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From Student to Scholar: New online learning initiative prepares students to be researchers

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Western University, the University of Toronto, and Queen’s University are pleased to announce the release of Student2Scholar, a series of 10 self-paced, interactive, openly available online modules designed for graduate students in the social sciences.

Modules will help students develop their critical thinking, organization, research, and communication skills, enabling them to participate more actively and confidently in their communities of research. The learning experience is intended to be flexible: students may complete the entire series or most relevant modules and activities at point of need. Module design is closely aligned with the Association of College & Research Libraries’Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance  Graduate Degree Level Expectations.

Visit Student2Scholar, or  eCampus Contario in the coming weeks. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Production of the modules was funded in 2014-2015 by the Council of Ontario Universities’ Ontario Online Initiatives Shared Online Course Fund. University of Toronto Chief Librarian Larry Alford expressed his thanks for the funding, “We are grateful to the Council of Ontario Universities’ Ontario Online Initiatives for the funding of this project.” He then praised the project saying,  “The Student2Scholar online learning modules are a great example of the kind of scalable and sustainable instruction tools that libraries are building to support teaching and learning. Student2Scholar will be able to reach more students than is possible with in-person library instruction.”

Dr. Cory Laverty, Teaching & Learning Specialist at Queen’s University commented, “Student2Scholar is a wonderful example of cross-institutional creation and collaboration. The team evolved as a community of practice and this invigorated our efforts and enabled us to meet our challenges.” The  full list of Student2Scholar team members and contributors is available on the Student2Scholar website.