Trudi E. Jacobson Jefa Depto. de Alfabetización de Información. State University of New York (Estados Unidos)

1. Envisioning the Possibilities:
Educational Trends and
Information Literacy in
Academic Libraries
Trudi Jacobson
Head, Information Literacy Department
University at Albany
Albany NY, USA

2. Let’s Explore
• Metaliteracy
• MOOCs
• Digital badging/micro-credentialing
• ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for
Higher Education

3. Horizon Report for
Higher Education 2016

4. Horizon Report
Selected Trends
• A culture of innovation
• A shift to deeper learning approaches
Selected Challenges
• Blending formal and informal learning
• Improving digital literacy
• Competing models of education

5. Horizon Report
Spanish Language Version
http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-
horizon-report-HE-ES.pdf

6. Metaliteracy
#metaliteracy

7. “Metaliteracy empowers
learners to participate in
interactive information
environments, equipped
with the ability to
continuously reflect,
change, and contribute as
critical thinkers.”
(Jacobson and Mackey, 2013, p. 86)

8. Metacognition
8
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_Thinker,_Auguste_Rodin.jpg
“cognition about
cognition or thinking
about one’s own
thinking…”
(Hartman, 2002)

9. Horizon Report
Selected Challenges
• Informal learning
o Self-directed
o Curiosity based
o Life experiences
• Competing models of education
o Alternative delivery models
o Assign value to wider range of learning activities

10. 10
“What, if anything,
can stop the
MOOC?”
Creative Commons
licensed picture at
Giulia Forsythe on
Flickr.

11. Empowering Yourself in a Connected
World
Empowering Yourself as a Digital Citizen
MOOC

12. Connectivist MOOC
http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com/index.html

13. MOOC Talk

14. Coursera MOOC

15. Coursera MOOC Intro Video

16. Metaliteracy YouTube Channel
Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative

17. 17
Canvas MOOC: Empowering Yourself
as a Digital Citizen

18. Digital Badging
Also known as micro-credentialing

19. Badges in Games and
Apps
• FourSquare
• UnTappd
• Call of Duty
• GemCraft
• Audible
• Fitness apps (Preva,
Fitocracy)
Image Source: Ben Risinger, CC BY 2.0

20. The Metaliteracy Badges
Metaliteracybadges.org

21. Master Evaluator
Badge

22. Digital Citizen Badge

23. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
Frames listserv: ACRLframe@lists.ala.org
Information Literacy Framework for Higher
Education

24. Threshold Concepts

25. Threshold Concepts

26. Threshold
Concepts Transformative
Integrative
Irreversible
Bounded
Troublesome

27. IL Threshold Concepts
• Authority is Constructed and
Contextual
• Information Creation as a Process
• Information Has Value
• Research as Inquiry
• Scholarship as Conversation
• Searching as Strategic Exploration

28. Frame
Threshold
Concepts
Dispositions
Knowledge
Practices
Habits of mind
Behaviors
demonstrating
understanding
Underpinning ideas

29. Build on Relationships
Pixabay

30. Thank you!
Questions?
tjacobson@albany.edu

31. Bibliography
American Library Association. (1989). Presidential
Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. Chicago:
American Library Association.
Hartman, Hope J. (2002). Metacognition in Learning and
Instruction: Theory, Research and Practice. London:
Springer.
Head, Alison. (2013). “Project Information Literacy: What
Can Be Learned about the Information-Seeking Behavior of
Today’s College Students?” Proceedings of the ACRL
National Conference, Indianapolis, IN, pp. 472-482.

32. Bibliography
Hofer, Amy, Lori Townsend, and Korey Brunetti. (2012).
“Troublesome Concepts and Information Literacy:
Investigating Threshold Concepts for IL,” portal, 12 (4), pp.
387-405.
Jacobson, Trudi E. and Craig Gibson. (2015). “First Thoughts
on Implementing the Framework for IL,” Communications in
Information Literacy, 9 (2), pp. 102-110.

33. Bibliography
Jacobson, Trudi E. and Thomas P. Mackey, “Proposing a
Metaliteracy Model to Redefine Information Literacy,”
Communications in Information Literacy, 7 (2) 2013, pp. 84-
91.
Mackey, Thomas P. and Trudi E. Jacobson. (2011).
“Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy,” C & RL,
72 (1), pp. 62-78.
Mackey, Thomas P. and Trudi E. Jacobson (2014).
Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower
Learners. Chicago: Neal-Schuman.

34. Bibliography
Marzal, Miguel Angel and Elvira Saurina. (2015).
“Diagnóstico del Estado de la Alfabetización en
Información (ALFIN) en las Universidades Chilenas,”
Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação, 20 (2), pp.58-78.
Meyer, Jan H. F., Ray Land, and Caroline Baillie, eds. (2010).
Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning.
Rotterdam: Sense.
New Media Consortium. (2016). NMC Horizon Report. 2016
Higher Education Edition.
http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2016-
higher-education-edition/

35. Bibliography
Sims, Zach. (2015). "Learning Real Life Skills That Matter"
(email interview), by Sarah Evans, Kristine Lu and Alison
Head, Project Information Literacy, Smart Talk Interview, no.
22. http://projectinfolit.org/smart-talks/item/142-zach-sims-
smart-talk
Singly, Emily. (2014).“How College Students Really Do
Research: Findings from Recent Studies,” American
Libraries. Available: http://emilysingley.net/how-college-
students-really-do-research-findings-from-recent-studies/