Module Information
Module Identifier
IL34020
Module Title
INFORMATION LITERACY
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 22 Hours. 11 x 2hr lectures |
| Practical | 6 Hours. 3 X 2 hrs Practicals |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2500 word report - covering outcomes 3, 4, 5, 6 | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | 2500 word report - covering outcomes 1 + 2 | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
* Evaluate definitions of information ltieracy and begin to form their own definitions.
* Discuss theories of information literacy and information seeking.
* Perform information literate information seeking based on modles of information behaviour.
* Discuss the process of locating and using information sources and discuss the generic transferable skills involved in that process.
* Demonstrate techniques of Infrmation Seeker Orientation, Opening and Consolidation within a wider understanding of the theoretical frameworks.
* Identify and use core information seeking skills to identify and solve information problems and contrast these with alternative methods of obtaining infornation.
* Explain methods of coping with information overload.
* Communicate information literacy skills to others.
Brief description
Information Literacy offers the opportunity for students to develop transferable skills in the field of Information Seeking Behaviour. Specific information skills are reviewed and evaluated within a theoretical framework. Evaluation of Information Literacy theories and models forms the basis of self questioning and critical thinking skills needed for flexible continual development of information seeking skills over the long term and enable students to consider ways in which they might apply this experience and knowledge to teaching others basic information literacy skills.
Aims
The module provides an opportunity to develop the portfolio in a way that will offer both academic and practical benefits to students.
Information Literacy as a field is about the ability to think about and to find and to use information in an ever-changing information driven society.
The acquisition of information literacy skills form the basis of what we may term `lifelong learning? and in this provide a key transferable skill valued by employers in diverse career paths ranging from real life day-to-day information seeking through teaching, management, information science and academic pursuits.
The module aims to enable students to becoming critical thinkers, intellectually curious observers, creators and users of information. That is, to become information literate and capable of sustaining and developing and teaching to others, that literacy skill throughout the changes of technology and information sources that will become available in coming years.
Information Literacy as a field is about the ability to think about and to find and to use information in an ever-changing information driven society.
The acquisition of information literacy skills form the basis of what we may term `lifelong learning? and in this provide a key transferable skill valued by employers in diverse career paths ranging from real life day-to-day information seeking through teaching, management, information science and academic pursuits.
The module aims to enable students to becoming critical thinkers, intellectually curious observers, creators and users of information. That is, to become information literate and capable of sustaining and developing and teaching to others, that literacy skill throughout the changes of technology and information sources that will become available in coming years.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Information Technology | IT will be used as a tool on the module; but the IT itself is secondary to the information literacy skill that will be developed. Some teaching will involve accessing and saving electronic information for which basic trainign will be provided at the beginning of the series of practical sessions. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Students will maintain a learning development diary and this will have ultimate value in CV writing and in reflecting upon ways to answer the assessed coursework. |
| Subject Specific Skills | * Independent project work * Writing in an academic context: assessments require formal writing and presentation of structured argument * Oral discussion and presentation: classroom discussion will be encouraged * Self-management: the course report requires planning and time management skills |
| Team work | Groups of students may be asked to interact within the boundaries of interactive exercises in both lecture and practical sessions. |
Reading List
General TextAndretta, Susie (Oct. 2004) Information Literacy: Primo search Andretta, Susie (2005) Information literacy : Primo search Barclay, Donald A. (2003.) Teaching and marketing electronic information literacy programs : Primo search Best, Ron. (1990.) Teaching skills for learning : Primo search Birks, Jane. (c2003.) Hands-on information literacy activities Primo search Bleakley, Ann. (1994.) Resource-based learning activities : Primo search Bluck, Robert. (1994.) Information skills in academic libraries : Primo search Breivik, Patricia Senn. (1989.) Information literacy : Primo search Bruce, Christine Susan (1997.) The seven faces of information literacy Primo search Burkhardt, Joanna M. (2003.) Teaching information literacy : Primo search Drury, Claire. (2000.) Search and discover : Primo search Drury, Claire. (2000.) Search and discover: Primo search Dubber, Geoff (1999.) Developing information skills through the secondary school library. Primo search Dubber, Geoff. (1999.) 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Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6