The 8th Creating Knowledge (CK) conference will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland, 2-3 June, 2016, hosted by the joint forces of Icelandic universities. This conference series is a Nordic collaboration arranged by NordINFOLIT: I have attended a number of CKs and they were all enjoyable and thought-provoking experiences! The conference theme is Practices, Goals and Visions for Information Literacy in Higher Education, with four sub-themes: Implementation of information literacy into the curriculum; Assessment of information literacy; Information literacy and writing centres; New challenges for information literacy. The call for papers will open on May 15 and the website is at http://upplysing.is/Default.asp?Page=487
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in Blackheath, April 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
#Teachmeet in Southampton
There's an information literacy teachmeet at Southampton Solent University, UK, on 16 July 2015 in the afternoon. "Do you have a problematic, inventive or interesting item to share about your information literacy teaching? We are looking for presenters, activities and attendees for a free event to share good practice" More info and registration at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teachmeet-at-solent-university-arlg-southern-event-tickets-16513686882 Closing date for sign-up is 1 July
Photo by Sheila Webber: Borage and (another flower), Blackheath, April 2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: Borage and (another flower), Blackheath, April 2015
Game-based learning online discussion and tip sheet
Sign up quickly if you want to participate in the online discussion of game-based learning in library teaching which takes place on May 19 at 11am Pacific time USA (which is 7pm UK time): only 40 can participate. Sign up here http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a49acac28a1f58-gamebased. The session is led by Annie Pho and Amanda Dinscore who wrote the short Tips and Trends article on Game Based Learning that has just been published on the ACRL Instruction Section, Instructional Technologies Committee Tips and Trends page. Go to http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/tipsandtrends
Photo by Sheila Webber: Balloons at the start of the London Marathon on Blackheath, April 2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: Balloons at the start of the London Marathon on Blackheath, April 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Information Literacy in The Workplace: Information Literacy at the interface: @slaeurope @infolitgroup
On 21 May 2015 (6pm-9.30pm UK time), in London, UK, SLA Europe and CILIP Information Literacy Group are presenting an event: Information Literacy in The Workplace. It is free to SLA or CILIP ILG members, £15 to others. Speakers are Nancy Graham, Stéphane Goldstein and Ian Hunter. More info and booking at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sla-europe-cilip-ilg-information-literacy-in-the-workplace-tickets-16649442932
A second joint SLA Europe/CILIP ILG events is on 22 May, also in London, this time a morning event. Information Literacy at the interface: Learning from practice in the classroom and employment "will feature information professionals working in corporate settings and within higher education. They will offer insight into the strategies, and practical techniques and approaches to Information Literacy support applied in their respective sectors. These presentations will be followed by facilitated activity which will encourage the generation of new ideas and discussion, helping you to invigorate your own IL practice by learning from those in your sector and outside of it." Prices are the same as the first event. More information at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-literacy-at-the-interface-learning-from-practice-in-the-classroom-and-employment-tickets-16723854499
Photo by Sheila Webber: spring violets, April 2015
A second joint SLA Europe/CILIP ILG events is on 22 May, also in London, this time a morning event. Information Literacy at the interface: Learning from practice in the classroom and employment "will feature information professionals working in corporate settings and within higher education. They will offer insight into the strategies, and practical techniques and approaches to Information Literacy support applied in their respective sectors. These presentations will be followed by facilitated activity which will encourage the generation of new ideas and discussion, helping you to invigorate your own IL practice by learning from those in your sector and outside of it." Prices are the same as the first event. More information at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-literacy-at-the-interface-learning-from-practice-in-the-classroom-and-employment-tickets-16723854499
Photo by Sheila Webber: spring violets, April 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
Evaluating Resources
Ithaca College Library has produced a short tutorial, Evaluating Resources, in which the ACCORD checklist is introduced (that's Agenda, Credentials, Citations, Oversight, Relevance, Date) and then you are asked to evaluate a few resources (on the theme of red wine and health) http://ithacalibrary.com/research/eval_tut/
Photo by Sheila Webber: red grapes.
Photo by Sheila Webber: red grapes.
#OERs and the DigiLit Leicester project
I webinar I attended alerted me to the DigiLit Leicester project. This is a project in the city of Leicester (UK) involving secondary schools, the city council and De Montfort University. "The project focuses on supporting secondary school teaching and teaching support staff in developing their digital literacy knowledge, skills and practice, and their effective use of digital tools, environments and approaches in their work with learners." Go to http://www.digilitleic.com/
Specifically, I was alerted to work with teachers on exploring OERs (Open Educational Resources) and there is asite for the OERs Schools conference that took place in Leicester in January 2015: there are presentations and reports here http://www.digilitleic.com/?page_id=700 and the hashtag was #OERSCH15.
