• Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $2,104 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
  • Availability
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This online course will give you an introduction to information literacy and the skills needed to fully participate in problem-based and applied learning.

This course will take you through each facet of information literacy, allowing you time to practise and demonstrate understanding of these core skills. You will need an understanding of and familiarity with the enabling technology.

Topics covered include

  • preparing a research question
  • finding and accessing information through the Open Polytechnic library
  • using the retrieved information
  • evaluating the retrieved information; and
  • ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of information.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Computer requirements

To study this course you need to have access to a computer or device, and reliable internet with email. You also need to have basic the ability to use basic Internet search tools.

Textbooks

No textbooks are needed for this course.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.