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Search and Write (‘Søk & Skriv’): Helping postgraduate students with their academic work

Search and Write (‘Søk & Skriv’): Helping postgraduate students with their academic work. Maria-Carme Torras , Senior academic librarian Therese Skagen , Academic librarian University of Bergen Library, Norway LILAC 2007. Group task: Meet Matilda, the librarian, and Sarah, the student.

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Search and Write (‘Søk & Skriv’): Helping postgraduate students with their academic work

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  1. Search and Write (‘Søk & Skriv’): Helping postgraduate students with their academic work Maria-Carme Torras, Senior academic librarian Therese Skagen, Academic librarian University of Bergen Library, Norway LILAC 2007

  2. Group task: Meet Matilda, the librarian, and Sarah, the student. • Helping postgraduate students: ”Search and Write” • Discussion

  3. Case: Meet Matilda, the librarian, and Sarah, the student • Task 1. Discuss the attitudes, assumptions and expectations the case portrays. • Task 2 • How do your user education and teaching materials assist your students in their research process? • Have you met any students like Sarah before? Compare her needs to the needs of your students.

  4. Students’ challenges: • Narrowing down a research question • Dealing with large amounts of available sources • Evaluate information critically • Using information creatively and ethically • Referencing • Psychological dimension: • Uncertainty, anxiety Hinder academic progress • Students away from campus • Strategies and metacognition

  5. Search and Write (”Søk & Skriv”) • Online tutorial aiming at promoting students’ information and digital literacy as they work on a research paper or thesis. • Designed for postgraduate students taking distance or blended education. • SOS builds upon a situated learning model: • Focus on the student’s needs • The learning process is contextualised • Students are guided through the information searching and writing processes. • They are encouraged to reflect on the ethical, critical and creative use of information.

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