Two general sites to do with OERs that were also mentioned are: OER Map and OER Research Hub
Photo by Sheila Webber: my cherry blossom, April 2015
Specifically, I was alerted to work with teachers on exploring OERs (Open Educational Resources) and there is asite for the OERs Schools conference that took place in Leicester in January 2015: there are presentations and reports here http://www.digilitleic.com/?page_id=700 and the hashtag was #OERSCH15.
Two general sites to do with OERs that were also mentioned are: OER Map and OER Research Hub
Photo by Sheila Webber: my cherry blossom, April 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Open University's Policy on Ethical use of Student Data for #LearningAnalytics
Interesting to see that the Open University has produced a few documents outlining its policy on ethical use of data that it collects about students' learning (e.g. all the information on which students has used what in a virtual learning environment or MOOC, student comments in discussion fora). They have a policy document, Policy on Ethical use of Student Data for Learning Analytics, an FAQ and a document aimed at the students' themselves, Using information to support student learning. This looks like a good development that others should follow. http://www.open.ac.uk/students/charter/essential-documents/ethical-use-student-data-learning-analytics-policy
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in my garden this morning
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in my garden this morning
Thursday, April 23, 2015
World Book and Copyright Day 2015 #WBCD2015
Today is World Book and Copyright Day 2015 - for more information and ideas go to
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-book-and-copyright-day-2015/
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-book-and-copyright-day-2015/
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
#UNESCO seeks volunteers to support a #MIL MOOC
UNESCO is looking for 15-20 volunteers to be (unpaid I think) tutors on the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in media and information literacy (MIL) which it offers in partnership with Athabasca University and the UNESCO-UNAOC University Network on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue. The course is aimed at young people aged 15-25. The course runs for 2 months and tutors are expected to devote about 2 hours a week to giving feedback on students' journals, questions and assignments.
"The course is designed to enable youth to: Understand why media and other information providers are important to development and democratic societies; Recognise a need for information and to locate, access, organise and critically evaluate information and the content of media and other information providers; Use and share information and technology based on ethical principles or accepted standards of social behaviour – in light of opportunities and potential risks; Interact with media and other information providers to freely express themselves, share their culture and learn about other cultures, promote gender equality, and participate in democratic and development activities."
"If there are professors, associate professors or tutors in universities, independent consultants, experts, qualified MIL practitioners, and PhD students, pursuing a related field of study that would like to volunteer to please send your name, organizations affiliation, contact information and CV to l.mustapha@unesco.org"
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
"The course is designed to enable youth to: Understand why media and other information providers are important to development and democratic societies; Recognise a need for information and to locate, access, organise and critically evaluate information and the content of media and other information providers; Use and share information and technology based on ethical principles or accepted standards of social behaviour – in light of opportunities and potential risks; Interact with media and other information providers to freely express themselves, share their culture and learn about other cultures, promote gender equality, and participate in democratic and development activities."
"If there are professors, associate professors or tutors in universities, independent consultants, experts, qualified MIL practitioners, and PhD students, pursuing a related field of study that would like to volunteer to please send your name, organizations affiliation, contact information and CV to l.mustapha@unesco.org"
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
Second Life infolit journal club: 22 April
Join us in the virtual world Second Life for a one-hour discussion of an open-access article. Marshall Dozier, Edinburgh University (Pancha Enzyme in Second Life) leads a discussion on:
Eckerdal, J.R. (2011). "To jointly negotiate a personal decision: a qualitative study on information literacy practices in midwifery counselling about contraceptives at youth centres in Southern Sweden" Information Research, 16(1) paper 466. http://InformationR.net/ir/16-1/paper466.html
When: April 22nd at noon SL time (which is 8pm UK time, see http://tinyurl.com/mgekh5g for times elsewhere)
Where: Infolit iSchool, in the virtual world Second Life. You need a SL avatar and the Second Life browser installed on your computer. Go to http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/134/47/22
Everyone is welcome to join the one-hour discussion.
A Sheffield iSchool Centre for Information Literacy Research event.
Photo by Sheila Webber, taken in Second Life
Eckerdal, J.R. (2011). "To jointly negotiate a personal decision: a qualitative study on information literacy practices in midwifery counselling about contraceptives at youth centres in Southern Sweden" Information Research, 16(1) paper 466. http://InformationR.net/ir/16-1/paper466.html
When: April 22nd at noon SL time (which is 8pm UK time, see http://tinyurl.com/mgekh5g for times elsewhere)
Where: Infolit iSchool, in the virtual world Second Life. You need a SL avatar and the Second Life browser installed on your computer. Go to http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/134/47/22
Everyone is welcome to join the one-hour discussion.
A Sheffield iSchool Centre for Information Literacy Research event.
