This was the opening keynote presentation by Tom Mackey and Trudi Jacobson for the SUNY "Conversations in the Disciplines" one-day conference focused on metaliteracy.
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Developing Metaliterate Learners: Transforming Literacy across Disciplines
1. Developing Metaliterate Learners:
Transforming Literacy
across Disciplines
#metaliteracy
Tom Mackey & Trudi Jacobson
A SUNY Conversation in the Disciplines
Friday, December 13, 2013
Center for Distance Learning
Empire State College, Saratoga Springs
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2. Word cloud of “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” at Wordle.net.
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5. 2013
“First-year students who participated in at least
one high-impact practice (learning community,
service-learning, or research with a faculty
member) reported greater gains in their
knowledge, skills, and personal development,
were more satisfied with their entire
educational experience... ”
http://nsse.iub.edu/NSSE_2013_Results/pdf/NSSE_AR_2013_Press_Release.pdf
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6. 2013
“…nearly all students (96%)
used some form of technology
in their courses during the
school year with the most
frequent being mobile devices
(smartphones, tablets, etc.),
collaborative editing software
(Wikis, Google Docs, etc.), and
electronic textbooks (p. 23).”
http://nsse.iub.edu/NSSE_2013_Results/pdf/NSSE_2013_Annual_Results.pdf#page=10
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7. 2013
“Both learning with technology and courses
that improved the understanding and use of
technology had a positive association with all
four academic challenge engagement indicators
for first-year students, including Higher-Order
Learning, Reflective & Integrative Learning, and
Learning Strategies (p.23).”
http://nsse.iub.edu/NSSE_2013_Results/pdf/NSSE_2013_Annual_Results.pdf#page=10
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8. Project Information Literacy:
“The basic online search skills new college
graduates bring with them are attractive enough
to help them get hired (p. 3).
“How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They
Join the Workplace”
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http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_fall2012_workplaceStudy_FullReport_Revised.pdf
9. Project Information Literacy:
“Yet, employers found that once on the job,
these educated young workers seemed tethered
to their computers. They failed to incorporate
more fundamental, low-tech research methods
that are as essential as ever in the contemporary
workplace” (p. 3).
“How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They
Join the Workplace”
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http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_fall2012_workplaceStudy_FullReport_Revised.pdf
10. Project Information Literacy:
“Competencies Employers Say they Need—But College Hires
Rarely Demonstrate”
1. Engaging team members during the research process
2. Retrieving information using a variety of formats
3. Finding patterns and making connections
4. Taking a deep dive into the “information reservoir”
“Ordered from most discussed to least discussed
competencies; n = 23 interview participants”
(p. 12)
“How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They
Join the Workplace”
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http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_fall2012_workplaceStudy_FullReport_Revised.pdf
12. “What, if anything,
can stop the
MOOC?”
Creative Commons
licensed picture at
Giulia Forsythe on
Flickr.
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13. George Siemens at MOOC Research Initiative Conference 2013 #MRI13
Alec Couros: https://twitter.com/courosa/status/408248664738377729/photo/1
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14. 2012 Paris OER Declaration
“Bridge the digital divide by developing
adequate infrastructure, in particular,
affordable broadband connectivity,
widespread mobile technology and
reliable electrical power supply.”
“Improve media and information literacy
and encourage the development and use
of OER in open standard digital formats.”
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/
Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf
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15. “Information Literacy as a
Metaliteracy” Research Survey
• Technology infrastructure has improved
• Respondents familiar with related literacies
• Traditional information literacy elements are
covered, along with sharing information
• More than half incorporate collaboration
• Not enough time to teach related literacies
• Some respondents are limited by constraints
of one-shot library sessions
N=361
From Metaliteracy manuscript (Mackey/Jacobson, 2014) 15
17. Grant Goals
• Develop robust conversations between
librarians and faculty members
• Develop metaliteracy learning objectives
• Investigate a badge system for metaliteracy
competencies for SUNY students (and others,
we hope)
• Develop or provide access to OERs related to
metaliteracy
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19. Key Elements of Metaliteracy
Produce
Collaborate
Share
Metacognition
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20. Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy manuscript
Figure by Roger Lipera
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21. • “promotes critical thinking and collaboration in
a digital age.”
• “comprehensive framework to effectively
participate in social media and online
communities”
• “unified construct that supports the acquisition,
production, and sharing of knowledge in
collaborative online communities.”
Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy”
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College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf
22. • “is more than descriptive; it identifies how
learners critically evaluate and understand
their knowledge as individuals and
participants in social learning environments. ”
Mackey and Jacobson (2014) Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacies to
Empower Learners manuscript
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23. • “Information literacy is central to this
redefinition because information takes many
forms online and is produced and
communicated through multiple modalities. ”
Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy”
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College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf
26. “a prefix placed before a word in
order to describe properties about
the original word. For example a
metafile is a file which contains
data about files, metadata is data
about data” (Darrel, 2009).
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27. Metacognition
“cognition about
cognition or thinking
about one’s own
thinking…”
Metacognition in Learning and Instruction:
Theory, Research and Practice,
Hope J. Hartman (2002)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The
_Thinker,_Auguste_Rodin.jpg
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28. “The ability to critically selfassess one’s own
competencies and to
recognize the need for
integrated or expanded
literacies in today’s
information environment is
a metaliteracy.”
Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacies
to Empower Learners
(manuscript)
Sofonisba Anguissola
Self-portrait at the Easel Painting
a Devotional Panel, 1556
Metaliteracy is Metacognitive
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29. “This metacognitive
approach challenges a
reliance on skills-based
information literacy
instruction only and shifts
the focus to knowledge
acquisition in collaboration
with others.”
Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacies to
Empower Learners
(manuscript)
Judith Leyster
Self-portrait, 1630
Metaliteracy is Metacognitive
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30. The Four Domains of Metaliteracy
Behavioral
Cognitive
Meta
Affective
Metacognitive
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31. Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy manuscript
Figure by Roger Lipera
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33. ACRL Standard Definition of
Information Literacy (2000)
• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and
efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge
base
• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
surrounding the use of information, and access and use
information ethically and legally
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm
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34. Common IL/ML Characteristics among
Related Literacies
Access
Determine
Collaborate
Use
Evaluate
Produce
Understand
Incorporate
Share
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36. Understand Format Type and Delivery Mode
Evaluate User Feedback as Active Researcher
Create a Context for User-generated Information
Evaluate Dynamic Content Critically
Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College &
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Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf
37. Produce Original Content in Multiple Media
Formats
Understand Personal Privacy, Information Ethics
and Intellectual Property Issues
Share Information in Participatory Environments
Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College &
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Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf
38. Expanded Metaliteracy Learning Goals
Goal 1
• Evaluate content critically, including dynamic, online content that changes
and evolves, such as article preprints, blogs, and wikis
Goal 2
• Understand personal privacy, information ethics, and intellectual property
issues in changing technology environments
Goal 3
• Share information and collaborate in a variety of participatory
environments
Goal 4
• Demonstrate ability to connect learning and research strategies with
lifelong learning processes and personal, academic, and professional goals
http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/
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39. Metaliteracy joins Info Literacy at
UAlbany
New major-based general education learning objectives
2. “Demonstrate the ability to evaluate content,
including dynamic, online content if
appropriate”
4. “Produce, share, and evaluate information in a
variety of participatory environments”
5. “Integrate learning and research strategies with
lifelong learning processes and personal,
academic, and professional goals”
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40. Empire State College Learning Goals
Information and Digital Media Literacy
• Critically access, evaluate, understand, create and
share information using a range of collaborative
technologies to advance learning, as well as personal
and professional development.
http://www.esc.edu/media/academic-affairs/College-Level-Learning-Goals-1-20-2012.pdf
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42. Draft ACRL Framework
Threshold
Concepts
• Integration
into
Curriculum
Dispositions
• Affective
• Habits of Mind
ML Learning
Objectives
• Often
Correlate with
TCs
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43. Threshold Concepts
Hofer, Townsend, and Brunetti describe threshold
concepts and their criteria, as based on the work of Jan
Meyer and Ray Land:
…Threshold concepts are the core ideas and processes in any
discipline that define the discipline, but that are so
ingrained that they often go unspoken or unrecognized by
practitioner. They are the central concepts that we want
our students to understand and put into practice, that
encourage them to think and act like practitioners
themselves. (Hofer, Townsend, and Brunetti, 2012, 38788)
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45. Sample Threshold Concepts
• Scholarship is a Continuing Conversation
• Research is a Process of Inquiry
• Processes of Information Creation
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46. PROCESSES OF INFORMATION
CREATION
With the increasing similarity in the mode of access of
a variety of information sources, format is no longer a
reliable indicator of the type of information to be found
within these sources. The process that went into
creating the information is a better indicator.
