Information Literacy and College Student: What skills do they know and how confident are they when applying these skills?

• In Event: RTD- Information Literacy and Learner Outcomes

Short Description

Information literacy skills are necessary for students to navigate higher education as well as their future careers successfully. Yet, there is limited research on students’ knowledge and self-efficacity of information literacy skills. This action research aimed to examine information literacy skills and self-efficacy of these skills in undergraduate students. Furthermore, this study explored students’ application of information literacy and how students apply information literacy skills to their academic and social lives.

Authors

• Presenter: Jade Geary, George Mason University

• Presenter: Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina