Research Skills and Information Literacy

Research Skills and Information Literacy

Skills, tools, frameworks and networks

Independent learning

What sort of learner are you?

VisualAuditory

Kinaesthetic

Research skills

Using information

searching evaluatin

g

questioning

recording

sharing

presenting

Research frameworkResearch framework

1. Record prior knowledge2. Questioning3. Research! - Find sources

- Evaluate - Record

4. Outcomes- Share knowledge - Take next steps

Resources

Physical

Electronic

Books DVDs

Periodicals

Websites Videos

Blogs Social networks

Databases

E-journals & e-books

Podcasts

-Keywords

-Advanced search

-Synonyms (spatial awareness!)

A good placeto start, an

awful place to finish.

‘Wiki’ means content created by multiple users.

Evaluating Websites

- Why evaluate?

- Key indicators

- Test your skills!

Google DocumentsGoogle Documents

FacebookFacebook

BlogsBlogs

TwitterTwitter

Social BookmarkingSocial BookmarkingSocial BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking

Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

Aggregator Pagesuse gadgets to keep you updated

on your most-used services

Use RSS readers to keep up with all the sites you

follow, in one place

Twitter in school!

Keeping up

Evernote

Store text, imagesvideo,

everything

Keep track of

bibliographical data

Tag your notes

See your notebooks contents

at a glance

Browse by tag

Sort your notes into notebooks

References and citation

And that little thing called copyright…

independent

networked

confident

researchers

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The aim: