McKinney - Information literacy and inquiry – what have we learnt? a meta-analysis of the information literacy activities of a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
This document discusses using inquiry-based learning (IBL) pedagogies to develop students' information literacy (IL) skills. It describes a university center called CILASS that supported curriculum development projects focusing on IBL and IL. Evaluations found that IBL tasks improved students' research skills if properly scaffolded. Librarians played a key role in advising projects and their IL expertise was valuable. Overall, IBL pedagogies were deemed effective for IL development when implemented with guidance, support materials, and clear connections to assessments.
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What is Inquiry-based Learning?
• Student led exploration, investigation and
research
• inquiry is an active, questioning and
critical approach to developing knowledge
• The stimulus for an inquiry could, be an
intriguing fieldwork problem, a complex
`real-life´ case-study, or an interesting
research question
• Can be small scale involving a single
session within a traditional curriculum, or a
whole module/programme could be
designed to be inquiry-based