Information Literacy Online: p.r.n. Information Literacy Standards Delivery and Design Face to Face Partnerships Tutorials E-struction Assessment
Some Statistics Every 24 hours, approximately 4.3 million new pages are added to the World Wide Web. About 83% of Web sites contain commercial content 6% contain scientific or educational content The average life span of a Web page is about 44 days. Falling Through the Net, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1999
Information Divide Focus on computers “misses the mark”. Shirley, Saundra L. OITP Policy Brief: Libraries and the Digital Divide. ALA, October “Libraries have an educational role in fostering an information literate society with the skills necessary to thrive.” Office of Information Technology Policy. Draft Principles for the Networked World. ALA, 2001.
The Information Literate Individual: Determines extent and type of information needed. Accesses information efficiently, effectively. Evaluates sources and information critically. Incorporates information into knowledge base. Uses information to accomplish a purpose. Understands economic, moral, legal, ethical issues surrounding the use of information. Association of College and Research Libraries, July 2000
The Flow of Information How information resources develop over time… ow/day.htm
Delivery methods: learning styles, assessment, time???
Information Literacy Partnerships Higher education and school libraries sharing instruction techniques, resource information and recruitment. html Potential partners: business, industry, local government, and health care providers.
Web-page Tutorials edu/ edu/ u/ohio5/infolit/ u/ohio5/infolit/ r.us/secondary.html r.us/secondary.html
E-struction An -based course designed to increase library outreach and provide information literacy instruction to faculty and students. Each lesson will introduce a library resource and will provide the participants with information on content, access and search strategies for the product.
Model Approach Interactive Fully integrated Incorporates assessment
Assessment Pretest. Modular quizzes. responses. Faculty and student surveys. n.html