IFN001 Advanced Information Research Skills
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| Unit code: | IFN001 |
|---|---|
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students are expected to have completed Study Smart or already possess the capacities outlined in Study Smart before undertaking AIRS |
| Credit points: | 4 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| International unit fee | $1,608 |
Unit Outline: 6 Week Teaching Period - 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Online
| Unit code: | IFN001 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 4 |
| Coordinators: | Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au Jennifer Hall | jr.hall@qut.edu.au Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au |
Overview
IFN001 is a 4-credit point mandatory coursework unit for students in IF49, Doctor of Philosophy, IF80, and Masters of Philosophy, ED11, Doctor of Education and KK59, Doctor of Creative Industries students. It provides preparation for research at QUT by way of a systematic introduction to information research skills and transferability of those skills to the field of research. The unit content assists students in their work for the Stage 2 milestone or research proposal completion. IFN001 lays the foundations of independent research, critical evaluation of information and effective management of information and research data, which will be further developed during the progression of a research degree. These skills are essential for scholars operating in today's data intensive research environment and facilitate the capacity for life-long learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theory of advanced search and evaluative strategies to efficiently yield appropriate resources to create original research.
- Apply appropriate data management strategies to organise and utilise your information proficiently, ethically and legally.
- Identify strategies to ensure best practice in the use of information sources, information technologies, information access tools and investigative methods.
Content
The unit develops research skills and knowledge for researchers. The content covers formulating a good research question, advanced search strategies, sourcing and evaluating quality literature, bibliographic and data management, note-taking strategies, citation analysis and research impact, academic integrity and strategies to publish, network, and collaborate.
Relates to learning outcomes
The curriculum develops information skills in alignment with the Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (AQF): Level 10 required at the completion of a higher research degree.
Learning Approaches
Students for whom the unit is mandatory are automatically enrolled on commencement of research activity.
- The mode of engagement for learning is flexible. Students can attend optional workshops which are offered online, or work through the modules on the AIRS website.
- There is one required assessment task which is aligned with the learning activities.
- This is a self-directed unit in which you organise and take responsibility for completing online or real time learning activities in order to complete your assessment as soon as able.
IFN001 is offered in a blended learning mode, based around the IFN001 AIRS website, including:
- Learning Resources: Online learning resources for each module (there are 12), including workshop PowerPoints, lecture recordings, assessment questions and unit readings.
- Workshops: Four online optional workshops that complement the online modules and include active, peer-learning opportunities.
- Assessment: The assignment template, the marking criteria sheet, completion guidelines and submission instructions.
- Help: Contacts for help by email and for consultation, accompanied frequently answered questions.
Full time students are expected to complete the unit within three months of course commencement, while part-time students are given six months to complete.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback to students
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- Informal: Active learning activities in workshops are aligned with the assessment questions to support work and progress towards completion of the assignment.
- Direct: to individual students via the AIRS email and with Liaison Librarians available for consultation to clarify requirements of assessment questions.
- Formal: an assessment grading sheet mapped to criteria sheets
- Indirect: to the whole cohort and feedback from peers
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit is a Resource Log, designed in order to allow you to demonstrate your learning in this unit to achieve a final grade. For the assessment information, see the Assessment tab on the IFN001 AIRS website. To download your Assessment Resources (Resource Log and Assessment Criteria Sheet), please go to the Assessment page in your IFN001 Canvas Community site.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Resource log
The Resource Log is designed to assess your understanding and application of the skills and concepts learned in the unit, including providing a record of resources and strategies for future reference.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 2 and 3.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Foss, S. K., & Waters, W. J. C. (2007). Developing your itinerary: the preproposal. In S. K. Foss & W. J. C. Waters (Eds.), Destination dissertation: a traveler's guide to a done dissertation(pp. 35-46). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Other
Learning Resources and online Modules are available open source from the IFN001 AIRS website
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit.
Unit Outline: 6 Week Teaching Period - 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Online
| Unit code: | IFN001 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 4 |
| Coordinators: | Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au |
Overview
IFN001 is a 4-credit point mandatory coursework unit for students in IF49, Doctor of Philosophy, IF80, and Masters of Philosophy, ED11, Doctor of Education and KK59, Doctor of Creative Industries students. It provides preparation for research at QUT by way of a systematic introduction to information research skills and transferability of those skills to the field of research. The unit content assists students in their work for the Stage 2 milestone or research proposal completion. IFN001 lays the foundations of independent research, critical evaluation of information and effective management of information and research data, which will be further developed during the progression of a research degree. These skills are essential for scholars operating in today's data intensive research environment and facilitate the capacity for life-long learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theory of advanced search and evaluative strategies to efficiently yield appropriate resources to create original research.
- Apply appropriate data management strategies to organise and utilise your information proficiently, ethically and legally.
- Identify strategies to ensure best practice in the use of information sources, information technologies, information access tools and investigative methods.
Content
The unit develops research skills and knowledge for researchers. The content covers formulating a good research question, advanced search strategies, sourcing and evaluating quality literature, bibliographic and data management, note-taking strategies, citation analysis and research impact, academic integrity and strategies to publish, network, and collaborate.
Relates to learning outcomes
The curriculum develops information skills in alignment with the Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (AQF): Level 10 required at the completion of a higher research degree.
Learning Approaches
Students for whom the unit is mandatory are automatically enrolled on commencement of research activity.
- The mode of engagement for learning is flexible. Students can attend optional workshops which are offered online, or work through the modules on the AIRS website.
