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COVID LESSONS ON INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION
| Resumo: | This paper explores how the COVID pandemic, as well as other geopolitical events, highlighted the need for information literacy instruction in universities. I argue that teaching students to understand how corporatized information resources exist for profit is a cornerstone of helping transform them into responsible digital citizens and information-literate learners in the world. In this article, I explain what misinformation and disinformation are, then explore how our current information system spreads and nurtures this “disruptive communication” (Bennett & Livingston, 2021). Next, I provide examples of how academic library responded to the pandemic and sought to combat disruptive communication. This is contrasted with the catastrophic consequences witnessed worldwide due to mis-/disinformation. To underscore the paramount importance of this, I provide examples of the outcomes of mis-/disinformation campaigns—including an attempted coup d’état. Because we have witnessed the devastation that a lack of IL can engender, it is evident that it should therefore be included in all university courses. I provide a handful of recommendations for instructors, along with teaching resources and suggestions for further research. |
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| Autores principais: | Bevill, Whitney |
| Assunto: | disinformation information capitalism information literacy COVID-19 academic library |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Polissema |
| Resumo: | This paper explores how the COVID pandemic, as well as other geopolitical events, highlighted the need for information literacy instruction in universities. I argue that teaching students to understand how corporatized information resources exist for profit is a cornerstone of helping transform them into responsible digital citizens and information-literate learners in the world. In this article, I explain what misinformation and disinformation are, then explore how our current information system spreads and nurtures this “disruptive communication” (Bennett & Livingston, 2021). Next, I provide examples of how academic library responded to the pandemic and sought to combat disruptive communication. This is contrasted with the catastrophic consequences witnessed worldwide due to mis-/disinformation. To underscore the paramount importance of this, I provide examples of the outcomes of mis-/disinformation campaigns—including an attempted coup d’état. Because we have witnessed the devastation that a lack of IL can engender, it is evident that it should therefore be included in all university courses. I provide a handful of recommendations for instructors, along with teaching resources and suggestions for further research. |
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