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Information and Digital Literacy in Academia

What is Information Literacy?


- The ability to find, analyze, comprehend, and evaluate information encountered (p. 1)
- Deciding what info is needed, finding it, evaluating, selecting, discarding, using, storing (p. 1)
- Crucial for researching, writing, and presenting assignments

What is Digital Literacy?


- Ability to do all information literacy skills efficiently using digital tools (p. 1)
- Using digital tools to create info, communicate effectively, manage digital identity, and use digital networks
to enhance learning (p. 1)
- Must know how to do all literacy skills appropriately in an academic context

- Finding information
- Analyzing information
- Comprehending complex information
- Evaluating the reliability and credibility of sources
- Selecting the most relevant information
- Discarding irrelevant information
- Using information effectively in assignments
- Storing information for future use

- Search engines
- Academic databases
- Digital creation tools
- Communication platforms
- Digital identity management
- Online learning networks

Value of Information is Contextual


- What is valuable depends on the discipline (law vs medicine) (p. 2)
- Information builds on an ongoing expert conversation in the field over time (p. 2)
- Students are information producers, not just consumers (p. 2)

Digital Literacy is Important in Academia


- University involves significant online learning and resources (p. 2)
- Familiarity with "digital language" is necessary (p. 2)
- Starts with information literacy skills and applies them online (p. 2)

Evaluating Online Information


- Assess relevance and reliability of sources (p. 2)
- Consider who created the source and the implications of using info (p. 2)
- The info must be of scholarly value to the discipline (p. 2)

Reflects Core Academic Values


- Understanding the world through high-quality information (p. 3)
- Supporting arguments with reliable evidence (p. 3)
- Adjusting positions based on new evidence (p. 3)
- Lifelong learning, problem-solving, and communication skills (p. 3)

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