2020 vision: An information literacy continuum for students primary school to post graduation
| dc.contributor.author | Willison, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Regan, K. | |
| dc.contributor.conference | Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (2005 : Sydney, Australia) | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Brew, A. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Asmar, C. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | By the year 2020, those now commencing school will have emerged into a variety of contexts. Despite their years of education, these young people may lack the skills of information literacy that an information age demands. One reason for this could be a lack of information literacy vision on the part of their educators. Th e term Information Literacy was coined in the1970s and has, since then, developed a substantial academic literature. Despite the acknowledged need for information literacy, to date there has been little in the way of a comprehensive vision of information literacy development. Ideally, such a vision would accommodate both the vertical and lateral transitions students make as they proceed on their educational journey. One starting point is to perceive learning as a lifelong endeavour, the information literacy needed for that endeavour being the responsibility of all the participants in the learning process. A model which presents information literacy as a continuum off ers a framework which allows the whole information literacy journey to be conceptualised by the participants. Th e model presented here fulfi ls the challenge put by those developing information literacy standards to convert those standards into a useable continuum. It attempts to chart information literacy development form novice reader-writer to independent researcher. As well as having practical, pedagogical application, the information literacy continuum may provide a framework for future research. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | John Willison, Kerry O’Regan | |
| dc.description.uri | http://conference.herdsa.org.au/2005/ | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Higher education in a changing world / Angela Brew and Christine Asmar (eds.): pp.633-641 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0908557620 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Willison, J. [0000-0003-1892-1089] | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/28603 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc. | |
| dc.publisher.place | Milperra, New South Wales, Australia | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Research and development in higher education ; v. 28 | |
| dc.source.uri | http://conference.herdsa.org.au/2005/paper_index.cfm | |
| dc.subject | graduate attributes | |
| dc.subject | information skills | |
| dc.subject | information literacy | |
| dc.title | 2020 vision: An information literacy continuum for students primary school to post graduation | |
| dc.type | Conference paper | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |