Media and Information Literacy_information literacy notes

Literacy Notes

1. MEDIA AND IFORMATION LITERACY

2. Characteristics of information literate individual: Find reference or sources effectively and efficiently to increase learnings Identify the nature and limitation of information whether it is valid or not Evaluate the sources critically Apply information effectively to meet your specific goal Acknowledge the people behind those educational and helpful works Why information literacy is important? It teach us how to give respect to the author who creates information It promotes problem solving approach and thinking skills It make finding information easier and faster It helps us to recognized the different between good and bad information It help us to determine which are credible and which are not It allows the use of relevant information It help us to choose the most important, trusted and reliable information

3. T he ability to recognize when information is needed, and to locate, evaluate, and effectively communicate information in its various formats. Information Literacy LESSON PROPER

4. Concept of Information Literacy Authority is constructed and contextual Source reliability, identify context, respect intellectual property. Information creation as a process Research, Creation, Revision, Review, Distribution Information has value Commodity, Education, Influence, Understand the World Research is Inquiry Trial and Error, examine Information, Ask Question. The ability to organize & synthesize information. Scholarship as conversation Academic Study=Conversation Offers Different Perspective & Ideas, Cite Information Searching as strategic exploration Strategy & Evaluation Search Tools & Keywords LESSON PROPER

5. LESSON PROPER Strategy/Elements of Information Literacy Identifying/Recognizing information needs Determining Sources of Information Citing or Searching for Information Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information Organizing, storing or archiving information Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way Creating and communicating the knowledge