RESEARCH ARTICLE: Teaching information literacy concepts in pharmaceutics through video
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2021.211.487494Keywords:
Asynchronous, Biopharmaceutics, Information literacy, Library, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy studentAbstract
Objective: The objective was to determine if online, asynchronous video content could be used to teach information literacy concepts successfully to pharmacy students in a pharmaceutics course.
Method: An existing in-person lecture was transferred to a series of online videos. Students enrolled in the course who agreed to participate took a 13-question pre-test, watched videos, and completed the same post-test, along with a survey of their opinions towards the videos. Scores on each of the questions on the pre-and post-test changed positively and significantly. Students slightly preferred videos to in-person instruction.
Result: The results suggest that asynchronous videos can be used to teach information literacy concepts to pharmacy students and this knowledge is retained for the duration of the course.
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