My interpretation of information literacy encompasses the development of skills to engage and interact with, and create new understandings from information, and to learn how to learn in an ever changing 21st Century, global information landscape.
I strongly agree with the arguments from this module (ETL401 – module 5.2) around context and purpose being important to information literacy instruction. I have experienced that integrated IL lessons have higher levels of student engagement than stand-alone lessons, as students can see a connection between IL skills and other curriculum tasks.
Take-aways from IL discussion into my IL role include:
- Have a focus on context and purpose when preparing IL learning opportunities
- Identify Information Literacy skills graduates should have
- Have opportunities to work collaboratively to identify cross-curriculum IL opportunities
