Lorraine Bruce Module 1 An introduction to Information Literacy

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Information Age Need for students to be learners Knowledge growth Technology overload More flexible career paths Changes in working conditions Need for critical thinking skills and problem solving

Lorraine Bruce Module 1

Information Literacy “To be information literate a person must be able to recognise when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.” A.L.A. Presidential committee on information Literacy. Final Report (1989). Chicago (ED )

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Further reading Presidential report on Information Literacy Presidential report on Information Literacy Full report (Many other interesting articles here) Falling through the Net: Digital Inclusion. Department of Commerce Falling through the Net: Digital Inclusion. Department of Commerce Executive summary

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 WHAT IS DOES IT MEAN TO USERS?

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Doyle (1992) with a Delphi study established that “ Information Literacy is the ability to access, evaluate and use information form a variety of sources Doyle, C.S (1992) Outcomes Measures for Information Literacy Within National Education Goals of Final Report to National Forum on Information on Information Literacy. Flagstaff, Az: National Forum on Information Literacy

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Researchers (Rand) checked out 6 health Web sites and 12 sites dedicated to specific diseases. How frequently Web sites are complete and accurate: Breast cancer 63% Depression44% Obesity 37% Childhood asthma33% U.S. News & World Report, June 4, 2001 v130 i22 p10 Quality

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 “More than 2/3 of teens said within the last year that they use the Internet as their major resource when doing a big project for school..." Lester, Will "High School Students Love Net for Research." Syracuse Post Standard, 8/21/01 (from AP ) Quality

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 In a study of 500 sites used by Colorado high school students to do research, only 27% of the sites were judged to be reliable for academic research! Colhoun, Alexander. "But - - I Found It on the Internet!" Christian Science Monitor. 25 April 2000: 16. Ebersol, Samuel, “Uses and Gratifications of the Web among Students,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(1): September 2000,

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 The top legal advice person on Askme.com turned out to be a 14 year old whose only legal training was from Court TV and cop shows. But – just as interesting, Advice on the Net: Michael Lewis, New York Times Magazine, July 2001; also Next (Norton, 2001) Quality

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 The top legal advice person on Askme.com turned out to be a 14 year old whose only legal training was from Court TV and cop shows. But – just as interesting, when he was finally “uncovered,” the demand for his advice still continued! Advice on the Net: Michael Lewis, New York Times Magazine, July 2001; also Next (Norton, 2001) Quality

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Information Literacy as a process Information Process models (1980s) Big Six ( Eisenberg, Berkowitz) 1986 Kuhlthau: 6 steps affective side of IL NSW (Australia) Information Process 1986 Pitts/ Stripling 1988: reflective aspect to the process Refer to class text for more details

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 Eisenberg and Berkowitz’s BIG 6 Life long learning Information process is in all parts of life …not enough to know content; processes are more important based on Bloom’s taxonomy (1956) see module 3

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies 3. Location & Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation Information Literacy Big 6

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 The Big6: Non-Linear TD L&A UI ISS S S E E

Lorraine Bruce Module 1 The Big6: Not Linear TD L&A UI S S E E ISS E E L&A UI ISS S S S S S S