tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post6796681131911008076..comments2023-12-08T03:29:25.202-05:00Comments on Adult Literacy @ VCU: Purposefully Developing Digital LiteracySusan Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-12925154913647437332014-03-31T19:47:37.405-04:002014-03-31T19:47:37.405-04:00Rachel,
If you cut & past this link: http://...Rachel,<br /> If you cut & past this link: http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/instruction/libraryinstruction/documents/InfoCycle.pdf<br /><br />you can download a copy of "Books, Websites, or Journals? The Information Cycle" handout that explains "one version" of an information lifecyle. Additionally, here is a link to a 7-minute video from the Penn State University Library that shows how information cycles through time, and how different sources are more valuable to use at different times in the cycle. https://www.libraries.psu.edu/content/dam/psul/up/lls/audiovideo/infocycle_2008.swf<br /><br />I hope this helps<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-6715282567425107102014-03-25T15:10:42.476-04:002014-03-25T15:10:42.476-04:00Bob, thank you for your comments. The course that...Bob, thank you for your comments. The course that you took on "information literacy" sounds very interesting! I never thought about different types of texts as forming a lifecycle of information. Can you suggestion any good articles or books on this subject?Rachel Wiltshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233952480694693938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-17822930743369883982014-03-25T14:50:05.278-04:002014-03-25T14:50:05.278-04:00Rachel, I concur with your comment "that edu...Rachel, I concur with your comment "that educators, it is so important for us to continue on this journey of understanding digital literacy." A few years ago I took a "information literacy" course that focused on the lifecyle of information from the initial TV news broadcasts (blogs, tweets, etc.) about an incident or activity to its final evolution into a scholarly book. In between these two endpoints the information entered into a continuous upward spiral process of refinement as it was reflected in newspapers, then magazines, and then academic journals. <br /><br />One of the points made by the instructor is that information, its quality and accuracy, evolves along a timeline. As time passes, writers, bloggers, editors and researchers are able to verify and correct information, collaborate sources, critically analyze it, and synthesize it -- with the ultimate metamorphous being the publication of the information in a scholarly book.<br /><br />Consequently, I was a bit skeptical about Coiro's discussion about "knowledge" development. Yes, as educators we do need to continue on the journey of understanding digital literacy, but we also need to "read against the text" in our attempts to ensure we incorporate our insights about knowledge development and acquisition learned in the "text" world. The mediums (text verses digital verses ????) will continue to change. However, the fundamental definition of, and our understanding about, what constitutes "knowledge" should not change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com