informationLiteracy

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “informationLiteracy”

• Study: 80% of Brits are not ‘information savvy citizens’

  
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  From the Article: While Brits are savvy with digital information services such as social web, catch up video services and price comparison websites, they are not making the most of the environmental information available to them online or following basic security measures. [Snip] The study revealed the divide ...
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• Data Quality — 2009 DQC Annual Survey Results

  
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  2009 DQC Annual Survey Results Each year, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) surveys all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to assess states’ progress toward implementing the 10 Essential Elements of a high-quality longitudinal data system. In 2005, no states reported having all 10 Elements. This ...
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• What’s On the Horizon for 2010? Peer Into the Future with the Horizon Report 2010 Preview

  
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  The New Media Consortium recently released the  Short List of Horizon Topics for 2010 and the  Horizon Report 2010 Preview .  These documents, which you can view by visiting the  Horizon Report Wiki , are the result of the rounds of discussions and voting by the Advisory Board members.  The final report will be ...
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• Announcing Dec. 3, 2009 Blended Librarians Webcast: Using Visual Methods to Enhance Student Learning

  
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  Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community and their guests, Laurel Cornell and Carrie Donovan, invite you to join them for the live webcast, “Collaborating With Faculty on Information Literacy Instruction: Using Visual Methods to Enhance Student Learning” which ...
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• Announcing Dec. 3, 2009 Blended Librarians Webcast: Digital Literacy, Digital Storytelling

  
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  via ili-l Blended Librarian Webcast: Collaborating With Faculty on Information Literacy Instruction: Using Visual Methods to Enhance Student Learning Steven Bell and John Shank, co-founders of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community and their guests, Laurel Cornell and  Carrie ...
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  CBC Spark. host Nora Young. Nov. 24 Full Interview with Mark Graham, on Wikipedias geographic blind spots. He discusses some major flaws of user generated information platforms by highlighting some research threads such as Tolkiens Middle Earth has more articles and tags than about many countries in Africa.  ...
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• Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award

  
  Information Literacy Weblog — Authority: 421
  The ACRL Instruction Section Awards Committee is inviting nominations for the 2010 Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award. Nominations must be submitted by December 4, 2009, deadline. The Rockman Award recognizes an outstanding article or book on instruction or information literacy in an ...
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• Nonverbal Communication

  
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  Neulich ist im Forbes Magazine ein ganz guter Beitrag erschienen: Secrets Of Nonverbal Communication . Body language can speak more strongly than words. Make sure you say the right things with it. [...] Project yourself as a confident, welcoming person, and your clients, colleagues and bosses will be attracted to ...
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• This is not my blogosphere

  
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  This is not my blogosphere One of the things I always loved most about social media was the transparency it created. If a product, service, hotel, etc. was terrible, you could be sure that you’d hear about it from plenty of bloggers. On the other side of things, small companies and talented individuals were able ...
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• Five Best Screencasting Tools

  
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  If you’re interested in learning how to create instructional screencast recordings, you may want to check out Lifehacker’s recent post rounding up the Five Best Screencasting Tools . Each of these apps will record your movements and activity on your computer screen and many of them are available for free.
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• Reference Services Review

  
  Information Literacy Weblog — Authority: 421
  The latest issue of Reference Services Review volume 37 issue 4 includes the following article: - Anna Marie Johnson, Claudene Sproles, Latisha Reynolds "Library instruction and information literacy, 2008" pp. 463-553 (This is the extremely useful annual annotated bibliography) - Amy Hoseth "Library ...
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• Icon Mind Talks

  
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  Liebe THS-Leser, hier habe ich was für Euch das Euch hoffentlich gut durchs Wochenende bringt: Icon minds videos . Now you can view all the videos from the first icon minds. Watch Farshid Moussavi, Charles Jencks and Marjan Colletti discuss the return of ornament; Dunne & Raby and Bruce Sterling talk about ...
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• Sophie Burys talk

  
  Information Literacy Weblog — Authority: 421
  On October 26-27 we were happy to have a visit from Sophie Bury , from York University in Canada. Whilst she was here she gave a talk based on her research, for our Centre for Information Literacy Research: An Investigation of the Information Literacy Instruction Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge of University ...
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• Study of signs

  
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  Das hier ist ein recht lesenswerter Artikel: Design as Communication . Semiotics is interested in the relationship between things, thoughts, and signs - a sign being a discrete unit of meaning. Signification is the process through which certain systems of signs are established by virtue of social and cultural ...
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• Twurdy

  
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  Twurdys goal is to provide web searchers with information that is most appropriate for them. This will mean that 10 year olds doing school assignments dont have to click through difficult material to find something they can use. It will also mean that phd students do not have to click through websites designed for ...
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• Information Literacy and Inquiry as Disruption to School Culture Oppressed by Testing

  
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  My Media 21 project is inspired by the work of Wendy Drexler and Dr. Michael Wesch; this tweet from last week’s  NEIT Conference reflects an essential question driving my Media 21 project: As my Media 21 students have shared some new research reflections in the last week, I have felt both overjoyed and ...
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• Slow Down People!

  
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  Image from rogiro on Flickr My last post was about how students often have very little time . But thinking about the way we consume information in general these days got me thinking more about my personal experiences. I often catch myself with a dozen tabs in Firefox open, Tweetdeck running in the background, ...
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• Left vs. Right

  
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  Das hier ist ein wirklich schöner und lesenswerter Blog-Post: Understanding Your Brain for Better Design: Left vs. Right . The concept of the left and right brain only lately popped up in the late 1960’s, but since has become a well-known part of human psychology. While we all use both sides of the brain, each ...
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• An Interactive Information Literacy Tutorial

  
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  Note: If information literacy is an area that you keep a close watch on this blog is one you should be monitoring (if you aren’t already). You’ll see what I mean with the resource listed below. Sheila Webber the weblogs founder/editor/compiler, is a faculty member in the Department of Information Studies, ...
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• Information Literacy Tutorial

  
  Information Literacy Weblog — Authority: 421
  Thanks to Sophie Bury for highlighting this online tutorial for postgraduate research students and staff which has "Ruth" as your guide (a professional actress, and less irritating than many such guides). It was funded by the Irish Higher Education Authority, with NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin and University ...
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