Understanding this principle helps students navigate
the information they find online and evaluate it
according to the process underlying its creation, as well
as its enduring and dynamic characteristics.
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47. Dispositions:
The information literate learner is inclined to seek out
markers for information sources that indicate the
underlying creation process
Knowledge Practices (Abilities):
Understand that format and method of access are
separate entities
Recognize that different creation processes result in the
presence of distinct but possibly related attributes
Able to identify which information-generating processes
best meet particular information needs
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48. PROCESSES OF INFRMATION CREATION
Related Metaliteracy Learning Objectives:
• Compare the unique attributes of different information
formats (e.g., scholarly article, blog, wiki, online
community), and have the ability to use effectively and
to cite information for the development of original
content.
• Produce original content appropriate to specific needs
in multiple media formats; transfer knowledge gained
to new formats in unpredictable and evolving
environments.
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50. Active Metaliterate Engagement
Basic IL Course:
• Migration of individual paper-based research guide to
team-based guide using website
• Creation of information: “what information would you
have liked to find but didn’t?”
• Data visualization/visual literacy component
• Learn the technology on their own, as a team
• Sense of pride and accomplishment
• New skills, altered sense of participation
55. The Metaliterate Learner
Understands the process of creating and
sharing information
• Recognizes gaps in knowledge
• Seeks new knowledge to adjust to challenging
situations
• Adapts to changing technologies
• Continuously self-reflects
• Demonstrates empowerment through interaction,
communication, and presentation
• Reflects on production and participation
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57. Connectivist MOOC 2013
SUNY Empire State College and the University
Libraries, University at Albany
MOOC
#metaliteracy
Mackey, Thomas P. and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy”
College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf
65. MOOC
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540 registered participants
137 blog registrations
457 Newsletter subscriptions
Students from 3 Information Literacy Courses
at the University at Albany
• 1 Graduate Student at Empire State College
Thanks to Carol Yeager for all MOOC data
66. MOOC
• Research Survey
• “How does the Metaliteracy MOOC support
collaborative/connectivist learning?”
• 31 questions (mostly Likert Scale and open
ended)
• Next MOOC idea: International Education (Dr.
Val Chukhlomin)
67. Today’s Goals: Discussion and
Engagement
• Sparking conversation on our campuses
• Shared ownership, discipline and library
faculty
• Suggestions on the learning objectives
• Examples of metaliteracy in practice
assignments and exercises to highlight on
Metaliteracy.org
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70. Tom Mackey, Ph.D.
Dean
Center for Distance Learning
Empire State College, SUNY
Trudi E. Jacobson, M.L.S., M.A.
Distinguished Librarian
Head, Information Literacy Department
University Libraries
University at Albany, SUNY
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Editor's Notes
TrudiThrilled to be doing a collaborative keynote, embodies our work, thank you for inviting usHope you will be as excitedRemind you about Twitter
TomThis is our visual model to explain Metaliteracy (pause)We see this as a flexible, circular model that builds on information literacy with new technologies and competencies (pause)Metaliteracy expands information literacy to include the ability to produce, share, and collaborate in open learning and social media environments (pause)Metaliteracy also includes a central focus on metacognition, or the ability to think about one’s thinking.Today’s learner moves through these spheres from any direction rather than a traditional linear manner
Tom
“…and were more likely to say they would choose the same institution if they were to start over again.”Reflective learning strategies were more frequently used by students who were older, enrolled part-time, or taking all their coursework online, and were associated with higher self-reported college grades. Also: online students spent more hours per week preparing for class and on assigned reading compared to students taking no courses online. They also reported more total pages of assigned writing, and a larger percentage said their courses were highly challenging. However, students taking all of their courses online were significantly less engaged in collaborative learning.
According to the latest PISA survey, the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment
New hires developed adaptive strategies based on social interaction with peers (p. 3)
According to the latest PISA survey, the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment
Tom
From 2012 Paris OER Declaration: Emphasizing that the term Open Educational Resources (OER) was coined at UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on Open Courseware and designates “teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. Open licensing is built within the existing framework of intellectual property rights as defined by relevant international conventions and respects the authorship of the work”;
Trudi
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TomThis is our visual model to explain Metaliteracy (pause)We see this as a flexible, circular model that builds on information literacy with new technologies and competencies (pause)Metaliteracy expands information literacy to include the ability to produce, share, and collaborate in open learning and social media environments (pause)Metaliteracy also includes a central focus on metacognition, or the ability to think about one’s thinking.Today’s learner moves through these spheres from any direction rather than a traditional linear manner
Tom
Tom
TomTo be metaliterate requires one to understand existing literacy strengths and areas for improvement, and to make decisions about one’s learning.
