This document provides an overview of the planned content for a module on information literacy. The module aims to provide learners with factual knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to information literacy. It will address topics such as defining information literacy, evaluating online sources, and using information ethically. The content includes video lectures, activities in a tutor manual and learner handout, and self-directed learning materials like videos and assessments. The goal is for learners to develop their competence in locating, evaluating, and using information from online sources.

1. BIZMIZ IO2
Contents for Module 7
Information Literacy
Developped by Speha Fresia

2. Module 7 – Information Literacy: Learning
outcomes
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Knowledge Skills Attitudes
 Factual knowledge about information
literacy.
 Factual knowledge about how to check
the source of information online.
 Factual knowledge of how to use
information ethically.
 Factual knowledge of how to
summarise and synthesize information
needed and sourced online.
 Factual knowledge about how to
complete targeted online information
searches.
 Factual knowledge of how to assess
the quality of information sourced
online.
 Factual knowledge of how to assess
the validity and relevance of
information sourced online.
 Define information literacy.
 Recognise when information is required.
 Analyse the source of information online.
 Evaluate the source of information.
 Apply critical thinking skills when
evaluating the credibility of an online
source.
 Organise information sourced online from
different outlets.
 Synthesize information sourced online
from different sources and media.
 Summarise online research.
 Use information ethically.
 Demonstrate how to complete targeted
searches for information online.
 Assess the validity of information sourced
online.
 Develop their
information literacy.
 Appreciate the value
of valid, reliable and
quality information.
 Appreciate why it’s
important to assess
the quality of
information.
 Appreciate why it is
important to evaluate
the source of
information online.

3. Planned content for Information Literacy
▪ 2 x video lectures, which focus on the following topics:
▫ How information competent am I? Information Literacy and Ethics.
▫ Critical thinking and information management.
▪ Tutor Manual & Learner Handout with the following activities:
▫ Introduction to the key concepts of Information Literacy and how to use
information ethically.
▫ Methods and Tools to source, check, summarise, use and evaluate
information applying critical thinking.
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4. Planned content for Information Literacy
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How information competent am I? Information Literacy
and Ethics
Topics covered include:
• Literacy and information literacy
• Correct process to search online information
• Ethics and legal issues concerning online information
Handouts for learners:
• Understanding and sharing within the group the core concepts related to
information literacy
• Submit a Self-Assessment Test for checking own information
competency

5. Planned content for Information Literacy
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Extract from Script:
An information competent citizen, whether a student, a professional or a worker, is
able to recognize her/his information needs, knows how to locate, identify access,
retrieve, evaluate, organize, and use information. To be an information literate
person, one has to know how to benefit from the worlds of knowledge, and
incorporate the experience of others into one’s background.
The information literate person is capable, in Mackenzie’s words, of:
• “Prospecting: The ability to locate relevant information, to sift it, to sort it, and to
select it.
• Interpreting: The ability to translate the data and information into knowledge,
insight, and understanding.
• Creating new ideas: Developing new insights”.
[Source: Guidelines on Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning, IFLA, 2015, p.8]
How information competent am I? Information
Literacy and Ethics

6. Planned content for Information Literacy
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Critical thinking and information management
Topics covered include:
• Conceptual map for identifying the information needs
• Difference between primary and secondary sources
• Difference between summarizing and synthetize
• Online sources credibility and ethical use
Handouts for learners:
• Self-Assessment of information literacy competency through a 40 items
test.
• Implementation of a matrix for the organisation of the collected
information, analysing the information need, the source, and its
credibility.

7. Planned content for Information Literacy
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Extract from Script:
Which methods can be used for implementing the information management
process? First of all we need to identify the need of information, which kind, how
much deepen and for which purpose and who is the target audience?
Conceptual map can support the brainstorming about which information needs are
we going to analyze, identifying the online resources we are going to check. We
should know the difference between primary and secondary sources.
The primary ones provide a first-hand account of an event or time period and are
considered to be authoritative. They represent original thinking, reports on
discoveries or events, or they can share new information.
Secondary sources involve analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of
primary sources. They often attempt to describe or explain primary sources.
Critical thinking and information management

8. Planned content for Information Literacy
Self-directed learning materials:
Activity 1
(1) Video (minutes 6:16) “Information Literacy in a Nutshell”, by David L. Rice
Library, University of Southern Indiana (U.S.A.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWv5S50Zww
Created by Instructional Services, July 2010
(2) Video (minutes 6:16) “Information literacy: What, Why and How”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu25Dqp2O0Q
Prezy presentation published by Deanna Lambert, October 2014

9. Planned content for Information Literacy
Self-directed learning materials:
Activity 2
(3) Video (minutes 3:14) “Evaluate your sources”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLTOVoHbH5c
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United
States license, June 2015
(4) Video (minutes 6:47) “Evaluating websites”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxyKHp47EnQ
Published by OSLIS, July 2016

10. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflec ts the vi ews onl y of the aut hor , and the Commission cannot
be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Project Number: 2018-1-UK01-KA202-047909