- There is one required assessment task which is aligned with the learning activities.
- This is a self-directed unit in which you organise and take responsibility for completing online or real time learning activities in order to complete your assessment as soon as able.
IFN001 is offered in a blended learning mode, based around the IFN001 AIRS website, including:
- Learning Resources: Online learning resources for each module (there are 12), including workshop PowerPoints, lecture recordings, assessment questions and unit readings.
- Workshops: Four online optional workshops that complement the online modules and include active, peer-learning opportunities.
- Assessment: The assignment template, the marking criteria sheet, completion guidelines and submission instructions.
- Help: Contacts for help by email and for consultation, accompanied frequently answered questions.
Full time students are expected to complete the unit within three months of course commencement, while part-time students are given six months to complete.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback to students
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- Informal: Active learning activities in workshops are aligned with the assessment questions to support work and progress towards completion of the assignment.
- Direct: to individual students via the AIRS email and with Liaison Librarians available for consultation to clarify requirements of assessment questions.
- Formal: an assessment grading sheet mapped to criteria sheets
- Indirect: to the whole cohort and feedback from peers
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit is a Resource Log, designed in order to allow you to demonstrate your learning in this unit to achieve a final grade. For the assessment information, see the Assessment tab on the IFN001 AIRS website. To download your Assessment Resources (Resource Log and Assessment Criteria Sheet), please go to the Assessment page in your IFN001 Canvas Community site.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Resource log
The Resource Log is designed to assess your understanding and application of the skills and concepts learned in the unit, including providing a record of resources and strategies for future reference.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 2 and 3.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Foss, S. K., & Waters, W. J. C. (2007). Developing your itinerary: the preproposal. In S. K. Foss & W. J. C. Waters (Eds.), Destination dissertation: a traveler's guide to a done dissertation(pp. 35-46). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Other
Learning Resources and online Modules are available open source from the IFN001 AIRS website
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit.
Unit Outline: 6 Week Teaching Period - 3 2024, Kelvin Grove, Online
| Unit code: | IFN001 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 4 |
| Coordinators: | Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au Lyndelle Gunton | l.gunton@qut.edu.au |
Overview
IFN001 is a 4-credit point mandatory coursework unit for students in IF49, Doctor of Philosophy, IF80, and Masters of Philosophy, ED11, Doctor of Education and KK59, Doctor of Creative Industries students. It provides preparation for research at QUT by way of a systematic introduction to information research skills and transferability of those skills to the field of research. The unit content assists students in their work for the Stage 2 milestone or research proposal completion. IFN001 lays the foundations of independent research, critical evaluation of information and effective management of information and research data, which will be further developed during the progression of a research degree. These skills are essential for scholars operating in today's data intensive research environment and facilitate the capacity for life-long learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theory of advanced search and evaluative strategies to efficiently yield appropriate resources to create original research.
- Apply appropriate data management strategies to organise and utilise your information proficiently, ethically and legally.
- Identify strategies to ensure best practice in the use of information sources, information technologies, information access tools and investigative methods.
Content
The unit develops research skills and knowledge for researchers. The content covers formulating a good research question, advanced search strategies, sourcing and evaluating quality literature, bibliographic and data management, note-taking strategies, citation analysis and research impact, academic integrity and strategies to publish, network, and collaborate.
Relates to learning outcomes
The curriculum develops information skills in alignment with the Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework (AQF): Level 10 required at the completion of a higher research degree.
Learning Approaches
Students for whom the unit is mandatory are automatically enrolled on commencement of research activity.
- The mode of engagement for learning is flexible. Students can attend optional workshops which are offered online, or work through the modules on the AIRS website.
- There is one required assessment task which is aligned with the learning activities.
- This is a self-directed unit in which you organise and take responsibility for completing online or real time learning activities in order to complete your assessment as soon as able.
IFN001 is offered in a blended learning mode, based around the IFN001 AIRS website, including:
- Learning Resources: Online learning resources for each module (there are 12), including workshop PowerPoints, lecture recordings, assessment questions and unit readings.
- Workshops: Four online optional workshops that complement the online modules and include active, peer-learning opportunities.
- Assessment: The assignment template, the marking criteria sheet, completion guidelines and submission instructions.
- Help: Contacts for help by email and for consultation, accompanied frequently answered questions.
Full time students are expected to complete the unit within three months of course commencement, while part-time students are given six months to complete.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback to students
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- Informal: Active learning activities in workshops are aligned with the assessment questions to support work and progress towards completion of the assignment.
- Direct: to individual students via the AIRS email and with Liaison Librarians available for consultation to clarify requirements of assessment questions.
- Formal: an assessment grading sheet mapped to criteria sheets
- Indirect: to the whole cohort and feedback from peers
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit is a Resource Log, designed in order to allow you to demonstrate your learning in this unit to achieve a final grade. For the assessment information, see the Assessment tab on the IFN001 AIRS website. To download your Assessment Resources (Resource Log and Assessment Criteria Sheet), please go to the Assessment page in your IFN001 Canvas Community site.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Resource log
The Resource Log is designed to assess your understanding and application of the skills and concepts learned in the unit, including providing a record of resources and strategies for future reference.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 2 and 3.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Foss, S. K., & Waters, W. J. C. (2007). Developing your itinerary: the preproposal. In S. K. Foss & W. J. C. Waters (Eds.), Destination dissertation: a traveler's guide to a done dissertation(pp. 35-46). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Other
Learning Resources and online Modules are available open source from the IFN001 AIRS website
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit.