Information Literacy: Infiltrating the Agenda, Challenging Minds (Chandos Information Professional Series)

Focusing on important information literacy debates, this new book with contributions from many of the main experts in the field highlights important ideas and practical considerations. Information Literacy takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary information landscape, guided by academics and practitioners who are experts in navigating this ever-changing terrain. Diversity of content from authors with national and international reputations Shows professionals how to operate at a strategic level to engender institutional change and have a direct practical application for their teaching and learning practice Many of the chapters are based on empirical research ensuring innovative approaches to information literacy Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv List of figures and tables , Pages xi-xii Acknowledgments , Pages xiii-xiv About the authors , Pages xv-xxvi 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-15 2 - Information literate pedagogy: developing a levels framework for the Open University , Pages 19-43 3 - Information literacy in the workplace and the employability agenda , Pages 45-70 4 - Information literacy in the context of contemporary teaching methods in higher education , Pages 71-84 5 - ‘Enquiring Minds’ and the role of information literacy in the design, management and assessment of student research tasks , Pages 87-119 6 - Are we sharing our toys in the sandpit? Issues surrounding the design, creation, reuse re-purposing of learning objects to support information skills teaching , Pages 121-150 7 - Spielberg your way to information literacy: producing educational movies and videos , Pages 151-183 8 - Information literacy and noöpolitics , Pages 187-218 9 - Contemporary technologies’ influence on learning as a social practice , Pages 219-252 10 - Understanding the information literacy competencies of UK Higher Education students , Pages 253-276 Appendix , Pages 277-283 Index , Pages 285-294 Focusing on important information literacy debates, this new book with contributions from many of the main experts in the field highlights important ideas and practical considerations. Information Literacy takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary information landscape, guided by academics and practitioners who are experts in navigating this ever-changing terrain.

• Diversity of content from authors with national and international reputations
• Shows professionals how to operate at a strategic level to engender institutional change and have a direct practical application for their teaching and learning practice
• Many of the chapters are based on empirical research ensuring innovative approaches to information literacy