Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Information Literacy in the QAnon Era #FestivIL @bfister | Information Literacy Weblog

Information Literacy in the QAnon Era #FestivIL @bfister | Information Literacy Weblog | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

On the final day of FestivIL (yesterday), the keynote was from Barbara Fister. Her prerecorded lecture took up the theme of her Project Information Literacy Provocations essay - Information Literacy in the QAnon Era. When it is made public I will embed the video here. One thing that struck me particularly was the point that QAnon (the North American movement that rejects scientific evidence, conventional news sources etc.) gives the same type of advice as librarians: that you should be sceptical of sources, do your own searching etc., which is rather scary.

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Can’t Argue With That | Library Babel Fish

Can’t Argue With That | Library Babel Fish | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
It seems as if Charlottesville was several years ago. It was a shock, seeing Nazis and white supremacists carrying torches on the campus of the University of Virginia campus, then invading the town carrying guns and the kind of gear that you’d think belonged to an angry offshoot of the Society for Creative Anachronism, unleashing threats, violence, beatings, and even murder. There was outrage, but since then there has been a strange drift toward accepting white supremacy. It’s fueling candidates for office. It shows up on talk shows where hosts say America won’t be America if we don’t get rid of immigrants.
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Lizard People in the Library | PIL Provocation Series

Lizard People in the Library | PIL Provocation Series | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
As “research it yourself” becomes a rallying cry for promoters of outlandish conspiracy theories with real-world consequences, educators need to think hard about what’s missing from their information literacy efforts.
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Provocative and timely piece by Barbara Fister, on what skills are needed in teaching information literacy in an age of 'conspiracy theories' and the blurring of the line of what is fact and what is opinion.

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