Information Literacy

Part 1


Part 2

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Part 3

Capdeferro, N., & Romero, M. (2012). Are Online Learners Frustrated with
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This study focused on what sources caused an online learner to become frustrated in an
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This study featured six experienced online instructors. It looked for ways to increase
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increase interaction including group work, instructor participation, and model use.

Part 4
Information literacy is having the ability to find, evaluate, use, and implement
information into various formats. Possessing various skills to find information is useful
not only to future employers but also to future teachers. Finding information is the first
step to being able to communicate information to others. If one does not have the skills to
find information, then they would never be able to communicate information to someone.
They must also have the ability to evaluate the information they find. If they cannot
evaluate and work out what the information is telling them then they cannot communicate
to someone else the information. They must also be able to use the information in an
appropriate way. The information will not be communicated effectively if it is not used
properly. Finally, one must be able to successfully implement the information into their
workplace or classroom. This step is where the information is communicated to others.
Being informationally literate allows people to communicate to others. The world is a
very digital place and finding good quality information is harder now than it was before.
People must have the capability to differentiate between worthy and unworthy
information.
As a student I need to be able to find information that is worthy for research,
reports, and presentation. Without being informationally literate, I cannot find
information that is worthy and reliable. Therefore my research, reports, and presentations
are not the best quality or the best that they could be. It is also important for me to know
how to correctly evaluate information. If I do not know how to evaluate information then
I could potentially interpret information in the wrong way. As a student, I am always
using information. If I do not use the information I gather correctly, then gathering the
information was meaningless.
As a future teacher, being informationally literate is the most important thing.
When teaching, you are passing on information to your students. Therefore you must be
able to find, evaluate, and use information to the best of your ability. Most information in
this decade is found digitally. Not all information found digitally is reliable information.
Teachers cannot present unreliable information to their students, or their students will not
learn the correct material. When finding information, teachers need to be able to evaluate
and look at what the information represents. This is so that they have a clear
understanding of what they are to teach their students. Teachers must also be able to use
the information that they gather. This is not only to teach their students, but also to use
different information to make themselves better teachers. They can use the information
they gather in many different fields, as long as they can utilize it correctly.
ISTE Standards for Teachers demand that teachers of the 21
st
century be
informationally literate. Teachers must be able to locate and use resources to become
more technologically advanced. They also must be able to present information with a
digital approach. Teachers are required to expand their learning using information that
they have accessed.
Being informationally literate allows for people to hopefully avoid plagiarism. If
people can successfully access information, then the need to plagiarize should go down.
A copyright protects information from being duplicated. Informationally literate persons
can obtain a copyright so that their information is not duplicated. Fair use allows for
someone to access someone elses copyrighted work without obtaining a permit. Being
informationally literate can make it easy for someone to do this.
Technology has become a huge part of the society. Because it has become such a
huge part of society, people need to know how to access and use the things that
technology has to offer. Much more information is available because of the Internet. One
can find almost anything pertaining to any subject on the Internet. Is the information
always reliable and trustworthy? No, but that is why people must be informationally
literate. People cannot utilize what technology has to offer if they are informationally
illiterate.