Developing students’ academic literacy: an online approach

Authors

  • Ursula Wingate King's College London
  • Cecile Dreiss King's College London

Keywords:

Academic literacy, e-learning, online learning materials, study skills, discipline-specific writing instruction.

Abstract

This paper presents an example of a discipline-specific embedded method for developing students’ academic literacy. It discusses the use of an online tool that was created to help Pharmacy students to identify, understand and write the different text genres needed for academic study and professional practice in their discipline. The piloting and evaluation of the online materials showed that the underlying teaching and learning principles were successful in enabling students to construct their own knowledge of the required discourse and writing conventions. Despite these encouraging results, we argue that the online tool can only serve as an introductory method, and additional support is needed for students to become literate in their discipline.

Author Biographies

Ursula Wingate, King's College London

Lecturer, Dept of Education and Professional Studies King's College London

Cecile Dreiss, King's College London

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, King's College London

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Published

2009-05-26

How to Cite

Wingate, U., & Dreiss, C. (2009). Developing students’ academic literacy: an online approach. Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 3(1), A14-A25. Retrieved from https://journal.aall.org.au/index.php/jall/article/view/65

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Research Articles

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