shots in the dark : information literacy in the 21st century
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Presentation given at the CONUL Annual Information Literacy seminar in Dublin 28 May 2009TRANSCRIPT
Shots in the dark?Information Literacy in the 21st century
Peter GodwinUniversity of Bedfordshire
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Shots in the dark?
Where I’m coming from Other literacies? What is Information Literacy anyway? Meeting our 21st century users New opportunities with Web 2.0 And with Mobiles? No more shots in the dark
The Pods at UBProject Hall Staff Room
IT area
Relaxation loungeBrainstorm room
Boardroom
UoB LSBU The book
Discuss and select
keywordsAdvise on type of
information found
Demonstrate databases
Search tips
Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0
All the literaciesMedia literacy IT literacy Information literacy Language literacy Visual
literacy E literacy Emotional literacy
Information fluency I-skills Information skills
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Media literacy
the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication and information in a variety of forms and means.
Digital literacy
Performing tasks in a digital environment
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The death of librarianship?
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What is Information Literacy?“Information literacy is the adoption of
appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.”
(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)
SCONUL Seven Pillars framework
SCONUL 7 Pillars Recognising need for information Distinguishing sources and access Constructing search strategies Locating and accessing Comparing & evaluating Organising, applying and communicating Synthesising and adding new knowledge
CIBER report(2008)
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future.
London: University College London.CIBER Briefing paper; 9.
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The MEGO effect! “Most instructors have
stood in front of a class only to wonder if their only purpose on that day was to serve as a sedative for the majority of the class.”
Payne, et al (2006)
My eyes glaze over
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Somebody has been telling her “about” the Library!
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Web 2.0RSS feeds Wikis Blogs Mashups Podcasting Tagging Vodcasting flickr del.icio.us MySpace YouTube Instant messaging
New chances of reaching them
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RSS
ConvenienceCollaborative
SharingKinesthetic
Blogs
ReflectiveCreative
DiscussiveEngaging
CollaborativeKinesthetic
Research 2.0: Research Blogs as Windows of OpportunityOlivia Reinauer, Social Sciences Librarian, University of RichmondTerry Dolson, Faculty Development Specialist, University of Richmond
CreativeCollaborative
SharingKinesthetic
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Wikis
Wiki-ing Your Way into Collaborative LearningMolly Beestrum, and Kenneth Orenic, Dominican University, Illinois
Using Wikis in English 102
We designed some simple assignments to acclimatise students to wiki use.
Wikipedia
CreativeShows a process
Critical thinkingCollaborativeKinesthetic
Sarah who?
Flickr
VisualKinestheticCreative
CollaborativeKeywords
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VisualAuditoryKinesthetic
Shows processTrigger for discussion
CreativeCollaborative
YouTube
Instruction
Showing a process
Trigger for discussion
delicious
SharingKeywords
Critical thinkingCreative
Collaborative Visual
Kinesthetic
Tagging
KeywordsVisual
Kinesthetic
Pen marker
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CreativeCollaboration
VisualAuditoryKinesthetic
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Blackboard CourseFeed
Are you on Facebook?
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Visual tools and OPACs
VisualKinesthetic
Active
LibraryThingCollaborativeSharingKinesthetic
Screencasting, podcasting and vodcasting
Shows processConvenience
CreativeAuditoryVisual
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Instant messaging
ConvenienceKinesthetic
Instant messaging
Second Life
ActivePersonalVisual
Kinesthetic
Reference Desks in Second Life
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What’s next? But…..
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4.1 billion mobile subscriptions in the world by end of 2008 That’s 61.1% of the global population.
By end of 2008 335m mobile broadband subscribers.14% in developed world, and 1% in developing world.
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23% of 6.7 billion use the internet
But what does this mean for us?
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Count the iPhones
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Screencasting, podcasting and vodcasting
Shows processConvenience
CreativeAuditoryVisual
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iTunes U
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QR codes
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But cell phones are hard
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Limitations
Variations and capabilities of types of devices Speed Costs Need for Bluetooth and more joined up Wi-Fi
access
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OPAC (M)Dbases (M)Podcasts
SMSBasic guides
E-books, ToursSMS, OPAC
Dbases, PodcastsGuides, QR codes
OPACPodcasts
Basic guidesText documents
Web 2.0 tools and mobiles can help us do this
and to counter the mego effect
We should seek to change their habits
and help to improve the quality of their questions
Librarians go wild
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