Tom: Need to be on this slide by 10:50
TomThis is our visual model to explain Metaliteracy (pause)We see this as a flexible, circular model that builds on information literacy with new technologies and competencies (pause)Metaliteracy expands information literacy to include the ability to produce, share, and collaborate in open learning and social media environments (pause)Metaliteracy also includes a central focus on metacognition, or the ability to think about one’s thinking.Today’s learner moves through these spheres from any direction rather than a traditional linear manner
Trudi
TrudiI am sure a number of you are familiar with the ACRL IL Standards. Given their date of conception, it is not surprising that many of the key Web 2.0-related components we will be talking about this morningarenot included. Indeed, an ACRL task force, which I am co-chairing, has been formed to update the standards (and I quote in part from the charge) “to reflect current thinking on such things as the creation and dissemination of knowledge and the changing global higher education and learning environment”
FT:The value of information does not correspond to its packaging or “wrapper”: for example, some blogs may provide the highest quality information, while others do notAlso mixes signals students may be receivingUser Feedback:just as information production and publication has been democratized, so too has critiquing information. No longer does one have to be an expert to be able to share one’s opinion widely. Plus constantly changingContext:information appears as discrete units, no longer tethered to once-recognizable cohesive entities, this issue has become increasingly obvious. Need to understand & contextualize the info,Eval Dynamic: fluidity info environment requires critical assessment abilities on a variety of fronts, from recognizing the value of less formal methods of communication, to understanding how to synthesize and reconcile conflicting information or viewpoints that may shift before one’s eyes, to determining how to separate opinion from fact. Not new, but more nuanced. And new layer: now possible for individuals to actively engage in conversations
TrudiOriginal: can now create and share—important to be able to do so effectively, using appropriate venues and formatsPrivacy, etc: importance has become magnified in today’s de-centered information environment. Thoughtful reflection is needed, but this only happens when people are aware of these issues and have gained the knowledge and critical thinking perspective to tackle such complex concernsShare: abillity to reach global audience brings responsibility differs greatly from the traditional situation of producing information for small, very localized group of readers. must understand: most appropriate ways share content,particularized nature of various venues, the rights issues, and the continuing responsibilities authorship on this scale entails.
Threshold concepts: transformative (shift in perspective), integrative, irreversible, troublesome (where students often get stuck) and bounded (help define the boundaries of a particular discipline)Given the weight of these concepts, and the need for time and space to understand them, the 50-minute one-shot session won’t work (or it needs supports such as flipped classroom learning beforehand, reinforcement after: needs partnerships between library faculty and discipline faculty
Transformative—cause the learner to experience a shift in perspective;Integrative—bring together separate concepts (often identified as learning objectives) into a unified whole;Irreversible—once grasped, cannot be un-grasped;Bounded—may help define the boundaries of a particular discipline, are perhaps unique to the discipline;Troublesome—usually difficult or counterintuitive ideas that can cause students to hit a roadblock in their learning.
TrudiThe information literacy course I am going to briefly describe has both in-person and online sections. I teach only in-person ones, though there is a great deal of overlap with what is happening in the oniinesecitons.In this course, I try to incorporate the metaliteracy learning objectives in a number of waysStudents, working in teams, create their own information sources, research guides, using a website. Let me add that most haven’t actually ever created a website. I don’t teach them how to do it, either. They learn together.Not only do they create the website, which provides citations for and critical annotations of resources on a topic, they each have to create their own information source using a web applicationThis source is supposed to fill in gaps in the information that they have found, and might take the form of a short movie, or a timeline about their topic, or a Prezi presentationIn this source they have created, they often address the issue of visual literacy, and how that information has a different impact than traditional text. They often question their abilities and knowledge, not feeling they are qualified to add to the conversation about the topic, but end up feeling rather empowered and proud.
Trudi: probably will substitute a new oneWill show full site here: http://mediapolitics.weebly.com/index.htmlHere is the landing page of one team’s website. This team of 5 students created this entire resource. I should mention that this course is only 14 hours long, and the students do all the work on the website in classGo through what they put together here