Photo by Sheila Webber, taken in Second Life
Monday, April 20, 2015
The Future Scholar: Researching & Teaching the Frameworks for Writing & Information Literacy
There is a call for papers for a book: The Future Scholar: Researching & Teaching the Frameworks for Writing & Information Literacy. The two frameworks in question (both North American) are the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-draft-3.pdf) from the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (http://wpacouncil.org/files/framework-for-success-postsecondary-writing.pdf), produced by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Writing Project. The deadline for proposals is June 1st.
They seek chapters "that provide answers to the following, as well as other, questions: What do the particular abilities, habits, and practices of mind identified for reading, researching, and writing reveal about notions of literacy in a digital age? What priorities do they establish for us as writing teachers, faculty in English, English Education, and LIS, university administrators and college librarians, and citizens?; How do the ACRL Framework and the WPA Framework help us understand one another? What do we learn by viewing each through the lens of the other? How might they be put into conversation?; In what ways does your teaching—in the classroom, in the library, in the writing center, in the community—work to cultivate the desired abilities, habits, and practices of mind advanced by these framework documents?; What specific digital technologies allow for helping students achieve these abilities, habits, and practices of mind? In what ways have you used them? How might we use them? How could these tools be better?
We also encourage potential contributors to consider the Frameworks documents explicitly and directly, practical strategies for enacting and evaluating them, and ways in which new digital technologies (might) shape the Frameworks and these processes."
More information at http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l/2015-04/msg00082.html
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
They seek chapters "that provide answers to the following, as well as other, questions: What do the particular abilities, habits, and practices of mind identified for reading, researching, and writing reveal about notions of literacy in a digital age? What priorities do they establish for us as writing teachers, faculty in English, English Education, and LIS, university administrators and college librarians, and citizens?; How do the ACRL Framework and the WPA Framework help us understand one another? What do we learn by viewing each through the lens of the other? How might they be put into conversation?; In what ways does your teaching—in the classroom, in the library, in the writing center, in the community—work to cultivate the desired abilities, habits, and practices of mind advanced by these framework documents?; What specific digital technologies allow for helping students achieve these abilities, habits, and practices of mind? In what ways have you used them? How might we use them? How could these tools be better?
We also encourage potential contributors to consider the Frameworks documents explicitly and directly, practical strategies for enacting and evaluating them, and ways in which new digital technologies (might) shape the Frameworks and these processes."
More information at http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l/2015-04/msg00082.html
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Information and Digital Literacy for Online Collaborative Design
A webinar on Information and Digital Literacy for Online Collaborative Design, led by Dr Mark Childs is being hosted by InformAll on 11 May 2015, at 16.00 UK time (which is, e.g. 11am US Eastern time, 8am Pacific time): it lasts 90 minutes. It will be chaired by Stéphane Goldstein of the Research Information Network and co-ordinator of the InformAll initiative.
The focus is on skills needed/developed by students who were collaborating with students at a different university, with findings emerging from two projects. "Findings examined: The motivation of the students for taking part and their perception of benefits; The difficulties and issues that students faced and how these were addressed.; The learning that students gained about the skills required for online collaboration.; The skills and issues that students faced, and skills acquired, in their synchronous communication." More information at http://www.researchinfonet.org/infolit/ridls/informall-webinars/collab-design/
Photo by Sheila Webber: white cherry blossom, April 2015, photoshop effect.
The focus is on skills needed/developed by students who were collaborating with students at a different university, with findings emerging from two projects. "Findings examined: The motivation of the students for taking part and their perception of benefits; The difficulties and issues that students faced and how these were addressed.; The learning that students gained about the skills required for online collaboration.; The skills and issues that students faced, and skills acquired, in their synchronous communication." More information at http://www.researchinfonet.org/infolit/ridls/informall-webinars/collab-design/
Photo by Sheila Webber: white cherry blossom, April 2015, photoshop effect.
