Information Literacy in Russia: Survey of DIREKT Project
N. V. Burenina,
M. S. Gvozdeva,
T. A. Ivankova,
E. G. Onoprienko,
Yu. A. Polshina,
I. K. Razumova,
O. S. Safonkina https://doi.org/10.24108/2658-3143-2021-4-3-106-123
Abstract
In this work, we analyze responses of the Russian universities, research institutes and public libraries to survey questionnaire aimed to study the level of understanding and estimate the role of information literacy (IL) in the practices of Russian higher education. The survey was conducted in 2019 among 122 Russian organizations in 30 cities. In this work we study four reference groups: faculty, librarian, student/graduate student and others. We report that 90 % of the respondents emphasize the importance of IL for their organizations, 69 % agree that IL can be easily integrated into training courses of their organization, and 72 % consider such integration necessary. At the same time, only 24 % of respondents confirmed that IL was already well-integrated into the curricula of their organizations in 2019. and 53 % - that this was implemented at the level of individual modules. The majority (80 %) of the survey participants highly appreciate the participation of teachers and librarians of their organization in the development of IL and note the high level of their cooperation. Russian specialists highly estimate their competence in terms of knowledge and skills in the field of IL: 72 % of those who answered this question gave themselves good and very good ratings. Meanwhile, 80 % of the survey participants rated the ability to teach IL only as good and satisfactory.
Keywords
information literacy,
survey,
informatics,
digitization,
life-long learning,
higher education,
curriculum,
learning module,
Project DIREKT,
competency
Supporting agencies: Grant of the European Commission through the Capacity-Building in Higher Education Programme (CBHE) within Key Action 2. Co-funded by ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union.
About the Authors
N. V. Burenina
National Research Mordovian State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Burenina, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, Dean of Department of Foreign Languages, Bolshevistskaya st., 68, Saransk, 430005, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
M. S. Gvozdeva
Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina S. Gvozdeva, Cand. of Sci. (Pedagogy), Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Lenin st., 33, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Republic of Karelia, Russia
T. A. Ivankova
Far-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana A. Ivankova, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of the Eastern Institute - School of Regional and International Studies, FEFU Campus, Ajax Bay, 10, Russky Island, Vladivostok, 690922, Russia
E. G. Onoprienko
Far-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena G. Onoprienko, Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of the Eastern Institute — School of Regional and International Studies, FEFU Campus, Ajax Bay, 10, Russky Island, Vladivostok, 690922, Russia
Yu. A. Polshina
Far-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia A. Polshina, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor of the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of the Eastern Institute — School of Regional and International Studies, FEFU Campus, Ajax Bay, 10, Russky Island, Vladivostok, 690922, Russia
I. K. Razumova
National Electronic Information Consortium (NEICON)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina K. Razumova*, Cand. of Sci. (Phys. and Math.), Deputy Director for Science, Letnikovskaya str., 4, bld. 5, off. 2.4, Moscow, 115114, Russia
O. S. Safonkina
National Research Mordovian State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga S Safonkina, Associate Professor, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), Deputy Dean for International Cooperation, Department of Foreign Languages, Chair of English Philology, Bolshevistskaya st., 68, Saransk, 430005, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
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Burenina N.V., Gvozdeva M.S., Ivankova T.A., Onoprienko E.G., Polshina Yu.A., Razumova I.K., Safonkina O.S. Information Literacy in Russia: Survey of DIREKT Project. Scholarly Research and Information. 2021;4(3):106-123. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24108/2658-3143-2021-4-3-106-123
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