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Participative Resources, Practices, and Information Literacy Standards in Online Stem Education

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: How are nontraditional, participative resources such as social media content being integrated into online STEM education, and how can libraries best support these fastchanging practices?Using conceptual content analysis of information literacy standards, a survey of undergraduate students' use of supplemental learning resources, and participant observation of librarian-led information literacy instruction sessions, we investigate the extent to which these less-visible actors enable, resist, and extend the incorporation of participative resources into STEM education.Our preliminary findings suggest that information literacy standards are evolving to encompass participative resources and practices, that students actively incorporate formal and informal resources into their learning, and that participative dimensions are incorporated into information literacy instruction sessions, though they may not be formally documented.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the apparently uneven translation and inscription of information literacy standards into practice and how actors outside the classroom impact STEM education in a social media environment.

Source: International journal on innovations in online education

DOI: 10.1615/intjinnovonlineedu.2019029571

Authors: Rich Gazan, Katie MacLean, Natalie Wahl

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Leeward Community College

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services