INFORMATION

LITERACY
 INFORMATION
facts provided or learned about something or someone.

information may be used of a collection of facts gathered

from many places.

Information, in a general sense, is processed, organised and

structured data
 Abstract Slide 1
INFORMATION LITERACY
 Is knowing how to learn
 It is knowing how to find information, evaluate it, and
sue it wisely and effectively
 We have to know how to learn to be lifelong learners
 Is the defining paradigm of modern education
Those who are not information literate are unable to
make informed decisions given an information-related
problem and must rely on others rather than thinking for
themselves.

Those who are information literate can analyze and

interpret information and this ability enables them to
respond critically and creatively to problems.
An Information Literate Can:

1.Use the data to achieve a particular objective.

2. Access information ethically.
3.Use the information lawfully.
4.Collect the data into one's learning base.
5.Make the information useful and efficient.
6.Asses the data and sources.
Information Literate Required Skills
1. To be able to find resources.
The knowledge to find the appropriate time to use the information, where
to use, when to access and to know the advantages of each information.

2. To be able to find information.

The skill to search suitable resources, and to point out important

information. Examples:
a. Using URL's, book marking. Uniform Resource Locator.
b. Finding across multiple sources.
c. Understanding and being able to locate what's more important, and
produce an importance ranking.
URLs
Information Literate Required Skills
3. Ethically and responsible use of information.

To be able to understand why information shall be used in a

responsible way, with the respect to the culture and ethical
manners of professionals and businesses.

4. To communicate one's information.

To give importance to confidentiality and to give credit. The
skill to share the data or information in a way or format that
is suited to the information, to the aimed audience and
situation.
 Information Literate Required Skills

5. To be able to manage your information.

To be able to know on how a person is planning to keep the acquired
information, and using the most potent methods.
6. To be able to examine results.
To know the accuracy, originality, currency, and importance of the information,
also to give assurance that the information is complete to avoid incomplete
results.

Examine
a. Check if the information is appropriate to the question, or task given.
b. Verify the authenticity and source.
c. Consistency of the information given.
d. The rate of having errors in the results.
Ethical Use of Information

This includes the problems with the intellectual

property, proper use, freedom of information, security
of the information, plagiarism.
 Guidelines on the Ethical use of Information
1. Respect the author's intentions.

It is important to never use information in a way it's different

from the author's intentions. An example, Anne Fausto-
Sterling's book, "Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about
Women and Men, stated flaws regarding scientific studies that
describe the connection between gender and behavior

2. Do not change the author's main idea.

Although it is not always necessary to quote an entire passage

to make your point, make sure that you have not changed the
author's main idea through selective quoting or use of ellipsis.
 Guidelines on the Ethical use of Information
3. Do not ignore information that conflicts with your thesis.

It is not ethical to prove your thesis by ignoring well-known information that

conflicts with or refutes it. A well-argued paper confronts such evidence.

4. Context matters.

Always be aware of the context (i.e. historical, sociological, cultural, etc.) in

which your source document was produced. Although you should keep these
guidelines in mind when researching and writing your papers, you may run into
a few gray areas such as:
a. Texts that seemingly contradict their arguments.
b. Texts that contain information that can be used to support a thesis not
addressed by the author.
Different Types of Citations used for Ethical
use of Information
1. APA (American Psychological
Association) - education and sciences.
2. MLA (Modern Language Association) -
humanities.
3. Chicago/Turabian - Business, History,
and the Fine Arts.
APA (American Psychological Association) - education and
sciences.
MLA (Modern Language Association) - humanities.
Chicago/Turabian - Business, History, and the Fine Arts.