Category Archives: Metaliteracy

Comments Welcomed on Revised Metaliteracy Goals and Learning Objectives

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The original set of four goals and accompanying learning objectives were developed in 2014 by members of the Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative with valuable input by others, as indicated in the Additional Contributors section of the Goals and Learning Objectives page. Over the course of the last several years, there have been significant changes in our information environment and with social media in particular, and in the ways that people interact with them. We felt that it was time to review the goals and learning objectives in depth. What followed were changes both substantive and minor, as well as some reorganization.

We invite you to review and comment on these changes through the Reply feature at the bottom of Goals and Learning Objectives page. We also welcome suggestions. Our goal is to finalize the revision by September 15. Thank you.

Recording of Metaliteracy Presentation at LSU Now Available Online

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The recent presentation by Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey at LSU entitled Teaching Metaliteracy in a Post-Truth World is now available online via YouTube. If you have any follow-up questions or comments be sure to contact us.

Thanks to Dr. Carol L. Barry, Director of the School of Library & Information Science, and everyone at LSU, for welcoming us to campus as part of the College of Human Sciences and Education’s Quality of Life Lecture Series. Special thanks to Dr. Edward Benoit III, Assistant Professor from the School of Library & Information Science, for working with his team on producing the video.

Metaliteracy Presentation at LSU

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Trudi Jacobson, Carol Barry and Tom Mackey

Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey presented Teaching Metaliteracy To Empower Learners in a Post-Truth World at Louisiana State University (LSU) on April 13. The School of Library and Information Science in association with the College of Human Sciences & Education at LSU sponsored the talk as part of the Quality of Life Lecture Series. Dr. Carol Barry, Director of the School of Library and Information Science at LSU, invited Trudi and Tom to discuss metaliteracy as a pedagogical response to fake news and the post-truth world. Trudi and Tom included research from their forthcoming book Metaliterate Learning in the Post-Truth World for ALA Publishing (to be published in fall 2018) and introduced the draft revision of the updated Metaliteracy Learning Goals and Objectives.

 

Draft Revision of the Metaliteracy Learning Goals and Objectives Now Open for Comment

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The metaliteracy learning goals and objectives have been revised for the first time since originally published in 2014. Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey will share the revised document as part of their next presentation, “Teaching Metaliteracy in the Post-Truth World,” at LSU’s School of Library & Information Science Quality of Life Series on Friday, April 13. The revision is also posted here on the Metaliteracy.org blog for wider distribution. Feel free to provide your feedback via the metaliteracy.org comments section. In many ways, this draft revision is a response to the challenges of today’s post-truth world, and supports the ethical and responsible production and sharing of information in social information environments, among many related metaliteracy tenets. All four of the original metaliteracy goals have been revised along with most of the associated learning objectives. The four domains of metaliteracy, including the affective, behavioral, cognitive, and metacognitive continue to inform the learning goals and objectives and are clearly identified in the revised document. We appreciate your feedback on this draft revision and will post any additional changes at metaliteracy.org as soon as we finalize the latest updates.

Metaliteracy Books Reviewed as part of Facet Publishing Series

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Metaliteracy in Practice

The peer-reviewed journal Research in Online Literacy Education (ROLE), published by the Global Society of Online Educators (GSOLE), posted book reviews for both Metaliteracy in Practice and Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners. ​Drew Virtue, assistant professor in the professional writing program in the Department of English at Western Carolina University wrote the reviews as part of the Facet Publishing Review Series on Digital Literacies. In his review of the edited book Metaliteracy in Practice, Virture wrote: “The most significant strength I found throughout the various chapters was the relationship between metaliteracy and metacognition. Metacognition was addressed explicitly or implied through a focus on critical reflection among all the authors.”

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As part of his review for the co-authored book Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners, Virtue concludes: “Mackey and Jacobson offer a foundational work that challenges how we understand literacy in the digital age. Furthermore, their argument for the need of metaliteracy is compelling. Metaliteracy is not only interesting but a necessary concept to understand the complexity of communication embedded within our continually evolving technologies—one that will help us, as teachers and librarians, help learners become more astute in their everyday lives.” We appreciate the thoughtful reviews by Drew Virtue and the support from Facet Publishing, the international publisher for both books in association with ALA Publishing in the United States.

Metaliteracy Keynote at ELES 2017 in Guadalajara, México

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Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey at ELES 2017

Tom Mackey and Trudi Jacobson presented a collaborative keynote on metaliteracy at this year’s ELES 2017 at the University of Guadalajara, México. This year’s Second Encounter of Reading in Higher Education focused on the theme Literacy and everyday life, and took place on November 23, 24 and 25 in Guadalajara Jalisco, México. The conference featured experts from around the world, including Yolanda Gayol, Peter Smagorinsky, Enrico Bocciolesi, and Felipe Garrido. The conference was held in association with the 2017 Guadalajara International Book Fair, the second largest book fair in the world.

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Tom and Trudi at the University of Guadalajara’s public library

Metaliteracy: Reflective and Empowered Lifelong Learning, Tom and Trudi’s keynote, defined metaliteracy as a lifelong learning practice, and how it complements/extends literacy. The presentation also explored the applicability of the learning goals and objectives, and discussed the metaliteracy learning projects, including the competency based digital badging system and three MOOCs. In addition to the presentation, Tom’s and Trudi co-authored a paper for the conference proceedings.

Metaliteracy Featured as part of ICDE 2017 Panel in Toronto

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Members of the Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative participated in the ICDE World Conference for Online Learning Teaching in a Digital Age– Re-thinking Teaching & Learning on Wednesday October 18, 2017. Tom Mackey attended in person and Kelsey O’Brien participated virtually via ZOOM based on a presentation that included contributions from Michele Forte and Trudi Jacobson.

The presentation, entitled Designing for Connectedness and Openness: Advancing Metaliterate Learning through MOOCs and Digital Badging, explored outcomes from the recent paper published by this team in Open Praxis.

Panel presentation at the ICDE World ConferenceThe ICDE 2017 panel presentation was included in the session Badges and Alternative Credentials for Learning and also included Wayne Mackintosh, UNESCO – ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources, OER Foundation, Burt Lo, Director II of Digital Curriculum & Instructional Technology, Stanislaus County Office of Education, and Alexandra Pickett, Director, Center for Online Teaching Excellence, Open SUNY, State University of New York (SUNY).