Experimenting with Web 2.0 to cultivate information literacy within a medical ethics, law and human rights course

• DOI: 10.11645/3.1.213
• Publication Date: 2013-05-12T15:10:14Z
• Authors: Sarah Whittaker; Joanne Dunham
• Keywords: TUTOR

The project, funded by the Teaching Enhancement Forum at University of Leicester, aimed to develop medical students’ information literacy embedding it directly into their course point need using Web 2.0 tools rather than providing generic training. Students would then build own personal learning environments which they take with them throughout degree and eventually careers. project ran over nine months was intended kick-start a change practice in how library delivers its Library is still initial stages discovering can use 2.0, many benefits come from an accumulation resources development networks time. long-term goal enable students find assess research materials independently. structure modules only had short-term projects goals for students. This meant that realistically shift original focus towards tailor Internet doing so raising awareness these resources. developed were popular tutor reported improvement range reading. However, there no perceptible way worked nor did communication provided enhance learning. For Library’s skills training be effective go beyond just search tools, technologies written itself as adjunct.