Evaluation of a web-based course teaching information literacy to thirdyear pharmacy students in the University of Kuopio, Finland

Authors

  • Ewen MacDonald Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio FIN-70211 ,Finland
  • Jarmo Saarti Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio FIN-70211 ,Finland

Keywords:

Information literacy, pharmacology, web-based teaching, WebCT

Abstract

We used the WebCT platform to develop a brief study credit (1.5 ECTS) on-line course entitled “Pharmacology on the Internet”. Though, one aim of the course was to make students aware of the wealth of pharmacological information available on-line. A second aim was to increase students’ critical awareness of web-based information, i.e. to teach information literacy. We have found that this short course does provide students with a grasp of information literacy; after the course, they are less intimidated by databases like PubMed. Furthermore, the course was popular with students, they rate it as between very good and excellent and over 95% of students stated that they would recommend it to other students. These findings demonstrate that web-based teaching can achieve quite advanced pedagogic goals in a student-friendly manner.

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MacDonald, E., & Saarti, J.(2003). Pharmacology on the Internet - a WebCT course teaching information literacy for pharmacy students in the University of Kuopio.Biosci. Educ.Q1e-journal (http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/journal/vol1/beej-1-8.htm)

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MacDonald, E., & Saarti, J. (2018). Evaluation of a web-based course teaching information literacy to thirdyear pharmacy students in the University of Kuopio, Finland. Pharmacy Education, 5(1). Retrieved from https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/90

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