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Domingo, 29 de Janeiro de 2012

Literacia Visual - padrões ACLR/ALA (EUA, 2011)

Visual Literacy and Information Literacy

The Visual Literacy Standards were developed in the context of the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, and are intended to complement the Information Literacy Standards.
The Visual Literacy Standards address some of the unique issues presented by visual materials. Images often function as information, but they are also aesthetic and creative objects that require additional levels of interpretation and analysis.

Finding visual materials in text‐based environments requires specific types of research skills. The use, sharing, and reproduction of visual materials also raise particular ethical and legal considerations. The Standards address these distinct characteristics of images and visual media and challenge students to develop a combination of abilities related to information literacy, visual communication, interpretation, and technology and digital media use.

ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, October 2011

www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/standards/visualliteracy.pdf

School Libraries: Applying Innovative Ideas to a Threatened Species

I suggest that school libraries need to reinvent themselves as something much more sophisticated than what they currently are. They should not be a simple wharehouse of neatly (if you are lucky) catalogued materials to serve children. They should be "idea centres" where students, staff and faculty can put their ideas together for the purpose of innovation. This is NOT about repackaging a library and renaming it a "Learning Commons". This is about changing the PURPOSE of the library. What it is called is not important. It is what it DOES that is important.

Library and Information Technology at UFV: School Libraries: Applying Innovative Ideas to a Threatened Species

10 maneiras de melhorar o estudo

(A todos os professores da Universidade)

The following tips for faculty to help students successfully complete research assignments are based on the results of studies conducted by Project Information Literacy (PIL), an ongoing national research project that examines undergraduate student research practices. PIL’s methodologies have included a survey of over 8,000 students from 25 U.S. college campuses, including Temple (USA); a content analysis of 191 course-related research assignment handouts from 28 campuses; and student discussion groups at 7 campuses.

Click on the link in each tip to see the research findings that support the recommendation.

1. Encourage students to consult with a librarian.
2. Direct students towards a variety of library resources including print, electronic, and multimedia.
3. Suggest specific databases or other library resources by name to students.
4. Discuss what constitutes plagiarism as well as the consequences.
5. Review criteria for evaluating sources.
6. Define research.
7. Embed a research guide in Blackboard or request one from your librarian.
8. Break the research assignment into manageable parts.
9. Explain how research will be evaluated.
10. Collaborate with a librarian to design a research assignment that employs critical thinking.

Ler+:

10 Ways to Improve Student Research - Improving Student Research - Research Guides at Temple University

ACTA

@Gui Castro Felga

Se quiser assinar a petição contra o ACTA, clique aqui.

A liberdade não se recebe, conquista-se. E defende-se. Byte a byte.

Sábado, 28 de Janeiro de 2012

Internet móvel e educação - Moçambique

conmoz.org

Para beneficiar do progresso das novas tecnologias não basta criar as condições e pensar que as pessoas automaticamente vão usar os serviços dispóniveis, sem perceber e ligar o acesso à internet móvel com o próprio benefício. Isto não é um assunto sobre aptidão informática – ser capaz de usar um computador – como hoje em dia a maioria dos centros de formação informática oferece ao público. A questão mais certa é como enquadrar a aprendizagem no contexto social da vida real das pessoas.

Acedido através de Mobile internet use in LDCs: Not minutes, but megabytes

WSIS Knowledge Communities

Nevertheless, a recent conversation between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates showed that they agreed that computer had made less impact on schools that on media and medicine. Already in 1996, Steve Jobs, interviewed for Wired Magazine, stated that: “I used to think that technology could help education. I've probably spearheaded giving away more computer equipment to schools than anybody else on the planet. But I've had to come to the inevitable conclusion that the problem is not one that technology can hope to solve. What's wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent”.

Do IT really improve education? (Dez. 2011)

WSIS Knowledge Communities