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Postgraduate CUR-INFM500-2021

Information Literacy

Assess how information services play a role in lifelong learning. Learn how to use principles and frameworks to build activities that encourage information literacy. Consider the role of technology in how users understand new information.

From

$2,285 $2,535

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 01 Mar 2021
  • 31 May 2021
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Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. assess the role of information services in user education, information literacy, and life-long learning
  2. identify appropriate user education activities for information services
  3. articulate principles of teaching and learning to develop user education activities
  4. evaluate the influence of learning styles on the delivery of user education activities
  5. appraise the role of technology in the development and delivery of user education activities
  6. demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills in the development of user education materials.
Topics covered
    • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • CUR-INM-MAS-2021
  • CUR-INL-GDI-2021
  • CUR-INR-GDI-2021
Elective
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2021
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

The role of information services in user education, information literacy and life-long learning. Standards and tools to guide and measure information literacy programs. The role of information technology in information literacy and user education. User education activities for individuals and groups. Learning styles and education theory. Planning, management and promotion of user education programs. Evaluation of user education programs.

Please Note:  If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Essay (50%)
  • Project (50%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate CUR-INM-MAS-2021

Master of Information Management

Postgraduate CUR-INL-GDI-2021

Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies

Postgraduate CUR-INR-GDI-2021

Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2021

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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