This Open Access book summarizes the key findings from the second cycle of IEA’s International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS), conducted in 2018. ICILS seeks to establish how well ...schools around the globe are responding to the need to provide young people with the necessary digital participatory competencies. Effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is an imperative for successful participation in an increasingly digital world. ICILS 2018 explores international differences in students’ computer and information literacy (CIL), namely their ability to use computers to investigate, create, and communicate at home, at school, in the workplace, and in the community. Participating countries also had an option to administer an assessment of students’ computational thinking (CT), focused on their ability to recognize aspects of real-world problems appropriate for computational formulation, and to evaluate and develop algorithmic solutions to those problems, so that the solutions could be operationalized with a computer. The data collected by ICILS 2018 show how digital competencies can be assessed using instruments representing authentic contexts for ICT use, and how students’ CIL and CT skills relate to school learning experiences, out-of-school contexts, and student characteristics. Those data also show how learning technologies are used in classrooms around the world. Background questionnaires asked students about their use of ICT, and collected information from teachers, schools, and national education systems about the resourcing and teaching of CIL (and CT) within their countries. The results of ICILS 2018 will enable policymakers and education systems to develop a better understanding of the contexts and outcomes of CIL (and CT) education programs.
Digital games have emerged as promising tools for countering the spread of misinformation online. Previous studies have mostly used games to inoculate players against misleading communication ...techniques. There has also been a lack of research on misinformation games in middle school. Hence, the aims of this investigation were to examine to what extent a game can support middle school students' competence to evaluate online information and their dispositions to share information responsibly. For this purpose, we developed a game, Misinformation Is Contagious, that models reliable evaluation strategies and the social implications of sharing (in)accurate information. In two studies with 7th and 8th grade students (N = 84 and N = 131), we found that playing the misinformation game resulted in better accuracy discernment, sharing discernment, and metastrategic knowledge about corroboration, compared to playing a control language game. In Study 1, the effects on discernment scores were mainly due to higher ratings of accurate messages; whereas in Study 2, the effects were mainly due to lower ratings of inaccurate messages. In both studies, accuracy discernment mediated the effect of playing the misinformation game on sharing discernment. In Study 2, the misinformation game also had a direct effect on sharing discernment, suggesting it may have impacted players' dispositions to value accuracy while sharing. However, the game did not affect students' self-reported stances regarding sharing misinformation. These results provide initial evidence that a game designed to support evaluation strategies can help students resist misinformation and identify reliable information. The findings also suggest that games can potentially promote responsible information sharing.
•We examined if playing a game can promote (mis)information evaluation and responsible sharing.•Playing the game resulted in better accuracy discernment and better sharing discernment.•Players also exhibited greater knowledge about information evaluation strategies.•Playing the game did not affect self-reported stances regarding sharing misinformation.•However, playing the game impacted dispositions to attend to accuracy while sharing.
LILAC 2023 Hector, Emily
Journal of information literacy,
06/2023, Letnik:
17, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Hector et al highlight the LILAC 2023 which was held on Apr 19-21, 2023, at the University of Cambridge. This year, there was no specific theme to guide presentation proposals--instead, presenters ...were invited to submit proposals that focused on information literacy practice or research in any of its forms. This generated a wide, rich set of sessions, which ran the gamut of delivery types and topics. Between interactive workshops, short and long presentations, panel discussions, posters, and even a wildcard that used postcards as its medium, LILAC attendees were treated to an array of professional development opportunities over 3 days at the David Williams Building on the University of Cambridge's Sidgwick Site. Along with a networking event held in the shadow of a 21-metre-long Fin Whale skeleton at the Museum of Zoology, and a lively conference party at the Graduate Cambridge hotel, the events of LILAC 2023 provided ample chances for inspiration, connection, and inquiry.
Media Smart Burkhardt, Joanna M
2022, 2022-03-31
eBook
The most important thing today's students can learn is how to find and evaluate information. This book provides in-depth discussion of aspects of media literacy and how they can be used to manipulate ...information. Classroom exercises are provided to help instructors teach vital media literacy skills to their students.
•Information literacy enhances opportunity recognition in SMEs.•Information literacy supports exploratory and exploitative innovation.•Information literacy’s impact is stronger on exploration than ...exploitation.•A new workplace information literacy scale is developed.
The present study investigates the relationship between CEO’s information literacy and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Even if information literacy’s business value has been recognized in recent literature, its impact on organizational innovation, a critical and strongly information intensive process, has never been studied before. Structural equation modeling based analysis of data collected from 184 company CEOs in Finland revealed that CEOs’ information literacy has a positive impact on the development of exploratory and exploitative innovations in SMEs. Additionally, opportunity recognition mediates the relationship between information literacy and innovation. Overall, the influence of information literacy is slightly stronger on exploitation than exploration. Nevertheless, the mutual positive effect suggests that information literacy enhances innovation ambidexterity in organizations. Based on these findings, we discuss theoretical and practical implications as well as future research opportunities in workplace information literacy research.
Paul Zurkowski is often considered the “father” of the term, “information literacy” (IL). There were, however, other authors who, at a similar time, were writing about concepts we now consider ...fundamental to the nature of IL. A work of particular significance is Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock. In this classic text – better known beyond information science than within it – Toffler addresses major themes such as the importance of evaluating information, the need to construct sense from the material we access and the dangers of “information overload”. He is concerned, too, with the more general requirement that, increasingly, people must “learn how to learn”. Personal experience has shown this author that it is possible to create a tool for information users from the closely related ideas of Zurkowski and Toffler, and that each writer recognises independently that the skills associated with the traditional literacies are insufficient if an individual is to function effectively in modern society. Whilst Zurkowski is cited with greater frequency in discussions on IL, it may be Toffler who has done more to highlight to a wider readership the value of information skills in an ever-changing world. Perhaps Zurkowski’s biggest achievement lies in providing a memorable two-word summarising label to his field of interest; it is one that has endured and remains pertinent today, some fifty years on.
This article approximates the concept of Critical Information Literacy based on the Educability project: Building the Capacity of Educators & Librarians in Information Literacy. Funded by the ...European Union and conducted between 2020 and 2023 by four European universities, this project aims to address contemporary socio-technological challenges through information literacy training. Methodology encompasses a literature review, analysis of target audience needs, and a Delphi study to assess the proposed curriculum design. This paper focuses on the current dimension of Critical Information Literacy, emphasizing its role in promoting equity, preventing misinformation, and fostering critical thinking in an evolving digital environment. Findings reveal a progression in defining Critical Information Literacy, emphasizing the promotion of critical thinking and engagement with information sources, urging individuals to question established practices. Through a Delphi study involving experts, key definitions were evaluated and categorized, informing the development of a training course. The study underscores the evolving role of academic librarians in facilitating critical engagement with information amidst societal changes. It also highlights the importance of addressing emerging digital challenges, such as misinformation and algorithmic bias, through innovative educational approaches. Overall, the research contributes to advancing Critical Information Literacy and digital skills training, fostering informed citizenship and social responsibility.
This paper reports an approach to addressing library anxiety by evaluating user confidence in information literacy using a red/amber/green “traffic light” tool. It discusses the development of the ...tool which takes elements of a more complex toolkit and adapts them for library use. It then outlines the learning from use of the tool, discusses potential pitfalls with its use and considers the benefits of adopting this innovation.
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