los maestros del nivel preescolar y primario de una comisión escolar en Outaouais. El cuestionario en línea que se entregó a los maestros estaba dividido en cuatro secciones: información general, búsqueda de información, sección pedagógica de empleo de la información, recursos documentales y digitales. Los resultados revelan que los maestros cuentan con costumbres y prácticas de búsqueda de información similares a las de los estudiantes universitarios. Asimismo, permiten constatar que la integración de la búsqueda de información en clase es excepcional. Esta investigación revela de qué forma los maestros acceden a los recursos digitales y documentales a fin de utilizarlos en el marco de sus actividades pedagógicas

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“…Our research discovered that more than 50% students did not have knowledge about citation styles. One reason may be that the "digitally savvy" (Jones & Flannigan, 2006) or the "Google generation" (those born after 1993 with little or no recollection of life before the web) are searching for and researching content in new ways and very often do not account for what they believe to be unnecessary formalism (Rowlands et al, 2008). This sometimes jeopardizes the advances that can be accomplished through using the World Wide Web.…”

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Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

Alu¹,

Bardy²,

Dadzie³

2017

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The purpose of the study is to show how a collective knowledge management effort was undertaken in a low-tech environment yields outcomes that benefit all participants of the effort-students and staff of a medical school, the medical profession in the community, paramedics, and the community at large. It also demonstrates that acquainting students with knowledge management skills early and improving their information literacy. If they can effectively manage their knowledge resources in close connection with all members of the society around their school, the benefits will be improving academic efficiency, diagnostic effectiveness, and feedback from medical institutions and patients. The study descends from the Medical Library Association's definition of health information literacy. It uses a survey at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, to examine the information and literacy skills of its medical students. Also, it explores the level of awareness of the various databases to which the university library is subscribed, the benefits of information literacy skills, and the challenges that students face in identifying and using information sources. From there, the paper explores avenues for improving the situation of the students of which the optimal is conjoining resources in and outside the medical school. Linking faculty, students, and medical professionals in the university's local environment in a collective endeavour for enhancing the literacy skills proper can result in a shared inventory of tools that help to discriminate, which information is needed and which is redundant. From this foundation, students would develop abilities to understand knowledge management and know how to apply it in their specific field of professionalization. The sample was selected from doctoral students in a single institution in the field of education. Also, the sample was self-selected and relatively small. There is a caveat, therefore, for generalizing the findings to other doctoral student populations. This study is useful to health administrators and faculty members, because issues concerning the importance of information literacy skills do not only apply to UDS, Tamale, but to other medical institutions in Africa as well. The study provides university libraries with reliable data on the need for and the effectiveness of information literacy instruction and it enables the librarians to strategize how to improve the instructions they provide. The medical profession highly depends on the adequacy of diagnosis and therapy selection, and for this, any medical professional must be capable to access and use state of the art information sources. There are only a few studies around the topic of medical literacy and almost none for developing countries. But the results of the other studies corroborate the findings of this paper to a great extent.

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The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future

Cited by 440 publications

References 5 publications

Using Clickers to Support Information Literacy Skills Development and Instruction in First-Year Business Students

Using Clickers to Support Information Literacy Skills Development and Instruction in First-Year Business Students

Accès aux ressources numériques et leur utilisation par les enseignants : Résultats d’un sondage

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

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