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“Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy
to Empower Learners”
90-minute workshop
Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 2:30pm Eastern
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Trudi E. Jacobson Thomas P. Mackey
Welcome!

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Today’s Webinar
1. What is Metaliteracy?
2. Trends in Social Media
3. Learning Objectives
4. Role in the Draft ACRL
Framework
5. From Theory to Practice
Case Study 1: Gen Ed IL
One Credit Course
Case Study 2: Digital
Storytelling Online Course
6. Metaliteracy Resources
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WHAT IS METALITERACY?
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Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information
Literacy to Empower Learners
(Mackey and Jacobson, 2014).
“Metaliteracy expands the scope
of traditional information skills
(determine, access, locate,
understand, produce, and use
information) to include the
collaborative production and
sharing of information in
participatory digital environments
(collaborate, participate, produce,
and share)” (p. 1).

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Figure developed by Mackey, Jacobson, & Roger Lipera
Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy: Reinventing
Information Literacy to
Empower Learners

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Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information
Literacy to Empower Learners
(Mackey and Jacobson, 2014).
“Metaliteracy is not about
introducing yet another literacy
format, but rather reinventing an
existing one, information literacy,
the critical foundation literacy that
informs many others while being
flexible and adaptive enough to
evolve and change over time” (p.
1-2).

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Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information
Literacy to Empower Learners
(Mackey and Jacobson, 2014).
“While literacy is focused on
reading and writing, and
information literacy has strongly
emphasized search and retrieval,
metaliteracy is about what
happens beyond these abilities to
promote the collaborative
production and sharing of
information” (p. 6).

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The meta in metaliteracy
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“…denoting change, transformation,
permutation, or substitution…”
“…a prefix to technical terms to denote
software, data, etc., which operate at a
higher level of abstraction.”
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Metacognition
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“cognition about cognition
or thinking about one’s
own thinking…”
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Thi
nker_Musee_Rodin.jpg
Metacognition in Learning and Instruction:
Theory, Research and Practice,
Hope J. Hartman (2002)

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TRENDS IN SOCIAL MEDIA
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Social Media Update
2013
• “73% of online adults now use social
networking sites”
• “42% of online adults now use multiple social
networking sites, but Facebook remains
platform of choice.”
• “71% of online adults are now Facebook users,
a slight increase from the 67% of online adults
who used Facebook as of late 2012.”
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Social-Media-Update/Main-Findings.aspx

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Creators and Curators
• Creators: “54% of adult internet users post
original photos or videos online that they
themselves have created.”
• Curators: “47% of adult internet users take
photos or videos that they have found online
and repost them on sites designed for sharing
images with many people.”
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Photos-and-videos/Main-Findings.aspx

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Horizon Report 2014: Key Trends
• Growing ubiquity of
Social Media (1-2 years)
• Integration of online,
hybrid and collaborative
learning (1-2 years)
• Rise of data driven
learning assessment (3-5
years)
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http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN-SC.pdf

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Horizon Report 2014: Key Trends
• Shift from students as
consumers to students as
creators (3-5 years)
• Agile approaches to
change (5+ years)
• Evolution of online
learning (5+ years)
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http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN-SC.pdf

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Horizon Report 2014: Challenges
• Digital fluency of faculty
• Lack of rewards for
teaching
• Competition from new
models of education
• Scaling teaching
innovations
• Expanding access
• Keeping education
relevant
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http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN-SC.pdf

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2012 Paris OER Declaration
“Bridge the digital divide by developing
adequate infrastructure, in particular,
affordable broadband connectivity,
widespread mobile technology and
reliable electrical power supply.”
“Improve media and information literacy
and encourage the development and use
of OER in open standard digital formats.”
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/
Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf

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https://opensuny.coursesites.com

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http://opensuny.org/omp/index.php/SUNYOpenTextbooks

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METALITERACY LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
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Figure developed by Mackey, Jacobson and Roger Lipera
Mackey and Jacobson (2014)
Metaliteracy: Reinventing
Information Literacy to
Empower Learners

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Metaliteracy Learning Objectives
Goal 1:
Evaluate content critically,
including dynamic, online
content that changes and
evolves, such as article
preprints, blogs, and wikis.
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http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/

