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Exploring the Relationship between Self-Directed Learning and Information Literacy: Are Skills Transferring after College?
Type of Presentation
Concurrent
Session Abstract
Do information literacy skills transfer to self-directed learning behaviors? Do adult students possess the competencies for 21st century information literacy? These concepts were explored with adult students in higher education.
Target Audience
Adult learning students, professors and information service professionals.
Learning Outcomes
Learners will:
Know the information literacy skills based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
Understand the overlap between Information Literacy and Self-directed Learning.
Contribute to the discussion on achieving competency standards and developing self-directed learners.
Session Description
Investigations of self-directed learning and information literacy show strikingly similar processes. Literature in information and library sciences suggests that self-directed learning is an outcome of information literacy knowledge and skills. Colleges and universities describe the development of self-directed, life-long learners and utilize information literacy training as a means to this development. This research is timely because accrediting bodies are supporting the focus on information literacy skills for students. Adult learners bring unique skills and knowledge into the classroom, but are these students information literate? Are returning adult students self-directed in their coursework, as suggesting in the adult education literature? This research challenges descriptions of adult learners and explores the focus of information literacy instruction and its affect on self-directed learning.
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No preference
Primary Presenter
Tiffani Conner, PhD, Lincoln Memorial University
Work Title
Distance Education Librarian and Liaison to Nursing