MIL 1st quiz literacy

• Literacy


  The ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate effectively using written language
• Information Literacy


  The ability to know when there is a need for more information and the ability to locate, evaluate, and use the right information according to that need
• Media Literacy


  The ability to critically consume, understand, analyze, evaluate, and produce any type of media
• Technology Literacy


  The ability to effectively use technology tools, incorporating information literacy
• Authority Is Constructed and Contextual

  The information literate individual is able to evaluate the legitimacy and credibility behind a piece of information
• Creation as a Process

  The information literate individual is able to evaluate not only the content of the information but also the process involved in creating this content
• Information Has Value


  The information literate realizes that even though information can be accessed for free, it has many forms of value
• Types of information that have value

  • Consumer data
• Research as Inquiry


  The information literate respects and applies the research process
• Scholarship as Conversation


  This concept emphasizes the social component of information literacy
• Six Vital Concepts of Information Literacy

  • Authority is constructed and contextual
  • Information create as a process
  • Information has value
  • Research as inquire
  • Scholarship as conversation
  • Searching as strategic Exploration
• The Big 6 Model of Information Literacy Cycle
• Task Definition


  • Define the information problem
  • Identify information needed
• Information Seeking Strategies


  • Determine all possible sources
  • Select the best sources
• Location and Access


  • Locate sources
  • Find information within sources
• Use of Information


  • Engage with sources
  • Extract relevant information
• Synthesis


  Organize from multiple sources

  Present the information
• EvaluationPresent the information

  • Judge the effectiveness of the product
  • Judge the efficiency of the process