I have to prepare an outline for an online module on digital information literacy for the eCDF OIL project.
Digital information literacy is also called fluency, and I like the definition I found on the 21st Century information fluency project website.
This site also has micromodules - small tutorials about information literacy.
Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment.
As well as the definition there is a useful diagram.
Therefore in a module geared up to help users gain skills in digital information literacy, the following needs to be covered:
References
Blackall, L. (2005). Digital literacy: how it affects teaching practices and networked learning futures _ a proposal for action research. The Knowedge Tree, Edition 07.
Breaks, M. & MacLeod, R. (2001). Joining up the academicinformation landscape: the role of the RDN hubs within the Distributed National Electronic Resource.
21st Century information fluency project
Digital information literacy is also called fluency, and I like the definition I found on the 21st Century information fluency project website.
This site also has micromodules - small tutorials about information literacy.
Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment.
As well as the definition there is a useful diagram.
Therefore in a module geared up to help users gain skills in digital information literacy, the following needs to be covered:
- Language and the meaning of terms used for digital searching e.g. subscription-based and free networked datasets, networked information - abstracting and indexing services, full-text material and digitised collections, access points, interfaces, search syntaxes
- Terms used for digital material e.g. learning objects, resource-based, multimedia etc
- Range of interfaces for accessing digital information - databases, datasets, electronic libraries, Internet, other multimedia - problem-solving so users can navigate sources and understand their scope
- Formats of digital information - text, audio, video, images, blogs, wikis etc.
- Portals, search engines, RSS feeds, subject gateway - catalogue, or directory, of internet resources e.g. OMNI Examples of several subject gateways via the OMNI website plus Internet tutorials on how to find information effectively and Internet detective.
- Resource Discovery Network (RDN) and web collections and sub-collections e.g. JISC collections
- Digital repositories e.g. OSLOR, Aeshare, Australian Flexible framework toolboxes
- FOSS (free and open source software) - examples relevant to information literacy e.g. Diigo ( a web-based annotating tool), blogger, google etc.
- Digital tools for searching - search engines, subject directories, gateways etc.
- Data sets e.g. Citation Index, databases, data centres
- Examples of online resources e.g. NZ National library, British library online gallery - world's oldest printed book "Diamond Sutra", wikipedia
- Publishing on the web, digital publications
- Intellectual property and options for copyright - creative commons, JISC models, copyright licensing Ltd.
References
Blackall, L. (2005). Digital literacy: how it affects teaching practices and networked learning futures _ a proposal for action research. The Knowedge Tree, Edition 07.
Breaks, M. & MacLeod, R. (2001). Joining up the academicinformation landscape: the role of the RDN hubs within the Distributed National Electronic Resource.
21st Century information fluency project
