TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering information problem solving skills through online task-centred instruction in higher education
AU - Argelagos, Esther
AU - Garcia, Consuelo
AU - Privado, Jesús
AU - Wopereis, I.G.J.H.
N1 - Esther Argelagos: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing – review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration. Consuelo Garcia: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration. Jesús Privado: Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft (Results section). Iwan Wopereis: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft (two subsections), Writing – review & editing.
PY - 2022/4/7
Y1 - 2022/4/7
N2 - The competence to perform an academic literature review task in a digital context is of paramount importance for higher education students. However, both undergraduate and graduate students have difficulty finding, analysing, and processing such information for their academic tasks. Recent studies propose a task-centred approach to teach relevant knowledge and skills to perform review tasks. This paper presents a quasi-experimental study on the effects of an online task-centred course on the IPS skills development and self-efficacy perception of 80 graduate students in educational sciences. The Information Problem Solving (IPS) and Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) models have been applied for course design and development. The results indicate that, after the course, students in the experimental group outperformed the control group on planning and search activities. These students also seemed to do better at defining research questions and processing the information found, though these results were not statistically significant. Finally, no differences were found related to the ability to present information. In addition, self-efficacy related to the IPS skills needed to perform an academic literature review task developed positively in the experimental group. Implications for instruction on these IPS skills in higher education are discussed.
AB - The competence to perform an academic literature review task in a digital context is of paramount importance for higher education students. However, both undergraduate and graduate students have difficulty finding, analysing, and processing such information for their academic tasks. Recent studies propose a task-centred approach to teach relevant knowledge and skills to perform review tasks. This paper presents a quasi-experimental study on the effects of an online task-centred course on the IPS skills development and self-efficacy perception of 80 graduate students in educational sciences. The Information Problem Solving (IPS) and Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) models have been applied for course design and development. The results indicate that, after the course, students in the experimental group outperformed the control group on planning and search activities. These students also seemed to do better at defining research questions and processing the information found, though these results were not statistically significant. Finally, no differences were found related to the ability to present information. In addition, self-efficacy related to the IPS skills needed to perform an academic literature review task developed positively in the experimental group. Implications for instruction on these IPS skills in higher education are discussed.
KW - Digital information
KW - Higher education
KW - Information problem solving
KW - Literature review
KW - Online education
KW - Task-centred instruction
U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104433
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104433
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-1315
VL - 180
JO - Computers & Education
JF - Computers & Education
M1 - 104433
ER -