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Media and information literacy: policy and strategy guidelines
Alton Grizzle,Penny Moore,Michael Dezuanni,Carolyn Wilson,Sanjay Asthana,Fackson Banda,Chido Onumah,Maria-Carme Torras +7 more
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In the evolving knowledge societies of today, some people are overloaded with information, others are starved for information as discussed by the authors, and everywhere, people are yearning to freely express themselves, to actively participate in governance processes and cultural exchanges.Abstract:
In the evolving knowledge societies of today, some people are overloaded with information, others are starved for information. Everywhere, people are yearning to freely express themselves,to actively participate in governance processes and cultural exchanges. Universally, there is a deep thirst to understand the complex world around us. Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is a basis for enhancing access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, and quality education. It describes skills, and attitudes that are needed to value the functions of media and other information providers, including those on the Internet, in societies and to find, evaluate and produce information and media content; in other words, it covers the competencies that are vital for people to be effectively engaged in all aspects of development.read more
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Computational Thinking and Media & Information Literacy: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Twenty-First Century Skills
Sarah Gretter,Aman Yadav +1 more
TL;DR: This article proposes an integrated approach to develop students’ 21st century skills that supports educators’ integration of 21st Century skills in the classroom.
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Taxonomy of literacies
TL;DR: There is a need for a taxonomy of literacies that reflects more recent developments, one that more comprehensively captures the current literacy landscape and one that might have affordances in the future.
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Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice
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TL;DR: Professional development programs should assess teachers' digital learning motivation profiles and build learning experiences that expand upon the strengths of teachers' beliefs and the conceptual themes of most importance to them.
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Bill Cope,Mary Kalantzis +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today call for a much broader view of literacy than portrayed by traditional language-based approaches.
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Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
TL;DR: Abstract In 1999 the ACRL Board established the Task Force on Information Literacy Competency Standards and charged it to develop competency standards for higher education and seeks endorsement and promulgation of these standards from professional and accreditation associations in higher education.
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The Influence of Media Violence on Youth
Craig A. Anderson,Leonard Berkowitz,Edward Donnerstein,L. Rowell Huesmann,James D. Johnson,Daniel Linz,Neil M. Malamuth,Ellen Wartella +7 more
TL;DR: Though it is clear that reducing exposure to media violence will reduce aggression and violence, it is less clear what sorts of interventions will produce a reduction in exposure, and large-scale longitudinal studies would help specify the magnitude of media-violence effects on the most severe types of violence.
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Information and digital literacies: a review of concepts
TL;DR: The concept of ‘literacy’ is expanded to include newer forms of literacy, more suitable for complex information environments, and related concepts, including computer literacy, library literacy, network literacy, Internet literacy and hyper‐literacy are discussed.