(via Jane Hammons, The Ohio State University)
Registration is open for the webinar “Do Students Really Need to Learn That? Controversial Research Notions”. It will take place on Thursday, February 12, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT.
Do first-year students need to be using peer-reviewed journal articles? Should students spend time learning how to use Boolean operators? How important is it for students to be able to create perfect APA or MLA citations? Is plagiarism really theft?
Research and information literacy instruction often centers around teaching students how to conduct research in the same way as disciplinary experts. We encourage students to learn how to use academic databases and peer-reviewed journal articles, to utilize Boolean operators and other precision search techniques, and to generate complete academic citations. After graduation, however, many (perhaps most) of our students will lose access to academic databases and will never use peer-reviewed articles or need to provide citations.
This presentation will outline several controversial notions related to how we teach research and information literacy. Participants will be encouraged to consider these notions in light of their own teaching practices and consider potential alternative approaches for teaching research and information literacy.
To register, please go here. This webinar is part of a free information literacy virtual presentation series offered through The Ohio State University Libraries. All are welcome to attend. Participants can use attendance at these presentations to earn the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate being offered by the Libraries’ Teaching & Learning Department.
Please direct any questions to LIB-Teach@osu.edu.