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| DOCU0449-3 | Scientific literature and information literacy
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| Duration : | 4h Th, 6h Pr, 14h AUTR |
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| Lecturer : | Bernard Pochet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The scientific literature (which is the central point of the course) is poorly understood by students (international surveys et survey in the French Community of Belgium). These surveys reveal a strong ignorance of the scientific communication and his tools in science, poor search strategies (keyword), ethical issues (plagiarism, copyright) and a lack of critical attitude.
Students (and researchers) need these skills to achieve their individual or group work, complete a course ... learn to learn.
The theoretical basis of the course are: the scientific literature itself, as a whole, the concept of information literacy, a methodological approach and a specific disciplinary field (information-documentation). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Five main objectives are selected for this teaching:
- make the student able to find its place as a reader and as an author in the network of scientific communication;
- make the student able to control some sixty key concepts in information science and documentation, concepts which are mandatory in his documentary practice;
- make the student able to access information independently (choice of topic and terminology, tool selection, use of tools, obtaining primary documents);
- make the student able to adopt the necessary critical and ethic attitude with the multitude of informations sources;
- make the student able to synthesize and organize the information obtained and able to integrate basic rules of writing a bibliography and a scientific paper.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| A good control in the use of a PC and the Internet tools. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is built with 12 eCampus (distance learning) modules (reading and self-assessment formative exercises), a homework (to be uploaded in eCampus) and three lab sessions.
The course is introduced by a general presentation (classroom).
The three lab sessions (30 students/group) allow many adjustments and exchanges about the work in eCampus.
A questions and answers session is scheduled at the end of the semester. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is subject to a blended learning. Outside the five face-to-face sessions, the student can freely program their learning.
However, the e-Campus modules that precede lab session must have been made before this lab: modules 1-4 before lab1, modules 5-8 before lab2 and modules 9-12 before lab3 (a timetable, by student's series, is available in eCampus).
Courses and practical sessions have a duration of 2 hours. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Several sources, partially redundant, are offered to students:
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eCampus with links, exercises, calendar and other information;
- the website Supports (see below) with all course's handhouts;
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The course is assessed by the activities carried out (or not) on the eCampus platform (25% of the final grade), the homework (25%) and a written, multiple choice, examination (50%).
During the second session, evaluation is made by an oral examination. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| For doctoral students who select this course, a special session is proposed and the assessment is a practical synthesis homework. |
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Contacts :
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| Bernard Pochet(bernard.pochet@ulg.ac.be)
Bibliothèque des Sciences agronomiques
ULg - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
081/62 21 03 |
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| Items online : |
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| Course's handhout |
| Andhout (manual, readings, usefull links...) are on the infolit.be site. |
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