Information Seeking and Reporting (1 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

The meetings will take place as per the timetable. Course assignments will be split between collaborative meetings based on the schedule provided on Moodle.

Objective

The object of the course
The course gives you tools for your studies. You will learn how to search for high-quality information from a wide variety of information sources. You will learn to use these sources in various learning tasks. After the course, you will be able to apply Jamk's reporting guidelines and follow the ethical principles in reporting.

Course competences
- Learning to learn
- Ethical learning

The learning objectives of the course
- You know how to seek, critically evaluate and appropriately apply the national and international knowledge base and practices of your field.
- You understand the principles of good academic practice and act accordingly upon seeking and applying information.
- You understand that you can take advantage of the subject matter and practise it more during other courses.

Content

- Information seeking and evaluation skills
- Academic reporting and use of sources
- Utilizing Jamk’s guides

Materials

Liukko, S. & Perttula, S. 2019. Opinnäytetyön raportointi. [Project Reporting Instructions]. Jamk University of Applied Sciences. Updated yearly. https://help.jamk.fi/raportointiohje/en/

As to the in-text citations and references, APA Style, 7th Edition is applied (https://apastyle.apa.org/).

Teaching methods

Online implementation.

Flipped learning. Workshops and lectures on Zoom. The meetings as scheduled.

Note: the links to the Zoom meetings will be available on Moodle by the beginning of the course. Students can access the workspace on Moodle before the first meeting.

04.10.2024 13.00 - 14.30 R35B115 (compulsory) Information seeking, Library (Note! probably until 15:00)
01.11.2024 13.00 - 14.30 R35B115 or Zoom? (compulsory) Reporting, Language Centre
15.11.2024 13.00 - 14.30 R35B115 or Zoom (compulsory) Reporting, Language Centre
07.02.2025 09.00 - 10.30 Zoom, reporting by Language Centre (compulsory only for the students who fail the 1st resit exam)


After studying the materials on the workspace, the student completes the related exercises and prepares the assignment, the exam paper.

Completion of the course requires participation in the lectures and completion of exercises and the assignment.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and online generators in general is allowed only with creating in-text citations and references.

Exam schedules

The course commences with a library section, encompassing the study of materials, information retrieval, and assignments. The Reporting segment involves the completion of 2-3 exercises and an assignment (exam paper).

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Task submission deadlines and resits are displayed in the workspace.

International connections

Ei täytetä

Student workload

Getting to know the course and workspace 1 h

Workshops/lectures 2–8 h

Independent studies, exercises and assignment 18–24 h

Total 27 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

A passing grade for the course implies that you understand the basic principles in information seeking and academic reporting, and you know how to apply them.

Further information

Continuous assessment, self-assessment, peer review.