Héctor Javier García Llorente and María José Rodríguez Conde. University of Salamanca

1. Information Literacy: A
Brief Approach of
Education In The
Information Society
Héctor Javier García Llorente
Maria José Rodríguez Conde

2. 1. Introduction
 Quick raise of technologies
 People exchange and manipulate data
 The information is easily accessible thanks to
the new devices and gadgets
 Educational system has a daunting challenge

3. 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
 2.1 Knowledge society and Information
society
 2.2 Education in the Information society
 2.3 Information Literacy

4. 2.1 Knowledge society and
Information society
 Knowledge Society: puts more emphasis
on the use and exchange of knowledge
 Information Society: focus more on the
information flow that composes our
society

5. 2.1 Knowledge society and
Information society
Name Description
Characteristics of the information society
Exuberance Overwhelming and diverse amount of data
Omnipresence Information is everywhere
Speed Instant communication
Interaction Users can exchange, create and manipulate data
Inequality Emphasize the differences between first and third world
Heterogeneity Diversity of opinions and ideas about the information
Confusion Not easy to choose useful data
Apathy Consume data over own creativity

6. 2.2 Education in the Information
society
 The educational system should change
and adapt to the XXI century society
 Teachers would be prepared for this new
age
 learners should be equipped not only with
proficiency in the use of IT tools, but also
with competence in processing
information

7. 2.3 Information Literacy
 Information means data, news or facts,
while Literacy increasingly has become
associated with the ability to understand
or to interpret specific phenomena
(Bundy, A., 2004)
 Information literacy describes the
acquisition of a particular range or set of
information handling skills (Mackenize, A.,
Howard, H., Makin, L., & Ryan, C., 2002)

8. 2.3 Information Literacy
IDENTIFY SCOPE PLAN GATHER EVALU
ATE
MANAGE PRESE
NT
Able to
identify a
personal
need for
informatio
n
Can
assess
current
knowled
ge and
identify
gaps
Can
construc
t
strategi
es for
locating
data
Can
locate
and
access
the
informati
on and
data they
need
Can
review
the
research
process
and
compare
and
evaluate
data
Can
organise
informatio
n
profession
ally and
ethically
Can
apply
the
knowle
dge
gained
SCONUL, 2011

9. 3. Methodology
 “Information Literacy”, “Information
Skills”, “Knowledge Society” and
“Information Society”
 Impact journals in education

10. 4. Conclusions
 The Information Society is continuously
changed, which means that the
educational system should change too
 Teachers should be prepared and trained
to face this new challenges
 Researchers ought to study if our
students are fluent in the competencies
and attitudes that the SCONUL states

11. 4. Conclusions
 Never before in the human life had we
face a huge challenge like this. We have
not learned how to prepare the next
generation of pupils about how to life in
this information society, but we must keep
trying (Bauman, Z., 2007)

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