Module Identifier IL34020  
Module Title INFORMATION LITERACY  
Academic Year 2006/2007  
Co-ordinator Dr Allen E Foster  
Semester Semester 2  
Course delivery Lecture   22 Hours. 11 x 2hr lectures  
  Practical   6 Hours. 3 X 2 hrs Practicals  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment 2500 word report - covering outcomes 3, 4, 5, 650%
Semester Assessment 2500 word report - covering outcomes 1 + 250%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:








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.

Module Skills

Team work Groups of students may be asked to interact within the boundaries of interactive exercises in both lecture and practical sessions.  
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  

Reading Lists

Books
** General Text
Andretta, Susie (Oct. 2004) Information Literacy: 1843340658
Andretta, Susie (2005) Information literacy : 1843340666
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Drury, Claire. (2000.) Search and discover: 1872365639
Dubber, Geoff (1999.) Developing information skills through the secondary school library.
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Dubber, Geoff. (c1999.) Developing information skills through the secondary school library 0900641940
Eisenberg, Michael B. (Sept. 1991) Information Problem Solving: 0893917575
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Krimmelbein, Cindy Jeffrey. (1989.) The choice to change :
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Webb, Jo. (2004.) Teaching information skills : 1856045137
Young, Rosemary (c1999.) Working with faculty to design undergraduate information literacy programs : 1555703542
(c1995.) A hypertext approach to information skills : 0852614764
(2003.) Assessing student learning outcomes for information literacy instruction in academic institutions http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003021498.html 0838982611
(1987.) Collaborative inquiry and information skills :
(1987.) Collaborative inquiry and information skills : 0712331107
(c1992.) Conceptions of library and information science : 0947568522
([1987?]) Grampian Region information skills :
(2003 (various p) Information and IT literacy : 1856044637
(2002.) Information and IT literacy : 1856044637
(c1991.) Information literacy :
(2000.) Information literacy around the world : 0949060887
(c1997.) Information seeking in context : 0947568719
(c1991.) Information skills. 0900641592
(1991.) Information skills. 0900641592
([2000]) Seven pillars of wisdom? : 0900210230
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Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6