For the third year in a row, first-year students of SumDU are studying the discipline "Fundamentals of Academic Writing". In the second semester, the study of the module "Working with scientific sources"; begins, which is taught by 10 library specialists. And this is more than 800 classroom hours for almost 1,000 students.

By the way, four teachers of the course, who are specialists of the library, according to the results of the survey of students, were recognized as the best teachers of the 2020-2021 academic year. And they became the certified winners of the annual competition "The best teacher through the eyes of students".

In the classes we form students values ​​of academic integrity, practical skills of working with sources of information, learn to cite, reference, compile bibliography in accordance with national and international standards, present, visualize, disseminate the results of their own research and etc.

Classes are conducted online and offline using interactive tools and services, including Kahoot, Mentimeter, Wordwall, EDpuzzle, Quizizz.

The course is taught using the mixed learning environment of MIX SumDU.
This allows for effective communication, easy access to theoretical material, practical and test tasks, objective assessment of students.