workshop and presentation at the European Conference on Information Literacy in Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013 (http://www.ecil2013.org/index.php/page,109,workshops)
1. From Information Literacy to
Mobile Information Literacy:
Supporting Students’
Research and Information
Needs in a Mobile World
Stefanie Havelka
Assistant Professor
Electronic Resources – Web Services Librarian
Lehman College, The City University of New York
Bronx, New York, USA
8. Mobile isn't just 'mobile’.
It's also the couch, the kitchen, the
three-hour layover, all places where
we have time and attention to spare.
Josh Clark/
http://www.creativebloq.com/josh-clark-why-jakob-nielsen-wrong-mobile-4124168
Myth of Mobile User
9.
10. Any activity that allows
individuals to be more
productive when consuming,
interacting, or creating
information, mediated
through a compact digital
portable device…
Clark N. Quinn in The Mobile Academy
Mobile Learning
12. We are called on as teachers
to teach them how to use
these technologies effectively
[…]
Teaching mobile web literacy
seems to me as crucial as
teaching basic literacy.
David Parry. Mobile perspectives: On teaching mobile literacy.
Mobile Literacy
20. Teach students and faculty
how to
use mobile apps and mobile
websites
to access, retrieve, evaluate
and use reliable information
Mobile Information Literacy
21. Andrew Walsh in Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services: A Handbook
Mobile Information Literacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_broadband_Internet_subscriptionsWhat it means put it inhttp://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/b#mobilebroadbandAccording to the The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialized agency of the United Nations There were 2.1 billion mobile Web users in the world at the end of 2012. That is 29.5 percent of the global population.• Mobile-broadband subscription outnumber fixed broadband subscriptions 3:1.• In developed countries mobile-broadband users often also have access to a fixed-broadband connection, but in developing countries mobile broadband is often the only access method available to people.IFLA also recently emphasized the importance of mobile technologies and they said [next slide]
One-shot class geared toward Lehman honors students (45 minutes)For example Freshman Year Initiative classes to search on mobile devices (instead of traditional desktop searching)Students are encouraged to use own devices but library Ipads specific for learningTaught different classes, also subject oriented classes, africanamerican studies class etc left the libraryInteractive teaching – les lecture style more involved – teacher is at the same level as student, collaborative teachiingAs part of classes taught in 2012 I did a study – lets look at some results now [next slide]
Interactive teaching – les lecture style more involved – teacher is at the same level as studentOne thing the study did not yet do, and I hope to do this in future study is asses the learning of studentsSo the final thing I want to talk about before we start our workshop activities is [next slide]
Three questions max – all questions later or during the conference