Friday, April 17, 2015
cfp SEDA conference
There is a call for papers for the 20th Annual SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) Conference: Scholarship and Educational Development: The importance of using an evidence base for Learning and Teaching. This will be held 19-20 November 2015 in Cardiff, Wales. Posters, discussion papers and workshops can be proposed, deadline 15 May, 5pm UK time. The themes are: Scholarship which supports curriculum development and has important implications for the thinking and the practice of educators and developers; The integration of scholarship in the practice of both staff and students; Innovative practice in educational development which takes advantage of scholarship; Supporting and encouraging integration between research and approaches to learning and teaching; Strategies and techniques for the critical and effective embedding of new approaches which make appropriate use of subject pedagogic scholarship; Scholarship as a driver for change; Supporting colleagues to engage in scholarly activities through developmental activities; Raising the profile of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning within institutions. More info at http://www.seda.ac.uk/events/info/454/call-for-contributions
Photo by Sheila Webber: Cherry Blossom, April 2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: Cherry Blossom, April 2015
ACRL's Teaching Librarian of the month
Alicia Salaz (Reference and Instruction Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar) is April's Teaching Librarian of the month. Q and A at http://acrl.ala.org/isteach/category/teaching-librarian-of-the-month/
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Journal of Documentation: taxonomy of literacies; Sadomasochism; credibility judgements;
The latest issue (online early publication) of the (subscription-only) Journal of Documentation (volume 71 issue 3) includes an article by my colleague Dr Peter Stordy which provides an analysis of various kinds of literacy using a matrix:
Taxonomy of Literacies by Peter Howard Stordy
There is also a research article on a less usual topic: Information Literacies of Self-Identified Sadomasochists: An Ethnographic Case Study by J. Tuomas Harviainen
and one on a perenially interesting theme: As simple as that?: Tween credibility assessment in a complex online world by Mega Subramaniam , Natalie Greene Taylor , Beth St. Jean , Rebecca Follman , Christie Kodama, Dana Casciotti
Abstracts at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/3
I haven't covered JDoc for a while, so I'll also pick some articles from the last couple of issues
Koltay, T. (2015) Data literacy: in search of a name and identity. Journal of Documentation, 71(2), 401 - 415. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/2
Kostagiolas, P. et al (2015) Music, musicians and information seeking behaviour: A case study on a community concert band. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 3-24.
Hampson Lundh, A., Francke, H. and Sundin, O. (2015) To assess and be assessed: Upper secondary school students’ narratives of credibility judgements. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 80-95.
Savolainen, R. (2015) The interplay of affective and cognitive factors in information seeking and use: Comparing Kuhlthau’s and Nahl’s models. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 175 - 197. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/1
Photo by Sheila Webber: Cherry Blossom, April 2015
Taxonomy of Literacies by Peter Howard Stordy
There is also a research article on a less usual topic: Information Literacies of Self-Identified Sadomasochists: An Ethnographic Case Study by J. Tuomas Harviainen
and one on a perenially interesting theme: As simple as that?: Tween credibility assessment in a complex online world by Mega Subramaniam , Natalie Greene Taylor , Beth St. Jean , Rebecca Follman , Christie Kodama, Dana Casciotti
Abstracts at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/3
I haven't covered JDoc for a while, so I'll also pick some articles from the last couple of issues
Koltay, T. (2015) Data literacy: in search of a name and identity. Journal of Documentation, 71(2), 401 - 415. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/2
Kostagiolas, P. et al (2015) Music, musicians and information seeking behaviour: A case study on a community concert band. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 3-24.
Hampson Lundh, A., Francke, H. and Sundin, O. (2015) To assess and be assessed: Upper secondary school students’ narratives of credibility judgements. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 80-95.
Savolainen, R. (2015) The interplay of affective and cognitive factors in information seeking and use: Comparing Kuhlthau’s and Nahl’s models. Journal of Documentation, 71(1), 175 - 197. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/71/1
Photo by Sheila Webber: Cherry Blossom, April 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
How the Internet inflates estimates of internal knowledge
An article (Fisher et al., 2015) reports on a very interesting series of experiments, which explored the question of whether people feel that they have become more knowledgeable just through the act of searching. The answer is basically "yes", even when people don't find anything from the search.
"Searching for answers online leads to an illusion such that externally accessible information is conflated with knowledge “in the head” (Experiment 1a and b). This holds true even when controlling for time, content, and search autonomy during the task (Experiment 1c). Furthermore, participants who used the Internet to access explanations expected to have increased brain activity, corresponding to higher quality explanations, while answering unrelated questions (Experiment 2a). This effect is not driven by a misinterpretation of the dependent measure (Experiment 2b) or general overconfidence (Experiment 3) and is driven by querying Internet search engines (Experiment 4a-c)."
Fisher, M., Goddu, M., & Keil, F. (2015). Searching for explanations: how the Internet inflates estimates of internal knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000070 (advanced online publication) There is a self-archived copy here: http://campuspress.yale.edu/matthewfisher/files/2015/03/pdf-16ueczx.pdf
I discovered this via: Novella, S. (2015, April 6). The Google University Effect. Neurologica blog. http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-google-university-effect/ which in turn I discovered through a discussion post by Peter Tagtmeyer.
Photo by Sheila webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
"Searching for answers online leads to an illusion such that externally accessible information is conflated with knowledge “in the head” (Experiment 1a and b). This holds true even when controlling for time, content, and search autonomy during the task (Experiment 1c). Furthermore, participants who used the Internet to access explanations expected to have increased brain activity, corresponding to higher quality explanations, while answering unrelated questions (Experiment 2a). This effect is not driven by a misinterpretation of the dependent measure (Experiment 2b) or general overconfidence (Experiment 3) and is driven by querying Internet search engines (Experiment 4a-c)."
