Information literacy skills among undergraduate students: a comparative study of traditional vs. Digital learning environments

Abstract

In both traditional and digital learning environments, the study examines the benefits and challenges of helping undergraduate students build information literacy abilities. This research probes the benefits and challenges that emerge in the development of information literacy among undergraduate students in either traditional or digital learning environments. Basically, the primary aim is to assess how students perceive their own ability to exhibit information literacy skills while navigating the demands placed by their academic programs within these two settings. A mixed method approach consisting of both quantitative and qualitative techniques applied for first- and second-year undergraduate students in Karnataka was used to survey 500 participants in the research. Particular attention is paid toward the views of students regarding the role of undergraduate lecturers in the development of information literacy both online as well as offline.