Media and information literacy

Last night, I joined in with my first blog chat, having taken part in Twitter chats before I think I preferred the blog version. The topic was one that I wasn't 100% familiar with, however I found the method of being able to write more and follow the conversation more easily, without the use of hashtags a much easier way of working.

The blog chat was focusing on media and information literacy, which is a revised version of current thinking, a more joined up within, one which will incorporate, in my case more departments were I work. To explain:

"Media and Information Literacy consists of the knowledge, the attitudes, and the sum of the skills needed to know when and what information is needed; where and how to obtain that information; how to evaluate it critically and organise it once it is found; and how to use it in an ethical way. The concept extends beyond communication and information technologies to encompass learning, critical thinking, and interpretative skills across and beyond professional and educational boundaries. Media and Information Literacy includes all types of information resources: oral, print, and digital."


 This enhanced and more holistic concept in information literacy can only be seen as a benefit in terms of life long learn, increasing  people's chances of getting employment and improving education. However for this to happen a more collaborative approach is needed, bring different parts of society together to create this program, or for myself, different departments. Originally the information literacy program started as a joint venture between academics, blended learning and the library, however since then it has dropped to the library and blended learning team doing our own thing. Which is a shame, maybe this needs to be looked at again, to create a more media and information literacy approach. 

 At national level, the government need to provide provisions for people to get involved, school curriculum's needs to be changed and have MIL imbedded. As well as a complete culture change, which doesn't come easy. 

Blog day

Some of my collegues arranged a blog day, sadly I wasn't unable to attend but manager to get hold of the power points afterwards. Read lots of interesting information. Some ofthe students at the college are using blogs as PDP, which is a very interesting idea.

Failed

My plan to be more proactive in keeping a blog has failed- simply failed. I just don't get time to.

Today has been  spent working on leaflets for marketing of the library, working out the utilisation stats at course level, doing performance reviews on new staff, hole punching everything in my chartership folder- mind numbing yes but it's fallen out too many times. Plus purchasing new stock and cataloguing what turned up today.

Still need to do more on my chartership, but I've started getting very vague, "stuff" is hardly going to help me complete it. So tomorrow's to do list, will be  more a comprehensive list of what needs to be put in to place for the chartership. I've only got one meeting planned for tomorrow, which I need to attend- on a fact finding mission. Plus catalogue the computer games- a new and exciting media for the library to supply to Game design students. So another busy day is planned for tomorrow.


IIve got to say i'm happy got Friday booked as holiday- but then I have to work on the dinning room- needs to be redecorated so it looks like a dinning room. Missing my table and chairs, I've been eating off of my knees in front of the TV for weeks.