Fisher, M., Goddu, M., & Keil, F. (2015). Searching for explanations: how the Internet inflates estimates of internal knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000070 (advanced online publication) There is a self-archived copy here: http://campuspress.yale.edu/matthewfisher/files/2015/03/pdf-16ueczx.pdf
I discovered this via: Novella, S. (2015, April 6). The Google University Effect. Neurologica blog. http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-google-university-effect/ which in turn I discovered through a discussion post by Peter Tagtmeyer.
Photo by Sheila webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
LIBRES moves
The refereed open access journal LIBRES is now being hosted by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The current issue includes:
Khoo, C. (2014). Issues in information behaviour on social media. LIBRES, 24 (2). http://libres-ejournal.info/all-issues/volume-24-issue-2/
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2014
Khoo, C. (2014). Issues in information behaviour on social media. LIBRES, 24 (2). http://libres-ejournal.info/all-issues/volume-24-issue-2/
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2014
Monday, April 13, 2015
#lilac15 powerpoints and more
There are loads of the presentations from last week's LILAC conference going up at http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/presentations - really quick work by the LILAC team! Explore for yourself: a couple that caught my eye were:
- New horizons: taking information literacy teaching from the classroom to the MOOC by Karina Bradshaw http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/bradshaw-46936956
- Embedding information literacy into second level school curriculum: experiences of Maynooth University by Elaine Bean http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/embedding-information-literacy-into-second-level-school-curriculum-experiences-of-maynooth-university-elaine-bean
And here's a presentation in another format that might not get onto Slideshare - from Lily Todorinova on Wikipedia in library instruction http://app.emaze.com/@AOTCZQLT/wikipedia-in-library-instruction-lilac#1
Also a couple of substantial storifies of the conference
Paul Gray https://storify.com/paulkgray/lilac15
Vicki Cormie https://storify.com/viche/lilac-2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in Crookes Valley park, April 2015
- New horizons: taking information literacy teaching from the classroom to the MOOC by Karina Bradshaw http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/bradshaw-46936956
- Embedding information literacy into second level school curriculum: experiences of Maynooth University by Elaine Bean http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/embedding-information-literacy-into-second-level-school-curriculum-experiences-of-maynooth-university-elaine-bean
And here's a presentation in another format that might not get onto Slideshare - from Lily Todorinova on Wikipedia in library instruction http://app.emaze.com/@AOTCZQLT/wikipedia-in-library-instruction-lilac#1
Also a couple of substantial storifies of the conference
Paul Gray https://storify.com/paulkgray/lilac15
Vicki Cormie https://storify.com/viche/lilac-2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in Crookes Valley park, April 2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015
ALA Instructional Design Essentials ecourse
The ALA Instructional Design Essentials ecourse runs May 4-29. "In this ecourse, instructional librarians Nicole Pagowsky and Erica DeFrain will provide you with a foundation in instructional design. Whether you teach face-to-face, online, or develop online tutorials, this course will help you hone your teaching skills and prepare you for your instructional needs. Throughout the course, you will be developing an instructional design plan for one of your upcoming workshops, courses, or tutorials, and will receive feedback on it from the instructors and fellow participants. This project will build on itself each week with a revision and reflection as part of the final assignment." http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11136
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in the grass, April 2015
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom in the grass, April 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015
Yesterday Pew Internet Research published a report on (US) Teens, Social Media & Technology. They administered an online survey, in English and Spanish, to a nationally (USA) representative sample of 1060 teens ages 13 to 17 and a parent or guardian, with the bulk of the data collected in autumn 2014. Some snippets:
"88% of American teens ages 13 to 17 have or have access to a mobile phone of some kind, and a majority of teens (73%) have smartphones."
"87% of American teens ages 13 to 17 have or have access to a desktop or laptop computer, and 58% of teens have or have access to a tablet computer."
"81% of teens 13 to 17 have or have access to a game console such as a Playstation, Xbox or Wii." "72% of teens play video games online or on their phone"
"92% of teens report going online daily — with 24% using the internet “almost constantly,”"
"The number of text messages sent or received by cell phone owning teens ages 13 to 17 (directly through phone or on apps on the phone) on a typical day is 30."
"When asked to rank social media sites by their frequency of use, Facebook is the platform that teens report that they use most often, with 41% of youth saying they use it most. Instagram is the next most often used social media platform, with 20% of teens saying they use it most often."
14% use tumblr, 24% use Vine, 33% use Google+, 11% use anonymous sharing apps, 47% use video connections such as Skype,
There are some differences according to gender, ethnicity and household income (e.g. more African-Americans have smartphones, wealthier homes have higher access to PCs, more boys than girls have access to a game console).
The report is free online at http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
"88% of American teens ages 13 to 17 have or have access to a mobile phone of some kind, and a majority of teens (73%) have smartphones."
"87% of American teens ages 13 to 17 have or have access to a desktop or laptop computer, and 58% of teens have or have access to a tablet computer."
