This article touches on many of the same points that we have been discussing in class over the past few weeks. Students around the world are no doubt much more tech savvy than they were 10 years ago. However, it seems that they still don't know how to understand and manipulate the massive amount of academic information that is out there. There are over 18000 scholarly databases out there for students to choose from, and still they all flock to Wikipedia or Google due to the "easiness" factor. Many schools are beginning to work on Information Literacy programs, such as this Library class, to teach students just how to go about searching through the library and through the massive amounts of scholarly information out there.
Some proof that most students could be considered "information illiterate" came in 2006 where the ICT literacy assessment was given to 5338 college students and 1012 high school students from around the country. It's a 75 minute test that evaluates students abilities in seven different areas. The results were that 48% of test takers couldn't even identify the objectivity of a web page. Several colleges are beginning to administer this test to Freshman. Just like upcoming freshman are given a math and language placement exam, now they will have to prove that they can research at a college level.
It's no question that there is much that students need to learn in order to begin researching and writing correctly. I believe that over time, if programs are continued to be put in place such as this one, that the future generations will be much better off than we were.
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