Catching Up! Todays blog entry is somewhat delayed. These are some of the thoughts on IL have been processing for the last couple of weeks and I am updating my blog accordingly.
After days of reading I am still feeling confused over the definitions and differences between information literacy, information fluency, digital literacy, digital fluency, I just want someone to spell it out to me clearly.
From the various readings I see the definition of information literacy is elusive and often unclear. I always saw IL as a broad general concept that was more manageable through compartmentalising it into a set of skills to be taught during IT and library research time.
It is defined by authors very diversly. It is seen by some as possibly a set of skills, a process, a cycle, a practice, a concept or a way of thinking or learning. The term has evolved and diversified and is still in a state of evolution. According to Henri it has evolved from information skills and is often misunderstood and misused.
I like Abilock's (2007) definition which sees IL as a transformational process. One "in which the learner needs to find, understand, evaluate and use information in various forms to create for personal, social or global purpose."
Not sure if this definition is the one I will use for my assignment yet.
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