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Envisioning the Possibilities: Educational Trends and Information Literacy in Academic Libraries
Trudi Jacobson Head, Information Literacy DepartmentUniversity at AlbanyAlbany NY, USA
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Lets ExploreMetaliteracyMOOCsDigital badging/micro-credentialingACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
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Horizon Report for Higher Education 2016
Horizon ReportSelected TrendsA culture of innovationA shift to deeper learning approachesSelected ChallengesBlending formal and informal learningImproving digital literacyCompeting models of education
Horizon ReportSpanish Language Versionhttp://cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-horizon-report-HE-ES.pdf
Metaliteracy#metaliteracyMetaliteracy.org
Whereas TCs are distinct within each frame, the influence of ML has been integrated6
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)
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Metacognition8
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Thinker,_Auguste_Rodin.jpg
cognition about cognition or thinking about ones own thinking(Hartman, 2002)
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Horizon ReportSelected Challenges
Informal learningSelf-directedCuriosity basedLife experiences
Competing models of educationAlternative delivery modelsAssign value to wider range of learning activities
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What, if anything, can stop the MOOC? Creative Commons licensed picture at Giulia Forsythe on Flickr.
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Empowering Yourself in a Connected WorldEmpowering Yourself as a Digital CitizenMOOC
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Connectivist MOOC
http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com/index.html
MOOC Talk
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Coursera MOOC
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Coursera MOOC Intro Video
Metaliteracy YouTube Channel
Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative
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17Canvas MOOC: Empowering Yourself as a Digital Citizen
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Digital BadgingAlso known as micro-credentialing
Badges in Games and AppsFourSquareUnTappdCall of DutyGemCraftAudibleFitness apps (Preva, Fitocracy)
Image Source: Ben Risinger, CC BY 2.0
Digital badges are becoming commonplace as a way to recognize achievementsSocial aspect, connecting with friends, bragging rights, perks and rewards for loyal customers, way to show your expertise (e.g. "brew master," "historian" "far far away" world traveller,)Gamification adding gaming elements to common activities19
The Metaliteracy Badges
Metaliteracybadges.org
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Master Evaluator Badge
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Digital Citizen Badge
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http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkFrames listserv: [email protected]
Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education
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Threshold Concepts
Threshold Concepts
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Transformativecause the learner to experience a shift in perspective;Integrativebring together separate concepts (often identified as learning objectives) into a unified whole;Irreversibleonce grasped, cannot be un-grasped;Boundedmay help define the boundaries of a particular discipline, are perhaps unique to the discipline;Troublesomeusually difficult or counterintuitive ideas that can cause students to hit a roadblock in their learning. 26
IL Threshold Concepts
Authority is Constructed and ContextualInformation Creation as a ProcessInformation Has ValueResearch as InquiryScholarship as ConversationSearching as Strategic Exploration
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Habits of mindBehaviors demonstratingunderstandingUnderpinning ideas
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Build on Relationships
Pixabay
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Thank you!Questions?
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BibliographyAmerican 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 Todays College Students? Proceedings of the ACRL National Conference, Indianapolis, IN, pp. 472-482.
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BibliographyHofer, 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.
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BibliographyJacobson, 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.
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BibliographyMarzal, Miguel Angel and Elvira Saurina. (2015).Diagnostico del Estado de la Alfabetizacion en Informacion (ALFIN) en las Universidades Chilenas, Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao, 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/
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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/
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