Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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[Un]intended consequences of educational change: The need to focus on literacy development #lilac19 | Information Literacy Weblog

[Un]intended consequences of educational change: The need to focus on literacy development #lilac19 | Information Literacy Weblog | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Pam McKinney here live blogging the final keynote from the LILAC conference featuring Professor  Alison Littlejohn, Dean of learning and teaching in the faculty of social sciences at the University of Glasgow.  Allison began by outlining the neo-liberalisation of the higher education sector, positioning students as consumers and the rise in importance of the national student survey.  Allison was involved with a project called “learning literacies in the digital age” which outlined the need for learning to focus on processes and literacies, not content. Allison discussed the power of MOOCs to disrupt education, and to give people the opportunity to learn in a different way, using digital technologies. 

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Learning information literacy

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This paper reports on university students' experiences of learning information literacy. Phenomenography was selected as the research approach it describes experience from perspective study participants, which in case is a mixture undergraduate and postgraduate studying education at an Australian university. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted with fifteen students. interview transcripts iteratively reviewed for similarities differences Categories constructed analysis distinct features that reported. grouped into hierarchical structure represents' increasingly sophisticated reveals literacy six ways: to find information; process use create product; build personal knowledge base; advance disciplinary knowledge; grow person contribute others.

Understanding complexity concept literacy, collective diverse range ways enables academics librarians draw reported by design academic curricula targets more powerful information.

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I really like Categories 5 & 6.

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Thriving in a connected age: digital capability and digital wellbeing

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These days, delivering an enhanced student experience is only one of the challenges that universities and colleges are facing.
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Learning Literacies for a digital age (llidareportjune2009.pdf)

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