Abstract

It is universally agreed that information literacy skills are essential in student learning Information literacy skills facilitate student self-directed learning and critical thinking skills. More importantly, information literacy is an enabling factor in one?s successful function in society. In recent years, there is a growing advocacy for information literacy in higher education process. The World Wide Web adds a crucial dimension to student information literacy skills, presenting a challenge to university students. This study was conducted in a large urban university in the United States. The research instrument was a survey questionnaire measuring electronic information literacy skills. This presentation will report the results of the study.

Citation

Wang, Y.m. (2005). Information Literacy Skills of University Students Applied to the Web Environment. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2005--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (p. 2482). Vancouver, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 6, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/21569/.

© 2005 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• information literacy
• literacy skills