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Institution:
The University
of Constance Library
Konstanz
Address:
The University of Constance Library
Universitätsstr. 10
D-78464 Konstanz
Postal address:
D-78457 Konstanz
Contact persons:
Ralph Hafner
(Linguistics)
Tel.
(7531) 88-2836
Birgitta Godt
(History)
Werner Allweiss
(History)
Tel.
(7531) 88-2839
Ludwig Fahrbach
(Bachelor
in the Humanities; Bachelor in Natural Sciences; students of all faculties)
Tel.: (7531) 88 3524
Joachim Schuhmacher
(Bachelor
in the Humanities; students of all Faculties)
Tel. 07531/365107
Fax: 07531/365108
Katie Böhme
(Bachelor
in the Humanities; Bachelor in Natural Sciences; students of all faculties)
Karlheinz Pappenberger
(Economics)
Tel.: (0)7531-882844
Johanna Dammeier
(Biology,
Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics)
Universitätsstrasse 10i
78457 Konstanz
Tel.: 07531 / 882804 |
Information
literacy: basic and advanced courses
Winter semester AY 2005-2006
Level:
basic and advanced
Target group:
university students
Information literacy for Linguistics students
– 2 SWS (2 hours)
How to find relevant information; how to competently and effectively search.
Information literacy for Economics students
– 1 SWS (1 and half
hours)
Information literacy for History students
· Introduction:
Databases – training for Ancient History students
(2 hours)
How to use the databases for Ancient History, with practical exercises.
· Course:
Information literacy for History students –
2 SWS – 3 ECTS (2 hours)
Main issues: traditional and electronic reference materials; the main online
catalogues and electronic subject databases for History. How to use vortals,
subject link collections and electronic learning programs. A critical approach
towards search engines. How to evaluate , process and cite search results.
Electronic scientific journals. Document delivery. Technical tools: Readerprint
and scanner.
· Seminar:
Information handling 1
(key qualification)
– 2 SWS – 3 ECTS (1 and half hours)
Overview about the main media used in electronic data processing for university
studies. It includes: standard programs (Office pocket, image editing, open
source products), and Internet applications (Homepages, html). The media
library, the computer centre, the scientific facilities (professional image
editing, video editing, printing technology) are presented.
· Course:
Information handling 2
(key qualification) for advancers
– 2 SWS – 3 ECTS (2 and half hours)
It is a deepening of the course 1 and presents further features of the Office
pocket, details on html.
Information literacy for Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
students (lecture) –
1 SWS – 1 ECTS (1 and half hours)
Information literacy for Chemistry students
(seminar) – 1 ECTS (1
and half hours)
How to use scientific information tools and media
Courses
for Bachelor in the Humanities
in Natural Sciences
for students of all faculties
· Seminar:
Critical thinking – How to analyse and criticise arguments – 2
SWS – 3 ECTS (2 hours)
The seminar primary objective is to introduce participants to basic arguing and
concluding techniques: the main argumentation forms, basics for proper thinking
and inferring.
· Course:
How to present scientific contents through Power Point presentations
– 2 SWS – 3 ECTS (2 hours)
How to effectively present a scientific topic in a lecture before an audience.
·
E-learning + workshop -
Online seminar: Speech and presentation skill –
3 ECTS
The speech and presentation skill is a key
qualification. The contents of the 12 lessons are:
What is Rhetoric? What is
rhetorical communication? (1)
Find ideas – Creativity (2)
How to act and how to act while talking: different typologies (3)
Composition skill: how to report, to
describe, to argue (4-5)
Strategy skill: how to inform, to convince, to affirm (6-8)
Construction skill: text components and tectonics; linguistic design of the
speech (9-10)
Performance and Media: Memoria and media use; performance, body language and
articulation
Keywords:
courses for university students – information literacy
– information handling – critical thinking – analysis and criticism of arguments
– presentation of scientific contents – speech and presentation skill –
Linguistics – Economics – History – Ancient History – Biology – Natural Sciences
- Chemistry –
Mathematics – Physics – Bachelor in the Humanities
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