“Information Literacy and Web 2.0 : is it just hype?”

Information Literacy and Web 2.0 : is it just hype? Peter Godwin University of Bedfordshire UK

/ Peter Godwin University of Bedfordshire

Information Literacy and Web 2.0 : is it just hype?
From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0
Perceptions of the Web generation
Information Literacy is the key
Connecting using Web 2.0
Active Learning and Collaboration
Convenience
Visual Learning
Reflective Learning
The future

Web 2.0

Web 2.0
““ not really a technological phenomenon at all; it’s a social one, enabled by technology.”
(Jen Maney, 2008)

Impact of Web 2.0 : Helene Blowers

Impact of Web 2.0 : Meredith Farkas http://www.flickr.com/photos/ ibrarianmer/332015283/

But who is creating?

Public lives http://www.flickr.com/photos/48600091327@N01/1174257667

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77773883@N00/260560027

CIBER report(2008)
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future.
London: University College London.
CIBER Briefing paper; 9.
Shavar flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakebouma/109039319 /

Web generation http://www.flickr.com/photos/15441953@N00/2440283639

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peskylibrary/1357064606 / But is it too late for them?

Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?

/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarygeek/741879088 The death of librarianship?

What they need to become
Collaborators
Synthesizers
Adaptors
Yolanda by Micheo flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/291372899

All the literacies
Media literacy
IT literacy Information literacy
Language literacy Visual literacy
E literacy
Information fluency
I-skills
Information skills

Is Information Literacy our key to the future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewdomkus/238007803 /

What is Information Literacy?
“ Information literacy is the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.”
(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)

SCONUL Seven Pillars framework

SCONUL 7 Pillars
Recognising need for information
Distinguishing sources and access
Constructing search strategies
Locating and accessing
Comparing & evaluating
Organising, applying and communicating
Synthesising and adding new knowledge

The MEGO effect!
“ Most instructors have stood in front of a class only to wonder if their only purpose on that day was to serve as a sedative for the majority of the class.”
Payne, et al (2006)
My eyes glaze over http://www.flickr.com/photos/27261720@N00/91147636

Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

Take it to the Faculty http://www.flickr.com/photos/20149359@N00/1795028581

Promotion versus pedagogy

1.Active Learning and Collaboration

Use of Wikipedia
Is it Encyclopaedia Idiotica?

Who is this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/260004685 /

Reference Desks in Second Life http://www.flickr.com/photos/8064220@N08/509716129/

Using first and second life to develop inquiry skills in the freshman year at a UK university: a happy blend?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbdbrobot/140068142/ Creating content

Wiki-ing Your Way into Collaborative Learning Molly Beestrum, and Kenneth Orenic, Dominican University, Illinois Using Wikis in English 102 We designed some simple assignments to acclimatise students to wiki use.

Evaluation

Tagging and Folksonomies

2. Convenience

Are you on Facebook?

Blackboard CourseFeed

Instant messaging

Do you Twitter?

3. Visual Learning

Showing a process

Instruction

Trigger for discussion

4.Reflective Learning / http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianblack/281645242/

Research 2.0: Research Blogs as Windows of Opportunity Olivia Reinauer , Social Sciences Librarian, University of Richmond Terry Dolson , Faculty Development Specialist, University of Richmond

The future

The future begins now

Wikipanion

It’s gone beyond hype
Users need our help because they don’t know what they don’t know!
We want to change their habits rather than just develop their skills
Web 2.0 helps to counter the MEGO effect!
Library 2.0 Librarians have powerful Web 2.0 weapons to accomplish this.

Mobiles –the ultimate portable computer

Cartoons from blaugh.com and Microsoft
Photos from flickr under Creative Commons

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