Development of a Web Enabled Information Literacy Module and its Effectiveness Among the Students in Colleges of Education in Chennai

Abstract

In an era of information overload information literacy and being newlineinformation literate is important for every individual to become a lifelong newlinelearner With the development of global information sources it is essential newlinethat every individual be provided with opportunities to learn not only how to newlineaccess information sources but also how to evaluate manage and use them newlineeffectively Information literacy skill is the capacity to seek and evaluate right newlinesources of information and acquire it We are facing new challenges like newlineinformation obsolescence information poverty etc to face these challenges newlinethe Librarians and educationists must think collaboratively to impart newlineinformation literacy among the students so as to survive in this information newlineage The teachers should be information literate so that they can implement newlinethe information literacy programme in their schools But there is a need to newlineimpart the information literacy skills among the teachers during their pre newlineservice teacher education Teachers play a key role in providing students with newlinediverse opportunities to learn how to use information wisely Those preparing newlineto become primary to higher secondary teachers require a comprehensive newlineunderstanding of information literacy to guide their own knowledge creation newlineactivities that will ultimately affect their future students newlineConsidering the relevant literature regarding information literacy newlineand development of information literacy program the following problem has newlinebeen stated Development of a Web Enabled Information Literacy newline newlineModule and its effectiveness among the Students in Colleges of Education newlinein Chennai newlineThe study was carried out with the objectives of finding the entry newlinelevel of Information literacy skill developing the web enabled information newlineliteracy module and finding its effectiveness among the students and also newlinefinding the differences in the enhancement of information literacy skill and its newlinedimensions with respect variables namely gender newline newline