Comments on: Information Literacy In An Age Of Networked Knowledge http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/03/27/information-literacy-in-an-age-of-networked-knowledge/ Top of the Information Food Chain Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Information/Digital Literacy | Pearltrees http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/03/27/information-literacy-in-an-age-of-networked-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 Information/Digital Literacy | Pearltrees Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:31:40 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=2062#comment-2084 [...] Information Literacy In An Age Of Networked Knowledge | Information Tyrannosaur In the book he touches on things like echo chambers, the changing nature of authority, the unsettled nature of knowledge, and information overload. I know that this book is definitely going to change the way that I discuss research and information literacy concepts with students. [...]

]]> By: Michele Van Hoeck http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/03/27/information-literacy-in-an-age-of-networked-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Michele Van Hoeck Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:26:39 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=2062#comment-2073 On the issue of distraction, I have assigned The Atlantic’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. Students post comments in an online forum before class, we dissect the article’s thesis and evidence in class, and then students write a 1-2 page response paper. This is in a 2-unit Information Fluency course. The article is provocative but well-argued, and usually generates good discussion in class. I think it has challenged some assumptions and encouraged some meta-cognition, which makes it a keeper in my book!

]]> By: Andy Burkhardt http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/03/27/information-literacy-in-an-age-of-networked-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 Andy Burkhardt Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:52:34 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=2062#comment-2072 Donna, thanks for your great comment. I agree, and I see a lot of places equating information literacy with research skills. Except the stuff we need to be teaching needs to be applicable to everyday life, their careers, and, like you said, lifelong learning.

The lesson we do at Champlain that I am most excited about (and probably is most exciting to students) is one on filter bubbles where we are talking about loving difference and thinking about getting out of our own personal echo chambers. I’d love to do more lessons like that and think that that is the stuff students really need to succeed after college.

]]> By: Donna Witek http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/03/27/information-literacy-in-an-age-of-networked-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 Donna Witek Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:23:59 +0000 http://andyburkhardt.com/?p=2062#comment-2071 In a word, Yes, these are definitely topics we should be talking about with students. Our professional understanding of what information literacy is *today* (or rather, what it looks like, how it plays out in practice–the performance indicator/outcome level of the ACRL Standards) needs revision. In practice for many (most? I can only speak for what I observe in my own library and also in the professional literature), info lit = research skills, usually to be applied to the academic paper. This is definitely an important thing to teach, and we need to keep teaching it. But the “ah ha” moments for both me and my students come from when the critical thinking we’re practicing during our research classes is applied to everyday information seeking and lifelong learning as well, making *both* far more relevant and useful. In short, I agree :) Also, thanks for linking to the two books in your post–definitely gonna pick those up for my library.

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