Nov
Belgrade conference on Information Literacy
Filed Under (Information Literacy) by elearning4bradford on 09-11-2007
At the beginning of October I travelled to Belgrade, Serbia to present a paper on LolliPop the IL programme to this conference:
THE INFORMATION LITERACY LANDSCAPE
5 – 7 October 2007
Belgrade, Serbia
Information literacy is a life-long learning process that incorporates the knowledge and skill required to find information, to evaluate information, and to use information effectively.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Critical thinking/evaluation of information
Bibliographic instruction vs. information literacy
Assessment of information literacy
Influence of technology on information literacy
Teaching of information literacy
Access to information: the “have” vs. the “have not”
Economic, legal, ethical, and social aspects of information literacy
Information literacy skills sets: retrieval, use, evaluation, and repackaging
Information beyond Google
Information literacy and lifelong learning
This was an exciting opportunity to learn about issues in Information Literacy in the Balkans, and to demonstrate the work we are doing on Information Literacy here at Bradford College. My host was Aleksandra Vranes Presidant of the Serbian Library Association, I have invited Aleksandra to visit Bradford in March 2008. The conference website is located here.
