From Information Literacy to Transliteracy: Preparing our Students for Open Learning

From Information Literacy to Transliteracy
Preparing our Students for Open Learning
Kim Balko, Dana Longley and Thomas Mackey

A Greater Cause?
Excerpt from ESC Core Values:
“sustain life-long curiosity and critical inquiry”
“the key to a democratic society is the ability of the population to access and handle information effectively and efficiently.”
- William Badke
Badke, W. (2010). Foundations of Information Literacy: Learning From Paul Zurkowski. Online, 34(1), 48-50. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

The Need
87% of students may be “information illiterate” 1
Primary student sources: textbooks and Google2
Students “miss opportunities that college education provides for exploration, discovery, and deep learning.” 3
Foster, A. (2006). Students Fall Short on 'Information Literacy,' Educational Testing Service's Study Finds. Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(10), A36. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database: http://bit.ly/cnxwEx
A. Head and M. Eisenberg, "Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age," Project Information Literacy Progress Report, Information School, Univ. of Washington, Dec 1, 2009.
Sharon A. Weiner, “Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 33(1), 2010.

Thoughts?
What information skills should a successful student (and citizen) possess?
Are students given enough opportunities (and motivation) to acquire these skills?

ESC GEAR Data
Data source: Empire State College Fact Book, Eighth Edition 2008-09, p. 96

Objective: get students from here
To here:

Emerging Literacy Frameworks
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T R A N S L I T E R A C Y
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Transliteracy Research Group
“Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.”
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http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/

“Research in the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading”
Established 2005
Interdisciplinary research team in humanities, social sciences, and engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
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http://transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu/category/research-project

Transliterate
“to write or print a letter or word using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or language.”
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http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full

Transliteracy
“mapping meaning across different media and not with developing particular literacies about various media.”
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Transliteracy
“It is not about learning text literacy and visual literacy and digital literacy in isolation from one another but about the interaction among all these literacies.”
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Share
Social Media
Determine
INFORMATION
LITERACY
Produce
Access
Evaluate
Use
M E T A L I T E R C Y
Social Media
Social Media
Understand
Social Media
Incorporate
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Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy Coll. res. libr. January 2011 72:62-78 http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.abstract
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Metaliteracy
“promotes critical thinking and collaboration in a digital age, providing a comprehensive framework to effectively participate in social media and online communities. ”
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Metaliteracy
“Information literacy is central to this redefinition because information takes many forms online and is produced and communicated through multiple modalities. ”
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Metaliteracy in Practice
Understand Format Type and Delivery Mode
Evaluate User Feedback as Active Researcher
Create a Context for User-generated Information
Evaluate Dynamic Content Critically
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Metaliteracy in Practice
Produce Original Content in Multiple Media Formats
Understand Personal Privacy, Information Ethics and Intellectual Property Issues
Share Information in Participatory Environments
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Nursing Research Course
Integrated approach to information literacy.
Social Bookmarking Tool-Diigo
Assignment: Find, read and bookmark 15 peer reviewed articles over a 3 module period (6 weeks).

Reason for Assignment
Working on beginning components of a research paper.
Produce drafts throughout course.
Final paper presented during last week.

Why Use Diigo?
Conducting online research
Incorporate citations in APA
Annotated bibliographies
Share references with peers
Create an online repository

Positive Uses
Can make groups private
Instructor can give feedback to students on quality of articles
Free technology

Another Example:
@Home Library Workshops
Methods:
Active (hands-on)
Multimodal (audio, text, visual)
Needed (or next)?:
Assignment- or course-integration
Small group exercises

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