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    <journal-meta>
        <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU</journal-id>
        <journal-title-group>
            <journal-title>Informatics in Education</journal-title>
        </journal-title-group>
        <issn pub-type="epub">1648-5831</issn>
        <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-5831</issn>
        <publisher>
            <publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
        </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
                <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INFE129</article-id>
                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/infedu.2008.08</article-id>
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            <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                <subject>Article</subject>
            </subj-group>
        </article-categories>
                        <title-group>
            <article-title>Students Learning Experience in the Integrated Information Literacy Course Constructed in Virtual Learning Environment</article-title>
        </title-group>
                        <contrib-group>
                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>VAICIUNIENE</surname>
                    <given-names>Vilhelmina</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:vvaiciun@mruni.lt">vvaiciun@mruni.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_000"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_000">Department of Foreign Languages, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius Ateities 20, 08303 Vilnius</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>GEDVILIENE</surname>
                    <given-names>Genute</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:g.gedviliene@smf.vdu.lt">g.gedviliene@smf.vdu.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_001"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_001">Department of Social Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University Donelaicio 52, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania</aff>
                                </contrib-group>
                                                                                                        <volume>7</volume>
                                <issue>1</issue>
                                    <fpage>127</fpage>
                        <lpage>142</lpage>
						<pub-date pub-type="epub">
                        <day>15</day>
                                    <month>04</month>
                        <year>2008</year>
        </pub-date>
                                                        <abstract>
                        <p>The paper examines the impact of ICT on students learning experiences and opportunities offered by virtual learning environment as an integral part of traditional learning environment in the experimental course ``Integration of information literacy skills into ESP programme&#039;&#039; at Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania). The experiment aimed at developing students&#039; information literacy and social skills as the means for enhancement of learning with a particular attention towards foreign language competencies. The integrated information literacy course into ESP (English for specific purposes) syllabus addressed students&#039; needs of information literacy skills striving for better performance and efficiency in academic studies. The focal points of the research presented in the paper are: a) students&#039; attitudes towards the learning environment offered by software Moodle; b) information literacy knowledge and skills developed within and with the assistance of Moodle; c) enhancement of social communication and collaboration; d) the impact of information literacy course on ESP competencies in a complex learning environment.</p>
                    </abstract>
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            <label>Keywords</label>
                        <kwd>information literacy</kwd>
                        <kwd>constructivism in learning</kwd>
                        <kwd>virtual learning environment</kwd>
                        <kwd>social interaction</kwd>
                        <kwd>ICT competencies</kwd>
                        <kwd>ESP</kwd>
                    </kwd-group>
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