Digital natives do not automatically acquire academic research skills. Another Project Information Literacy study, involving more than 8,300 undergraduates at 25 American colleges, found that most make do with a very small compass. They rely on tried and true resources such as course readings, library databases, Google, and Wikipedia. Only 20 percent of the students said they ever sought help from librarians, the mavens of searching and finding in the digital age, especially when it comes to learning how to ping pong effectively and strategically among offline sources, experts, and online information, blending the full range of knowledge sources in all their forms.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:32:35 +0000
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