METALITERACY Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners

• Main Authors: Mackey, Thomas P. (Author), Jacobson, Trudi E (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chiacago American Library Association 2014
• Subjects: Information literacy > Study and teaching; Information literacy > Case studies > Study and teaching
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• Physical Description: xxi, 222 pages 23 cm
• ISBN: 9781555709891

Today's learners communicate, create, and share information using a range of information technologies such as social media, blogs, microblogs, wikis, mobile devices and apps, virtual worlds, and MOOCs. In Metaliteracy, respected information literacy experts Mackey and Jacobson present a comprehensive structure for information literacy theory that builds on decades of practice while recognizing the knowledge required for an expansive and interactive information environment. The concept of metaliteracy expands the scope of traditional information skills (determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use information) to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments (collaborate, produce, and share) prevalent in today s world.