"81% of teens 13 to 17 have or have access to a game console such as a Playstation, Xbox or Wii." "72% of teens play video games online or on their phone"
"92% of teens report going online daily — with 24% using the internet “almost constantly,”"
"The number of text messages sent or received by cell phone owning teens ages 13 to 17 (directly through phone or on apps on the phone) on a typical day is 30."
"When asked to rank social media sites by their frequency of use, Facebook is the platform that teens report that they use most often, with 41% of youth saying they use it most. Instagram is the next most often used social media platform, with 20% of teens saying they use it most often."
14% use tumblr, 24% use Vine, 33% use Google+, 11% use anonymous sharing apps, 47% use video connections such as Skype,
There are some differences according to gender, ethnicity and household income (e.g. more African-Americans have smartphones, wealthier homes have higher access to PCs, more boys than girls have access to a game console).
The report is free online at http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, April 2015
#lilac15 winners
Yesterday the Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy 2015 was awarded to Andy Horton and Chris Rowell, Regent’s University London, for the Twelve Apps of Christmas (12AOC) https://openeducation.blackboard.com/mooc-catalog/courseDetails/view?course_id=_98_1
The CILIP IL Group/TALIS Information Literacy Award 2015 went to Katharine Reedy (Acting Library Services Manager – Digital & Information Literacy, Open University)
The student sponsored places were awarded to Lucinda May and Maria Nagle
The CILIP IL Group/TALIS Information Literacy Award 2015 went to Katharine Reedy (Acting Library Services Manager – Digital & Information Literacy, Open University)
The student sponsored places were awarded to Lucinda May and Maria Nagle
Thursday, April 09, 2015
#lilac15
Yesterday was the first day of the LILAC conference. There are loads of tweets, so you might want to follow it today and tomorrow https://twitter.com/hashtag/lilac15 Skimming through the tweets, I picked up a couple of links
- Isla Kuhn blogs about the library tour of the Walton Library (library of the Medical & Dental School of Newcastle University) https://ilk21.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/lilac15-lilac-2015-thoughts-on-the-walton-library/
- Keynoter Barbara Fister blogs about one of her fellow keynoters, Ray Land: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/%E2%80%9C-bit-tall-order%E2%80%9D
- Isla Kuhn blogs about the library tour of the Walton Library (library of the Medical & Dental School of Newcastle University) https://ilk21.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/lilac15-lilac-2015-thoughts-on-the-walton-library/
- Keynoter Barbara Fister blogs about one of her fellow keynoters, Ray Land: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/%E2%80%9C-bit-tall-order%E2%80%9D
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
Another online ACRL FRamework event (free)! This is on 6 May at 2pm US Eastern time, 11am US Pacific time, which is 7pm UK time: the Georgia Library Association--Carterette Series Webinar, Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy. To register go to http://goo.gl/xIIo4F A URL for the event will be emailed to you after registration.
"Trudi Jacobson and Craig Gibson, co-chairs of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force, will identify the ideas underpinning the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, which creates new opportunities for collaboration on campuses around student engagement with the information ecosystem. ... The presenters will identify principles for instructional design supporting the Framework, as well as assessment methods that address developmental aspects of learning the information literacy concepts and practices comprising the Framework."
Photo by Sheila Webber: willow, canal, Amsterdam, April 2015
"Trudi Jacobson and Craig Gibson, co-chairs of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force, will identify the ideas underpinning the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, which creates new opportunities for collaboration on campuses around student engagement with the information ecosystem. ... The presenters will identify principles for instructional design supporting the Framework, as well as assessment methods that address developmental aspects of learning the information literacy concepts and practices comprising the Framework."
Photo by Sheila Webber: willow, canal, Amsterdam, April 2015
Friday, April 03, 2015
Report on types of #MOOC support offered by libraries
The edX Library Collaboration has published a report resulting from a project in which librarians etc. at 39 higher education institutions were interviewed about how they were supporting MOOCs. The institutions were mostly in North America, but with some from Australia, China and Europe, and they were almost all using either edX or Coursera (with one using the Futurelearn MOOC platform).
They identified that libraries were supporting MOOCs by: Copyright Clearance; Open content promotion; Licensing resources; Instructional support; Production support; in some cases with a general support model (e.g. a librarian assigned to each MOOC).
Institutional factors affecting the library's engagement with MOOCs were: Nature of MOOCs offered by the institution; Institutional coordination of MOOCs; Models of MOOC support; Structure of existing [library] services; [library] Staff and budget.
O'Brien, L. et al (2014) Working Group on Models for Course Support and Library Engagement Report. edX
Libraries Collaboration. http://tinyurl.com/q5u9kq2
Picture: I thought it amusing that apparently the word "bookmark" must have been appropriated to mean web bookmarks, so that you have to find a new word to mean, um, bookmarks. This has nothing to do with MOOCs, by the way.
