1. Educators
2. Format: Classroom

This course will help teachers in planning integrated learning experiences for their students through project work. You will learn how to guide your students to systematically plan and go about searching, evaluating and gathering the right information needed for their project work.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify various project, themes and activities to make the learning meaningful and memorable
• Apply advanced search techniques to gather information
• Evaluate information resources found on the Internet
• Organise and present information
• Use the toolkit to guide students in gathering information for the Project Work

Course outline

Module 1: Getting started with the project topic

• How to select project themes
• How to plan and manage project schedules

Module 2: Locating Information

• How to formulate search strategies
• How to use different search tools to find information
• How to locate specialised information resources

Module 3: Evaluating websites

• Five criteria for evaluating information
• Using the different types of information sources such as print, databases and the Internet

Module 4: Organising information

• Designing for skimming and scanning
• Taking notes and creating learning maps

Module 5: Presenting the project

• Structuring the report
• Selecting the right type of presentation
• Delivering effective and impactful presentations

Module 6: Citing sources

• Importance of citing information sources
• How to cite sources