ACTIVITY 2. Search, Evaluate, Synthesise and Presentation of Information (Poland)
Write a short (1000-1800 word) essay/report of the informed reflection on substantial issue of INFORMATION LITERACY IN 21st CENTURY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (remember about holistic view on information literacy concept with media, digital, ICT literacy, IL models and standards use, etc.).
Do you find the importance of learning/teaching Information literacy?
How you could improve the Information literacy activities and model of teaching at your university?
Prepare bibliography of relevant material (maximum 15 relevant and accurate resources) using the Short guide to information resources(available on the TeaCamp Moodle platform within sub-module) . Give a full bibliographic reference to make them available for others. For example:
Article: B. Wellman, “The network is personal: Introduction to a special issue of Social Networks,”
Social Networks, vol. 29, Jul. 2007, pp. 349-356.
Book: E.M. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press, 2003.
Website: Wikipedia [online] Available: http://www.wikipedia.com , October 10, 2010
Online article: DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available:
http://www.usa.net/~vinced/home/better-writing.html, October 5, 2010
Identify initial questions (keywords) to be addressed. Write an additional one - two paragraphs stating which general educational background/personality characteristics you believe make the information literate person (these can be drawn from the website/articles you read or, if you believe the authors left something out, drawn from your personal beliefs about learning Information Literacy skills).
The deadline is 31st October 2010