They identified that libraries were supporting MOOCs by: Copyright Clearance; Open content promotion; Licensing resources; Instructional support; Production support; in some cases with a general support model (e.g. a librarian assigned to each MOOC).
Institutional factors affecting the library's engagement with MOOCs were: Nature of MOOCs offered by the institution; Institutional coordination of MOOCs; Models of MOOC support; Structure of existing [library] services; [library] Staff and budget.
O'Brien, L. et al (2014) Working Group on Models for Course Support and Library Engagement Report. edX
Libraries Collaboration. http://tinyurl.com/q5u9kq2
Picture: I thought it amusing that apparently the word "bookmark" must have been appropriated to mean web bookmarks, so that you have to find a new word to mean, um, bookmarks. This has nothing to do with MOOCs, by the way.
Thursday, April 02, 2015
2 events on the ACRL Framework: webinar and seminar
Firstly, registration for the California Library Association’s California Spring Fling, Information Has Value: An Exploration, is open. The CLA’s Academic Interest Group is sponsoring a webinar April 22 2015 at 2:00pm (14:00) US Pacific time, which is 10pm UK time. It is a priced webinar led by Elizabeth Galoozis and Carolyn Caffrey Gardner. The description says "“Information Has Value” is a frame in the proposed ACRL Information Literacy Framework, and seemingly the most controversial. How is value defined? How do our professional values reinforce or conflict with current intellectual property laws, information literacy standards and practices, and collection development models? A presentation will be followed by an online discussion will allow participants a chance to explore and discuss the provocative elements of this concept." More information at http://www.cla-net.org/?859.
Secondly, registration is open for a workshop taking place at Capilano University (North Vancouver, Canada) on May 1 2015, on the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, presented by Capilano University and the BCLA Academic Librarians Section. Cost: $25 BCLA members; $30 non-members; $20 students. Lunch and coffee will be provided. "Through presentations, small-group work, and individual planning and reflection, the workshop will open up conversation around the following questions: What theoretical concepts guided the creation of the new Framework? How does the Framework compare to the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000)? What are the six “frames”? What are the first steps to implementing the Framework in our institutions? How will this impact student learning outcomes and the way we teach our classes? What new opportunities for collaboration and project work will the new Framework present? As a community of practice, what is our commitment to the Framework and its role in teaching and learning?
More information at http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l/2015-04/msg00003.html (that post includes the registration form)
Photo by Sheila Webber: budding willow and crows, Blackheath, March 2015
Secondly, registration is open for a workshop taking place at Capilano University (North Vancouver, Canada) on May 1 2015, on the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, presented by Capilano University and the BCLA Academic Librarians Section. Cost: $25 BCLA members; $30 non-members; $20 students. Lunch and coffee will be provided. "Through presentations, small-group work, and individual planning and reflection, the workshop will open up conversation around the following questions: What theoretical concepts guided the creation of the new Framework? How does the Framework compare to the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000)? What are the six “frames”? What are the first steps to implementing the Framework in our institutions? How will this impact student learning outcomes and the way we teach our classes? What new opportunities for collaboration and project work will the new Framework present? As a community of practice, what is our commitment to the Framework and its role in teaching and learning?
More information at http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l/2015-04/msg00003.html (that post includes the registration form)
Photo by Sheila Webber: budding willow and crows, Blackheath, March 2015
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
#ACRL2015 proceedings, presentations, tweets
The ACRL (North American academic librarians) conference just took place in Portland, USA. As usual there were sessions relevant to information literacy. The conference Twitter is https://twitter.com/ACRL2015 and the hashtag was https://twitter.com/hashtag/acrl2015?f=realtime.
There is a page with links to full papers from presenters (not all, I think, but quite a lot) at http://acrl.learningtimesevents.org/proceedings/ Examples of papers linked from this proceedings page (which are listed in alphabetical order of title) are:
- Information Use during the First College Year: Findings from the NSSE Experiences with Information Literacy Module by Kevin Fosnacht
- Leading Them to Water and Making Them Drink: Flipping Instruction by Laura Heinz and Donell Callender
- Measuring Our Information Literacy Footprint: Assessing Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction by Katelyn Angell and Eamon C. Tewell
- New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary by Steven Bell, Lorcan Dempsey, and Barbara Fister
- Patterns in Information Literacy Instruction: What’s Really Going on in Our Classrooms? by Pearl Herscovitch, Margy MacMillan, and Sara Sharun
- Promoting Transferable Research Skills: A New Take on English Composition Assessment by Melissa N. Mallon
- Rethinking an Established Information Literacy Program: How Leveraging Assessment Data Can Improve Teaching and Promote Change by Katie Bishop and Eleanor Johnson
- Searching in the Wild: Observing Information-Seeking Behavior in a Discovery Tool by Heather A. Dalal, Amy K. Kimura, and Melissa A. Hofmann
- Self-Beliefs and Course-Related Research: Proposing an Expansion of the Imposed Query Model for Undergraduate Students by Amanda L. Folk
I also picked out a few links relevant to information literacy.
