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Information literacy in the digital age

Information literacy in the digital age. RSC Scotland IL Forum, 14 January 2011 Katharine Reedy, Information Literacy Specialist, Open University Library Services. What I am going to talk about. Who our learners are What skills they need What we provide – for students and staff

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Information literacy in the digital age

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  1. Information literacy in the digital age RSC Scotland IL Forum, 14 January 2011 Katharine Reedy, Information Literacy Specialist, Open University Library Services

  2. What I am going to talk about • Who our learners are • What skills they need • What we provide – for students and staff • What I do – ‘a day in the life’ • Where we are heading

  3. How many students does the OU have? A 100,000 B 150,000 C 195,000 D 250,000

  4. What proportion of OU students are aged under 25? A 49% B 25% C 21% D 13%

  5. What is the average age of an OU student? A 63 B 45 C 32 D 28

  6. What proportion of students have less than 2 ‘A’ levels? A 15% B 29% C 41% D 51%

  7. Who are our learners? • 250,000 part-time distance learners • 25% new students aged under 25, 66.9% aged 25-49 • Average age 32 • 51% with entry qualifications less than 2 ‘A’ levels • Can’t assume baseline skills level for information literacy

  8. What skills do they need? • Independent learning • Ability to negotiate online environments (elearning) • Knowing what they can trust online • Employability • Digital literacy

  9. OU strategy and policy • Integration of IL into curriculum in OU Learning & Teaching Strategy • Faculties developing their own policies • IL Levels Framework being used by module teams to identify and integrate IL skills into OU courses

  10. What the OU Library offers for students • Safari: http://www.open.ac.uk/safari • Info-Rate: http://learn.open.ac.uk/site/info-rate • Library Guide: http://library.open.ac.uk/libraryguide • ‘How to’ pages on the Library website: http://library.open.ac.uk/help/howto/index.cfm

  11. Support for course design and teaching • ‘Integrating information literacy into the curriculum’ booklet (available in print and online via the OU’s Educational and Professional Development website) • Information Literacy Levels Framework for undergraduate study: http://library.open.ac.uk/ILLFramework/ • Library Information Literacy VLE website (IL Levels Framework links to example activities): http://learn.open.ac.uk/site/lil • IL toolkit for Associate Lecturers: http://www.open.ac.uk/iltoolkit

  12. IL skills for employability • iKnow: http://www.open.ac.uk/iknow

  13. A day in the life… • Supporting OU Learning & Teaching Librarians in writing online activities and delivering online training sessions via Elluminate (peer observation scheme) • Researching new areas of work, for example, digital literacy, assessment of IL • Supporting peer-to-peer training run by OU tutors in regions and nations (Associate Lecture cascade) • Investigating new technologies for their usefulness in learning and teaching • Library staff development sessions

  14. Digital and learning literacies • OU is researching and developing a strategy for digital literacies: http://lidu.open.ac.uk • ‘Learn About Digital Literacy’ guide created for OU staff • Staff development for Library staff • Digital literacy skills being defined and mapped to current IL support • Work underway to develop Library induction and streamline online Help and Support

  15. From Bucks police? DO NOT STOP FOR ANY REASON!!!DIAL 9-9-9 AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN."IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSCREEN, DO NOT STOP TO CHECK THE CAR, DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXEDWITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5%, AND YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THESE CRIMINALS.THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS, SO PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE ARE UNSAVOURY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT." PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE, SO THEY ARE AWARE OF EVERYTHING AROUND THEM SO AS NOT TO BECOME A VICTIM. “Digital literacy is the skills, knowledge and understanding that enables critical, creative, discerning and safe practices when engaging with digital technologies in all areas of life” (FutureLab, 2010)

  16. Careless talk costs jobs • You are delayed at an airport and tweet your frustration to the world – then get arrested by the police and convicted • You are a bishop in the Church of England with republican tendencies and use Facebook to express your views on the forthcoming royal marriage: • http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/28/royal-wedding-bishop-facebook-twitter, The Observer, 28 November 2010 (accessed 3 December 2010)

  17. Where next? • Developing statement of graduate attributes for IL • Developing guidance on assessment of IL • Information literate pedagogy – changing the way courses are written • Refining definition of what ‘integrated’ IL means, and developing measures to assess impact on learners • Digital literacy definition and framework for the OU, and creating materials

  18. Credits • Cristobal Cobo Romani (2009) Digital natives http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergonomic/3363073562/ • ConanTheLibrarian (2009) Kayaking the middle fork http://www.flickr.com/photos/25080113@N06/3726646733/ • dougbelshaw (2009) Wordle of my Ed.D. Thesis as at 13/11/09 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbelshaw/4099913923/ • Emilio Quintana (2010) 8 componentes de la competencia digital – Futurelab http://www.flickr.com/photos/eq/4553718011/ • Express Monorail (2010) Daily Disney – Fireworks http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/4338308590/ • Hague, C. and Payton, S. (2010) Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum: A Futurelab Handbook,), http://futurelab.org.uk/sites/default/files/Digital_Literacy_handbook_0.pdf (accessed 12 January 2011) - see p.19 ‘Components of digital literacy’ • HatM (2009) Spaghetti with tomato sauce http://www.flickr.com/photos/hatm/3448832284/ • j.o.h.n. Walker (2008) Fog over Istanbul skyscrapers http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatcouldgowrong/2245309248/ • Krista76 (2007) Old new media readings http://www.flickr.com/photos/slimcoincidence/406910873/ • Jami3.org (2008) iPhone 3G (1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiemc/3121991019/ • LivingOS (2008) Power on button http://www.flickr.com/photos/livingos/2494500294/ • nasa1fan/MSFC (2008) Coronet Cluster is Star-Making Hotspot (NASA, Chandra, 9/13/07) http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/2675405174/ • ViZZZual.com (2008) Coffee (wallpaper) http://www.flickr.com/photos/vizzzual-dot-com/2849856597/

  19. Information Literacy Unit, Library ServicesThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AA www.open.ac.uk/library Library-Information-Literacy@open.ac.uk

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