Integrated Instruction to Develop Information Literacy Skills of Undergraduate Students

Abstract

This study designed a technologically integrated course to develop the information literacy skills of 100 first-year students from the Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University, Thailand. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model was integrated into an information literacy skills instructional design. A pre-and post-test design was adopted to measure the students’ information literacy skills. During the sessions, interactive open sources were employed as the technology-integrated instruction for the online classroom learning activities. After the course completion, participants retook the test, from which it was found that the post-test information literacy scores were significantly higher than the pre-test scores for all information literacy components. However, the low-performing students’ pre-and post-test scores for information evaluation showed no statistically significant differences. Therefore, developing the information evaluation skills of this group should be considered. This study’s findings could be beneficial for instructors and learning designers seeking to design courses that develop the information literacy skills of undergraduate students.