As I keep reading about the role of the TL and to try and find my own definition of information literacy, I realise that so much time is taken just wading through the masses amounts of information. I think now more than ever we have the biggest amount of information and we need to firstly work out a process of how we as potential TLs decipher through this information and secondly how we guide our students through this process. We want to create info-smart learners!
I found Herring's article (2006) very interesting. For students are bombarded with a mammoth amount of information. A major goal of IL would be to create a “smart learner, one: who thinks about the learning process as well as the content of what is being learned; who uses various skills in thinking, planning, reading, analysing, synthesising and communicating when learning; who recognises the value of learning resources whether they are in print, electronic or human format; and who adopts and adapts new technologies to suit her/his learning style Herring (p.21 2006). A main point here is that the learning process has to best suit the students learning style. Herring goes on to discuss that a key problem is that we do not ask our students about how they function as learners. If we gained feedback from students about the skills they use or don't use this would definitely assist in highlighting the needs of our students in information literacy. A simple questionnaire or a reflective journal could be excellent methods to achieve this aim.
References
Herring, J. (2006) The info-smart learner's toolkit : information literacy, intranets, and learning and teaching websites. Access; v.20 n.3 p.21-25;
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