IFLA, Cape Town,

August 2015

Workshop

procedure

Putting the IFLA Media & Information

Literacy Recommendations into practice

in your community, library and country

Aims

• Share examples of the recommendations having already been implemented – successes that can give us ideas of what we can do in our own countries and communities

• Develop new ideas of how we can take action to make the recommendations happen

The IFLA IL Committee will share the material after the session

Sheila Webber, 2015

Headline actions from the

recommendations 1. Commission [encourage and fund] research on the state

of Media and Information Literacy and produce reports, so that experts, educators, and practitioners are able to design effective initiatives

2. Support professional development for library, information, archive personnel in the principles and practices of Media and Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning – i.e. ensuring that education and training of these professionals

includes being taught about MIL and Lifelong Learning

3. Embed Media and Information Literacy education in all lifelong Learning curricula – Includes Lifelong Learning programmes; adult learning

4. Recognise Media and Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning as key elements for the development of generic capabilities which must be demonstrated for accreditation of all education and training programs

– This means that MIL must be required by accrediting programmes (a national, regional or specialist organisation that accredits degrees or other qualifications) and/or that a learner has to demonstrate that he/she is media and information literate in order to gain a qualification. This can be at any level of education.

5. Include Media and Information Literacy in the core & continuing education of

– educators

– economic and government policymakers and administrators

– advisors to the business, industry and agriculture sectors

– health personnel

– human services personnel

• This includes initial qualifications (core) and continuing professional development (through people’s working lives)

And any groups you want to add

6. Implement Media and Information Literacy

programs to increase the employability and

entrepreneurial capacities of women and

disadvantaged groups, including migrants, the

underemployed and the unemployed

– Note that these are groups which may have very

different profiles and needs, so it may be useful to

consider them separately

7. Support thematic meetings which will facilitate the

acquisition of Media and Information and Lifelong

Learning strategies within specific regions, sectors,

and population groups

– Concentrate on meetings which are at a high enough level to

have an influence on policy

The process for the rest of the session

Question 1 – up to 20 mins

• Question 1. What examples have you got of this already happening in your country or region (your own examples or ones you know about)?

• Focus on the action heading on your table

• Your faciltator will ask you each to think of examples and then share- on Yellow or Blue paper

– If you can’t immediately think of one – that’s ok!

• Share with other people on your table

• Only if you can and want to – share on padlet (now, or afterwards if you remember examples after the session) http://tinyurl.com/pk3mnos

An example for h7 (Thematic meetings)

• “Information Literacy in Scotland: challenges and

opportunities” Feb 2015

• Organised by the Scottish IL Community of Practice

and the Scottish Library and Information Council

• Invited speakers e.g. from Young Scot; Health & Social

Care Alliance Scotland; Scottish Qualifications Authority

• Part of a campaign of lobbying for information literacy

(most recently made a presentation to a Minister at the

Scottish Parliament)

Using padlet

http://tinyurl.com/pk3mnos • Double click on

the screen

• Fill in the box

– Put the heading number first (1 or 2 or 3 etc.)

– Then put information about your example

Question 2 – up to 15 minutes

• Question 2. What still needs to be done in your country or region (either supporting existing efforts or creating new initiatives)

• Everyone think of specific things that need to be done

• Write down one idea per GREEN piece of paper

• Share with other people on the table

• Select ideas to take on to the next stage (in the next stage groups of 2 or 3 will work on ideas created in this step – one “action idea” per group 2 or 3)

Examples • H1 – Find out the actual information needs for good

health in a local rural community, so an appropriate information literacy programme can be developed

• H2 – Get short courses (f2f or online) on MIL and Lifelong Learning sponsored by the national library association

• H5 – Ensure that all health services personnel are taught about information literacy and its value to healthcare in their university education

• H6 – Have a programme of courses aimed at women entrepreneurs which improves their information literacy so they can make more informed business decisions

Questions 3 and 4 – privately in groups

of 2 or 3 • Step 3 (Question 3: who needs to take action (individuals

and organisations) to achieve what you have identified in Q2?)

– On orange paper identify who (people/ organisations) needs to do something in order to achieve the action.

• Step 4 (Question 4: how can you motivate and influence them (people/organisations mentioned in Q3) to take action?)

– On pink paper identify what library and information professionals, national associations and IFLA would need to do to influence and motivate the people in Q3

Example

H1 – Find out the actual information needs for good

health in a local rural community, so an appropriate

information literacy programme can be developed

Agencies

who fund

research

How Q4

Who Q3

Agencies

who fund

rsearch

The people

you want to

survey

Local leaders,

elders,

agencies

Agencies

supporting

health

Local

government

Researchers

Presenting

evidence of

link between

IL and health

Friend who

knows that

person

Personal

appeal to

someone

influential &

sympathetic

Final step!

• Each group of 2 or 3 present your “action plan” to the whole table – (action – who needs to take action – how to motivate them)

• The table decides which one they want to select for presentation – can be the “most important”, the “easiest to do” – it’s up to you to decide

• Decide who is going to come up to the microphone to explain your table’s chosen “action plan” very briefly

For the “how”

• Should/could your library association or IFLA help

with the “how”?

• It might be specific actions (though remember IFLA

has few staff), it may be using guidelines or

statements produced by a library association or

IFLA

After the presentations

• Final time for you to think for yourself

about question 5

“what can you or your organisation do

next (practical steps)?”

to achieve any of these actions, or to

learn from the examples presented

earlier?

1. Commission [encourage and fund] research on the state of Media and Information Literacy and produce reports, so that experts, educators, and practitioners are able to design effective initiatives

2. Support professional development for library, information, archive personnel in the principles and practices of Media and Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning

3. Embed Media and Information Literacy education in all lifelong Learning curricula

4. Recognise Media and Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning as key elements for the development of generic capabilities which must be demonstrated for accreditation of all education and training programs

5. Include Media and Information Literacy in the core & continuing education of – educators

– economic and government policymakers and administrators

– advisors to the business, industry and agriculture sectors

– health personnel

– human services personnel

6. Implement Media and Information Literacy programs to increase the employability and entrepreneurial capacities of women and disadvantaged groups, including migrants, the underemployed and the unemployed

7. Support thematic meetings which will facilitate the acquisition of Media and Information and Lifelong Learning strategies within specific regions, sectors, and population groups.

This presentation is at

http://www.slideshare.net/sheilawebber

Sheila Webber

s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk

http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/sheilawebber

Twitter: @sheilayoshikawa

SL: Sheila Yoshikawa

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Pictures by Sheila Webber