Hannah Pietrzak

10 September 2014
EDCI 270
Information Literacy Project

Part 1

Part 2
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Part 3

Perry, E., & Pilati, M. (2011). Online learning. New Directions for Teaching and
Learning, (128), 94-104. doi: 10.1002/tl.472

The focus of this article is the movement towards online learning using different programs
and software to increase the learning experience in contrast to traditional classroom
learning. It goes in depth with the fallbacks as well as the advantages for this type of
learning as a whole. Overall this article was very beneficial and has good information to
offer to those considering an online learning approach.

Kellogg, S. (2011). Distance learning: online learning. Nature, 478(7369), 417-418.

This article talks about the benefits and downfalls of distance learning or online courses
through colleges. It talks about the difficulty of forming online courses in subjects like
science and education. Overall this journal covers that while distance learning is the
optimal choice for some and seems to be the direction in which we are going, it is not
adaptable for all degrees or courses.

Kwak, D. (2013). Online learning across ethnicity and age: a study on learning interaction
participation, perception, and learning satisfaction. Computers and Education, 61,
43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.09.003

In this article the focus is the data collected for a group of students ages 18-24. Many
factors are considered, such as minority students and the effects that distance learning or
hybrid learning (in the classroom and online instruction) have on the various groups of
students. Overall this article was very information and interesting as far as minority
learning online and the benefits of teacher interaction in their education.

Part 4

Being informationally literate may not seem like an important skill when you first
think about it, but it is indeed an important skill to possess. Being informationally literate
allows a person to access information, evaluate, and determine whether or not it is a good
source. They are able to navigate websites and browsers to access the information they are
looking for. Not only can someone who is informationally literate access online databases
with ease, but they have a much easier time searching for and retrieving physical
information like books. Being informationally literate allows a person to have options for to
find their information. They are not limited to books or libraries for information but a
whole variety of informational sources.
It is important for me as a student and as a future teacher to be able to access,
evaluate, and use information in the 21
st
century for a number of reasons. As a student it is
imperative for me to have informational literacy skills in order to access information for
classes and assignments. Having this skill set allows me to be a better functioning student
with the ability to access all the information needed. It will give me access to a wide range
of sources, which I will be able to sort through in order to the best sources for a given topic
and make it easy to rank their significance. As a future educator, it is an important skill to
have to be able to ensure the information my students are given from sources is accurate
and correct. These skills will also be valuable for spotting plagiarism in any informational
assignments or papers that are turned into me. Overall, informational literacy is a valuable
skill set for both students and teachers alike.
Information literacy is obviously reflected in the ISTE standards for teachers.
Standard three states, model digital age work and learning, this is where I feel information
literacy fits in best to the standards. Under part d it specifically says, Model and facilitate
effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use
information resources to support research and learning (ISTE.org). To me this seems to
correspond directly to information literacy and being able to evaluate sources for use. It is
noticeable that this information literacy is imperative to the standards of teaching and
developing new learning skills in the 21
st
century.
The topic of plagiarism, copyright, and fair use all has relevance when discussing
information literacy. It all comes back to where you get your information. It is important to
give the right people credit for the ideas you express in your papers and assignments. In
this activity the majority of the work had to do with creating bibliographies and giving
credit for ideas where it was due. When dealing with information literacy it is imperative to
not only be able to find, evaluate, and properly use information, but also know the correct
way to cite and give credit to the various resources. Without that component, information
literacy loses its value and might as well be made up, without a way to confirm where the
information in your assignments comes from. Information literacy comes into play when
checking documents for plagiarism because with the availability of information on the
Internet, it is easier than ever to find and detect such things.
Technology has played a major role in the increased need for informational literacy,
because the Internet is open to everyone. Any person can go onto the Internet and create
their own webpage or edit various websites such as Wikipedia. With those resources being
edited by any number of people daily, it is important to be able to tell the authentic
resources from that not truly reliable source. This increase in the availability of information
has made it of major importance to be able to properly use, evaluate, and weed out the bad
from the good resource-wise, or weed out inaccurate information, making the need for
information literacy in high demand.