Event details

Academic Skills	Digital Literacy	Personal Development	Responsibility	Sustainability	Work Environment

The online course is interdisciplinary and is aimed at students with no previous experience in the field of information or research skills.
The content and exercises are made available to participants via the Ilias learning platform. Personal consultation appointments can be arranged if required. The central achievement consists of working through all tests of the self-study course and completing and submitting the corresponding exercise form.
Please note the following information:
The online course starts on 03.11.2025 on Ilias. Participants will receive an introductory email on this day with all important information about registering for the Ilias course.

Brief description of the content:
The online course on research skills teaches the basics of academic research – from preparation and implementation to the evaluation and management of the sources found. It then goes on to discuss how the research process in a team and collaborative literature management can be successful. Using illustrative case studies and integrative tests, you will learn about the various steps of the research process. You will practise using various search tools and strategies, learn more about the functionality and use of suitable search tools and gain initial insights into topics such as literature management, content evaluation of sources and time planning.
The online course is made available via the Ilias learning platform.

Workload for ECTS:

1 ECTS: Exercises of the self-study course and processing and submission of the corresponding exercise form.

2 ECTS: Exercises from the self-study course, completion and submission of the associated exercise form and completion of further exercises for the course.

 

Lecturers:

Daniela Clauss:

• In the KIT library, subject librarian for history, education, philosophy and psychology as well as project coordinator of various e-learning projects
• Main areas of work: Development and implementation of teaching and consulting services in the field of information and writing skills as well as good scientific practice

Alexandra Kwaśnicki:

• Librarian
• works in the information literacy team at the KIT library; involved in the creation of online courses on topics including good scientific practice, research and writing skills as part of the helpBW project
• Main focus: Scientific literature research & literature management
• Support with literature research and source management