Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Digital Ethics
Attending a very informative session by Dr Jane Secker, LSE at Calderdale College today, which explores the impact of the internet/web 2.0 again on research habits of our current/future generation of learners. Using the Google reader facility, found a thought provoking document published by Global Kids Inc., Harvard University: Meeting of minds: cross-generational dialogue of the ethics of digital life. Avaliable from: http://www.globalkids.org/meetingofminds.pdf . Whilst the students questioned are secondary school level, there are some good discussions, particularly around how students assess and evaluate online information, intellectual property and managing the self in an online environment. Worth looking at.....
Monday, 5 July 2010
Digital Information Literacy
I recently attended the MEG-Lib annual conference in Birmingham, and one of the hot topics was the issue of (digital) information literacy. It was extremely beneficial to discuss with colleagues findings at their respective institutions and the strategies employed to begin the process of identifying both IT and information literacy 'deficiencies' with learners prior to their commencement on a course of study or suite of LIS tutorials.
There is some really good work going on in the FE/HE sector and I was particularly impressed by the work currently underway and Blackpool and the Fylde College and their work with academic staff to build-in tutorials to support learners within the academic framework. This is critical, often it is difficult to get academic staff to hand over contact time with learners to the Library/Learning Resource Centre, but if we are truly to embed the acquisition of digital information literacy/study skills, this is I feel the way to tackle this growing issue. Difficult when you consider the growing number of students on programmes of study, but is there a substitute for face to face dialogue with learners, at least during the early weeks/month of a course of study?
Does anyone have any thoughts that they would like to share with regard to this issue?
There is some really good work going on in the FE/HE sector and I was particularly impressed by the work currently underway and Blackpool and the Fylde College and their work with academic staff to build-in tutorials to support learners within the academic framework. This is critical, often it is difficult to get academic staff to hand over contact time with learners to the Library/Learning Resource Centre, but if we are truly to embed the acquisition of digital information literacy/study skills, this is I feel the way to tackle this growing issue. Difficult when you consider the growing number of students on programmes of study, but is there a substitute for face to face dialogue with learners, at least during the early weeks/month of a course of study?
Does anyone have any thoughts that they would like to share with regard to this issue?
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