1 / 11

Advancing Information Literacy in Universities: A Framework Approach

Explore the journey towards an information literate university. Learn about strategies for developing information and digital literacy across the curriculum, tailored resources, and student training programs. Harness the IL levels framework for effective implementation.

gage-gaines
Download Presentation

Advancing Information Literacy in Universities: A Framework Approach

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Towards an Information Literate University COBE: Utilizing the undergraduate levels framework 4th November 2009

  2. Information Literate University

  3. Lord Puttnam on IL “…. I do think anyone with an OU degree should be brilliantly familiar with information gathering on the web. The idea you will graduate from the OU without being a world-class researcher yourself, should be nonsense. We should be challenging students to find their own links, and their own information…...” an interview with Lord Puttnam in the 12th issue of ‘Society Matters’- the social sciences magazine at:http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/__assets/l3qzxw7ixnli7kr5s4.pdf

  4. Where are we now?

  5. How are we getting there? • Learning and teaching strategy: • All staff will have expertise to engage in learning design that fosters the development of information and digital literacies • Increase information literacy development across the curriculum • Provide just in time resources • Establish training programmes for students

  6. Harnessing the levels

  7. IL levels: expanded framework

  8. Tricia HeffernanAssociate Director, Academic and Student ServicesP.A.Heffernan@open.ac.uk

  9. References • Paradise http://www.flickr.com/photos/murilocardoso/3439636923/ • Lord Puttnam • Mountain http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgigreeny/3328603767/ • Information Literate University http://www.flickr.com/photos/25095603@N07/3516488189/ • Levels http://www.flickr.com/photos/druggedmoon/30955398/

More Related