Information Literacy is a way of learning through engaging with information. It involves critical thinking, problem solving, higher order analysis and synthesis in order to find, select, evaluate and use information effectively. Information literacy goes beyond the academic context and prepares students for independent learning, lifelong learning, participative citizenship and social responsibility. Lupton, M (2004). The Learning Connection. Adelaide: AusLib Press.
The Division of Information Services seeks to work collaboratively with academics to deliver information literacy training utilizing the best of face-face and online strategies to support the learning and teaching needs of the university. To this end, a review of information literacy services was conducted in 2010. An outcome of this review has been a revised generic program, ensuring better utilisation and integration of existing online resources to support student learning and a more targeted service model for delivering customised in-discipline training.
Related Resources
- Graduate Attributes Includes an information literacy toolkit to assist with teaching and assessing information literacy skills.
- INS: Learning and Teaching resource development
Further Help
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