Reframing Information Literacy as a

Trudi E. Jacobson, M.L.SDistinguished Librarian

University LibrariesUniversity at Albany

SUNY

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Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D.Dean

Center for Distance LearningEmpire State College

SUNY

Reframing Information Literacy as a

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Part of a year-long project “Introduction of Transliteracy Courses at Belarusian Universities through University Libraries” run by the Belarusian State University (BSU)

Fundamental Library with a support of the US Embassy.

ACRL Standard Definition (1989)

• Determine the extent of information needed • Access the needed information effectively and efficiently • Evaluate information and its sources critically • Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge

base • Use information effectively to accomplish a specific

purpose • Understand the economic, legal, and social issues

surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

3http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm

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“Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement” (p. xiii).

Confronting the Challengesof Participatory CultureMedia Education for the 21st CenturyHenry Jenkins2009

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“The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking.” (p. xiii).

Confronting the Challengesof Participatory CultureMedia Education for the 21st CenturyHenry Jenkins2009

Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

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“Information and media literacy enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in their own right.”

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15886&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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T R A N S L I T E R A C Y

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Transliteracy Research Group

“Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.”

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http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/

TRANSLITERACY

“It is not about learning text literacy and visual literacy and digital literacy in isolation from one another but about the interaction among all these literacies.”

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Tom Ipri. 2010. “Introducing transliteracy What does it mean to academic libraries?”College & Research Libraries http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full

“promotes critical thinking and collaboration in a digital age, providing a comprehensive framework to effectively participate in social media and online communities. ”

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Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf

“Information literacy is central to this redefinition because information takes many forms online and is produced and communicated through multiple modalities. ”

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Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf

“The ability to critically self-assess one’s own competencies and to recognize the need for integrated or expanded literacies in today’s information environment is a metaliteracy.”

Mackey and Jacobson (2013)Metaliteracy: Reframing Information Literacy for a Social Media Age manuscript

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Metaliteracy is Metacognitive

“This metacognitive approach challenges a reliance on skills-based information literacy instruction only and shifts the focus to knowledge acquisition in collaboration with others.”

Mackey and Jacobson (2013)Metaliteracy: Reframing Information Literacy for a Social Media Age manuscript

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Metaliteracy is Metacognitive

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Figure by Roger Lipera

Mackey and Jacobson, 2012

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“Both metaliteracy and transliteracy challenge traditional skills-based concepts of information literacy by recognizing the role of emerging technologies, suggesting that information technology is a central component of students’ learning.”

Reference Services Review Vol. 39 Iss: 4

“Connectivism: Learning Theory and Pedagogical Practice for Networked Information Landscapes”Michelle Kathleen Dunaway

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“Metaliteracy and transliteracy are frameworks for understanding information literacy that emphasize the importance of communities, connections, information networks, and information technologies;”

Reference Services Review Vol. 39 Iss: 4

“Connectivism: Learning Theory and Pedagogical Practice for Networked Information Landscapes”Michelle Kathleen Dunaway

Metaliteracy in Practice

• Understand Format Type and Delivery Mode• Evaluate User Feedback as Active Researcher• Create a Context for User-generated

Information• Evaluate Dynamic Content Critically

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Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf

Metaliteracy in Practice

• Produce Original Content in Multiple Media Formats

• Understand Personal Privacy, Information Ethics and Intellectual Property Issues

• Share Information in Participatory Environments

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Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78. http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf

Metaliteracy Learning Objectives

Four main categories:1. Behavioral2. Cognitive3. Affective4. Metacognitive

Please refer to Learning Objectives document

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Developed as part of a SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) and based on Mackey/Jacobson “Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy” College & Research Libraries. January 2011 72:62-78 http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf

Active Metaliterate Engagement

Basic IL Course:

• Actual creation of information• Presentation of that information using a web-based

application• Migration of individual paper-based research guide to

team-based guide using wiki or website• Addition of data visualization/visual literacy component

Team Project from Fall 2012

Next MOOC for fall 2013:

#L4LLL Literacies for Lifelong Learning

(a Metaliteracy MOOC)

Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D.

Dean

Center for Distance Learning

SUNY Empire State College

Tom.Mackey@esc.edu

Trudi E. Jacobson, M.L.SDistinguished Librarian

University LibrariesUniversity at Albany

SUNY

TJacobson@albany.edu