- The session on The Topography of Learning: Using Cognitive Mapping to Evolve and Innovate in the Academic Library, by Donna Lanclos and colleagues, garnered a lot of attention on Twitter. Here is the presentation https://prezi.com/qvhdcuiikine/the-topography-of-learning-using-cognitive-mapping-to-evolve-and-innovate-in-the-academic-library/ and here is a storify by Maura Smale https://storify.com/mauraweb/the-topography-of-learning-using-cognitive-mapping
- Shifting our Focus, Evolving our Practice: A Collaborative Conversation about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (slides from a panel by Donna Witek Danielle Theiss and Joelle Pitts) http://www.slideshare.net/donnarosemary/shifting-our-focus-evolving-our-practice
- Promoting Data Literacy: teaching and learning with data in the undergraduate classroom (Adam Beauchamp and Christine Murray) http://www.slideshare.net/AdamBeauchamp/acrl2015-data-literacyatthegrassrootsfinal
- Sustaining and enhancing embedded library instruction in the learning management system (Cass Kvenild, Kaijsa Calkins, John Burke, and Beth Tumbleson): http://goo.gl/bCRucw
- A Libguide to accompany a panel on On Campus, Online, Off Hours: Librarian Strategies that Sustain Graduate Student Scholarship and Discourse http://campusguides.stjohns.edu/content.php?pid=663788&sid=5497065
- Description of a teaching intervention by Jennifer Ditkoff: REMIX!! Teaching ethical issues related to digital information creation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HDPOxJlYD9salNoJWnhW0AfmTdIzAZw609KogrA7GdI/edit
This is the conference wrap video
There is a page with links to full papers from presenters (not all, I think, but quite a lot) at http://acrl.learningtimesevents.org/proceedings/ Examples of papers linked from this proceedings page (which are listed in alphabetical order of title) are:
- Information Use during the First College Year: Findings from the NSSE Experiences with Information Literacy Module by Kevin Fosnacht
- Leading Them to Water and Making Them Drink: Flipping Instruction by Laura Heinz and Donell Callender
- Measuring Our Information Literacy Footprint: Assessing Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction by Katelyn Angell and Eamon C. Tewell
- New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary by Steven Bell, Lorcan Dempsey, and Barbara Fister
- Patterns in Information Literacy Instruction: What’s Really Going on in Our Classrooms? by Pearl Herscovitch, Margy MacMillan, and Sara Sharun
- Promoting Transferable Research Skills: A New Take on English Composition Assessment by Melissa N. Mallon
- Rethinking an Established Information Literacy Program: How Leveraging Assessment Data Can Improve Teaching and Promote Change by Katie Bishop and Eleanor Johnson
- Searching in the Wild: Observing Information-Seeking Behavior in a Discovery Tool by Heather A. Dalal, Amy K. Kimura, and Melissa A. Hofmann
- Self-Beliefs and Course-Related Research: Proposing an Expansion of the Imposed Query Model for Undergraduate Students by Amanda L. Folk
I also picked out a few links relevant to information literacy.
- The session on The Topography of Learning: Using Cognitive Mapping to Evolve and Innovate in the Academic Library, by Donna Lanclos and colleagues, garnered a lot of attention on Twitter. Here is the presentation https://prezi.com/qvhdcuiikine/the-topography-of-learning-using-cognitive-mapping-to-evolve-and-innovate-in-the-academic-library/ and here is a storify by Maura Smale https://storify.com/mauraweb/the-topography-of-learning-using-cognitive-mapping
- Shifting our Focus, Evolving our Practice: A Collaborative Conversation about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (slides from a panel by Donna Witek Danielle Theiss and Joelle Pitts) http://www.slideshare.net/donnarosemary/shifting-our-focus-evolving-our-practice
- Promoting Data Literacy: teaching and learning with data in the undergraduate classroom (Adam Beauchamp and Christine Murray) http://www.slideshare.net/AdamBeauchamp/acrl2015-data-literacyatthegrassrootsfinal
- Sustaining and enhancing embedded library instruction in the learning management system (Cass Kvenild, Kaijsa Calkins, John Burke, and Beth Tumbleson): http://goo.gl/bCRucw
- A Libguide to accompany a panel on On Campus, Online, Off Hours: Librarian Strategies that Sustain Graduate Student Scholarship and Discourse http://campusguides.stjohns.edu/content.php?pid=663788&sid=5497065
- Description of a teaching intervention by Jennifer Ditkoff: REMIX!! Teaching ethical issues related to digital information creation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HDPOxJlYD9salNoJWnhW0AfmTdIzAZw609KogrA7GdI/edit
This is the conference wrap video
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