Sharon Markless, Information Literacy and the future of learning, SLA Weekend Course 2007 "The Future is Now"

1. Information Literacy and the future of learning Sharon Markless, King’s College London and IMA

6. The same old issues keep appearing… e.g. the learner as active agent Social constructivism John Biggs Ference Marton 2003 Experiential learning Lauren Resnick 1980 Reflective practice Seymour Papert Learning as conversation Paulo Freire Jerome Bruner 1940 Problem-based learning Lev Vygotsky Discovery learning Jean Piaget Inquiry based education John Dewey 1890

32. Information and Critical Literacies Connecting with Information ( orientation; exploring; focussing; locating) Making use of information ( transforming; communicating; applying ) Interacting with Information ( Thinking critically; evaluating; transforming; constructing ) Monitoring progress Reflecting on the experience and the outcome

33. orientation exploring locating Focussing (e.g. keywords, formulating questions ) Monitoring progress Reflecting on the experience and the outcome Connecting with information Making use of information Interacting with information Thinking critically Constructing new knowledge, concepts Evaluating and verifying transforming transforming Citing and referencing applying communicating i-skills

34. Connecting with Information problem definition reviewing identifying sources orientation focussing networking picture building browsing exploring l locating systematic searching M o n I t o r I n g p r o g r e s s

35. Interacting with Information questioning and challenging filtering knowing enough thinking critically refining and interpreting synthesising and analysing transforming constructing l evaluating Imposing structure R e f l e c t I n g

36. Making Use of Information restructuring transforming taking ownership of the learning communicating applying R e f l e c t I n g o n t h e e x p e r i e n c e a n d t h e o u t c o m e Citing and referencing