Information Literacy in the Digital Age Online Class

21st Century Literacy

2009-07-22T19:11:06Z

I've known Howard Rheingold ... online ... for over a decade. Here's his presentation on 21st Century Literacy: Here]

It's 40 minutes and very, very good.

Re: Information Literacy in the Digital Age Online Class

2008-01-14T21:41:27Z

I think there's a good fit here, building on libraries having had AV material for, ah, ages. ;-)

We need to make sure that our computer labs (and stand-alone stations) have private ear pieces/head phones (or allow patron to use his/her) and make sure that we have sufficient bandwidth. The more, the better.

And, of course, we have to make sure that our staffs are adept at the new information literacy, the definition of which seems to change about every 3-4 years.

Re: Information Literacy in the Digital Age Online Class

2008-01-14T20:55:52Z

Hi! Sounds like an interesting class. Can you post a syllabus?

We could have an interesting discussion right here about how information literacy is changed by the Digital Age. I found some provocative statements in [url http://www.acal.edu.au/publications/papers/occasional/lepani.shtml ]this paper[/url] by Barbara Lepanis at the University of Sydney.

"Information is no longer a scarce resource. ...The critical new skill is not just how to get information relevant to a task, but how to do this within time constraints, and how to extract meaning from all the "noise" of competing voices."

"...multimedia permits an extraordinary flexibility in conveying concepts - through words, pictures and sounds, as something that can be built or played as well as read or watched."

"The inability to process and interpret visual media will soon be much more debilitating than many of us care to admit."

So what are libraries doing to meet these challenges?

Information Literacy in the Digital Age Online Class

2008-01-13T17:32:12Z

Hi everyone! I teach a 4 credit hour course at Southern State Community College in Ohio called Information Literacy in the Digital Age. This course is provided in Blackboard and taught online live using Wimba Classroom. The course provides coverage on most library research databases from EBSCOhost, Lexis-Nexis, digital music libraries, digital media commons, and other resources. Students maintain a works cited page on RefWorks. This course is taught each quarter. All you need to enroll is a computer on the Internet and it helps to have a headset with microphone. If you are interested in more information about the class, or if you'd like to sit in on a live session of the class online, drop me a message. Thank you!