Info Skills Online Course (1 cr)
Code: YK00CS94-3002
General information
Enrollment
15.01.2025 - 09.06.2025
Timing
15.01.2025 - 25.06.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Entrepreneurship and Sales
Campus
Location-independent
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
0 - 30
Degree programmes
- Joint Elective Studies
Teachers
- Tanja Vienonen
Teacher in charge
Tanja Vienonen
Objective
Turku UAS library use, the information retrieval process and use of information sources in their field, ethical use of information.
- Uses Turku UAS library services effectively to locate and use resources.
- Has mastered the information retrieval process: defining and describing information needs, forming search words and phrases, selecting relevant information sources.
- Identifies reliable information sources.
- Uses information ethically.
Content
Good information retrieval skills: The student can independently search for information from various sources and can evaluate and use the information they have found.
Materials
Information and Research Guides https://libguides.turkuamk.fi/informationandresearchguides as applicable.
Teaching methods
Fully independent online course where assignments are done online based on study materials provided.
Exam schedules
No exam
International connections
Online learning, independent learning, information seeking skills, self-reflection on learning
Completion alternatives
No other ways to complete the course.
Student workload
- Information skills assignments based on study materials
- 27h of student's work
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Maximum number of points from all the assignments is 52 points. To pass the course you will need a minimum of 26 points.
Content scheduling
Info Skills Online Course is FOR TURKU UAS STAFF AS PART OF STAFF TRAINING, students cannot enroll. ENROLMENT THROUGH E-FORM AVAILABLE IN MESSI. For more information, contact Tanja Vienonen, tanja.vienonen@turkuamk.fi.
Information Skills Online Course consists of seven modules. Each of these modules include study materials and related assignments. Major part of the study materials are the library's Information and Research Guides: https://libguides.turkuamk.fi/informationandresearchguides.
After finishing the course you will be familiar with:
- Turku UAS Library online services and electronic resources
- How to search for information systematically and efficiently by combining search words and phrases into search strings
- Reliable information sources based on research
- Identify reliable open access resources and know the basics of CC licensing
- How to use information ethically, how to evaluate the information critically, and identify misleading information
Info Skills Online Course is a fully online course you can complete independently during 15.1.-25.6.2025.
Enrolment is open 15.1.-9.6.2025
Further information
Itslearning e-platform
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty
Assessment methods and criteria
Assignments