A situated view on Information Literacy :
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A situated view onInformation Literacy:
Epistemological issues and practical solutions through analysis of participatory media in
learning environments
Fredrik HanellPhD student
Library and Information StudiesLund University
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A socio-cultural perspective
Säljö (2010):- people's activities are always situated and
mediated by tools
Activity as an empirical focus encourages the study
of people's practices (repeated historical, social, cultural and
material activities). Learning and information literacy (IL) as
embedded in contexts.
cf. Lloyd (2006); Sundin & Francke (2009); Wertsch (1991)
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Information Literacy & Literacy
IL as an integral part of every literacy: as information (literacy)
practices integrated with different literacy practices. IL, as well as
learning, is situated
Lankshear & Knobel (2006, p. 64):
- “socially recognized ways of generating, communicating and negotiating meaningful content through the medium of encoded texts within contexts of participation in Discourses”
Gee (2007):
- to understand (read) and produce (write) meaning
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A generic view on Information Literacy
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A situated view on Information Literacy
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What is Information Literacy?
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A situated view on Information Literacy
To solve this issue, we need:
- A continuing epistemological discussion- A multitude of empirical examples
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The use of participatory media within learning environments
2 cases (from higher education):
- Twitter- PING PONG
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PING PONG
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The use of participatory media within learning environments
Analytical tools:
- A socio-cultural perspective- New literacy (NL)
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New Literacy
Lankshear & Knobel (eg. 2003, 2007):
- New technology- New ethos
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Two reasons to talk about New Literacy
- NL is useful in connecting the ”new” participatory media with the world of education and schooling (“literacies”)
- The concept is also useful in connecting use of participatory media with socio-cultural theory, and placing this use in the context of literacy and IL
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Three general criteria for analysis of NL
- Collective participation- Collaboration- Distributed intelligence and expertise
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PING PONG
- Collective participation- Through discussion forum, a chat-tool and a service
called “Instant Messaging”.
- Collaboration- To a certain degree (no collaborative editing, no real-
time collaboration)
- Distributed intelligence and expertise- ”Ask a question”, forum, chat-tool, IM.
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- Collective participation- Includes a social networking feature (Followers).
- Collaboration- Facilitates communication (Retweets, hashtags).
- Distributed intelligence and expertise- Barack Obama is followed by almost 6 million users.
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Findings
- Both services provide both old and new technology, but only Twitter express the new ethos of NL.
- The criteria for analysis of NL are used to link central socio-cultural concepts to the use of participatory media in learning environments:
- Socially distributed cognition (cf. distributed intelligence and expertise)
- Zone of Proximal Development (cf. collaboration)- Unintentional mediation
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Conclusions
- In connecting the classic work of L.S. Vygotsky to new, participatory media through the concept of NL a deeper understanding of the interaction between learner, participatory media and context is gained.
- The theoretical construct of NL serves as a bridge between ”new” participatory media and the world of education and schooling (“literacies”).
- Contributes to a continuing theoretical discussion of IL in a socio-cultural perspective.
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Thank you!
Fredrik Hanell
PhD student in Library and Information Studies
Division of ALM and Book History
Department of Arts and Cultural Science
Lund University, Sweden
E-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: www.twitter.com/FredrikHanell
Paper, presentation and references: www.fredrikhanell.se/I3