The Forum on Information Literacy (FOIL: of which I am a member) has orgainsed a free webinar as part of Global Media and Information Literacy Week, which starts today.
Date: Thursday 27th October 2022; 16.00-17.00 UK time.
Title: New Voices in Information Literacy.
"An online webinar introducing five early researchers from Masters and PhD study in the UK. This event celebrates the breadth of research in information literacy in the UK, from school librarians in Kuwait to the use of Wikipedia in higher education, Instagram, and infographics, to emotion in information literacy in research and climate change and misinformation. The speakers are students in UK at University of Sheffield, Manchester Metropolitan University and UCL and will be speaking about their dissertation and thesis work."
Chair: Dr Pamela McKinney (University of Sheffield Information School), presenters are:
- Reham Alhuraiti (University College London UCL) Information Literacy Perspectives and practices of Kuwait’s Government Intermediate School Librarians
- Delphine Doucet (University of Sunderland/ University of Sheffield) Authority of historical knowledge: Wikipedia and Higher education
- Alex Hewitt (University College London UCL) What Role Can Affect And Emotion Play In Academic And Research Information Literacy Practices?
- Lawrence Brannon (Manchester Metropolitan University) Researching Gamification within Immersive Journalism and i-docs.
- Ella Burrows (University College London UCL) Sharing in the echo chamber: Examining Instagram users’ engagement with infographics through the frame of digital literacy
Register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-voices-in-information-literacy-tickets-443934679577
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