Information literacy: sharing ideas for delivery on the move

1st International mlibraries Conference

What is ‘good’ about good information literacy? • In harmony with academic programmes• Relevance to current study and beyond• Timely – delivered at the time of need• Quality materials by professionally competent staff• Measurable outcomes• Encouragement of critical thinking

What ‘good’ information literacy could we deliver on mobile devices? Discuss:

• In the context of your organizations, what information literacy might work delivered via mobile devices?

• What are the issues? E.g. design• What are the topic areas? • What would it ‘look like’? • Share any examples you know of

Our findings so far…

• There is no substitute for sound pedagogic principles• Brevity is all• Core instruction has to come somewhere else• Mobiles for extension activities and reinforcement