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Goal 1 Learning Objectives
Behavioral and Cognitive
– Evaluate user response as an active researcher;
understand the differing natures of feedback
mechanisms and context in traditional and social
media platforms
– Place an information source in its context (for
example, author’s purpose, format of
information, and delivery mode) in order to
ascertain the value of the material for that
particular situation
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Goal 2:
Understand personal
privacy, information
ethics, and intellectual
property issues in
changing technology
environments
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http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/
Metaliteracy Learning Objectives

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Goal 3:
Share information and
collaborate in a variety of
participatory environments
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http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/
Metaliteracy Learning Objectives

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Goal 3 Learning Objectives
Metacognitive and
Cognitive
Demonstrate the ability to
translate information
presented in one manner
to another in order to best
meet the needs of
particular audiences;
Integrate information from
multiple sources into
coherent new forms
Affective and Behavioral
Effectively communicate
personal and professional
experiences to inform and
assist others; and recognize
that learners can also be
teachers
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Goal 4:
Demonstrate ability to
connect learning and
research strategies with
lifelong learning processes
and personal, academic,
and professional goals
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http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/
Metaliteracy Learning Objectives

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ROLE IN THE DRAFT ACRL IL
FRAMEWORK
Definition, knowledge practices, dispositions
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Current Draft
• Elements of metaliteracy learning objectives
integrated into knowledge practices/abilities
and dispositions
• Draft new definition of IL incorporating
elements from metaliteracy
• Metaliteracy is referenced in the new
introduction, as well as in Setting the Context

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New Definition (draft)
Information literacy is a repertoire of understandings,
practices, and dispositions focused on flexible
engagement with the information ecosystem,
underpinned by critical self-reflection. The repertoire
involves finding, evaluating, interpreting, managing,
and using information to answer questions and develop
new ones; and creating new knowledge through ethical
participation in communities of learning, scholarship,
and practice.

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Sample Knowledge Practices
Scholarship is a Conversation
Learners who are developing their information literate
abilities:
• Contribute to scholarly conversation at an
appropriate level (local online community, guided
discussion, undergraduate research journal,
conference presentation/poster session).
• Critically evaluate contributions made by others in
participatory information environments.
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Question Break
• Have you applied
elements of
metaliteracy in your
instruction?
• What challenges are
raised by these
changes?
• What are the rewards?
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FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Two case studies

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CASE STUDY 1: GEN ED IL COURSE
(ONE CREDIT)
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UNL205x Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
Core Metaliteracy Learning
Objectives
Supporting Coursework in
UNL205x
Provide a rationale for the idea that
not all information is created equal
Evaluate User Feedback as Active
Researcher, Create a Context for User-
generated Information, Evaluate
Dynamic Content Critically
Course readings, team application
exercises, blog posts, individual
assignments, online research guide
creation
Distinguish the differing strengths of
various types of information sources
Understand Format Type and Delivery
Mode
Course readings, team application
exercises, individual assignments,
online research guide creation
Locate efficiently a range of
appropriate information sources
Understand Format Type and Delivery
Mode
Team application exercises, individual
assignments, online research guide
creation
Critique information sources
considering appropriate evaluative
elements
Evaluate User Feedback as Active
Researcher, Create a Context for User-
generated Information, Evaluate
Course readings, team application
exercises, blog posts, individual
assignments, online research guide
creation
Create and share information
appropriate to a purpose using web-
based applications
Produce Original Content in Multiple
Media Formats
Share Information in Participatory
Environments
Individual web-based discovery and
creation projects, team application
exercises, online research guide
creation
Analyze the importance of
information-related topics in today’s
world
Understand Personal Privacy,
Information Ethics and Intellectual
Property Issues
Assigned videos, blog postings, class
discussions, online research guide
creation
Table 6.1: Mapping Core Metaliteracy Learning Objectives for UNL205x

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Aligning Learning Objectives
Course
Create and
share using
web
applications
ML
Produce
original
content in
multiple
formats
Application
Individual
contribution
to
scholarly
conversation
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Assignment
Use a Web-based social media tool such as
Glogster, Voki, Go Animate, Timetoast, or
another tool of your choice to enhance the
information your team has found on its topic.
This project is initially an individual project. Be
creative yet informative in creating a new
information source. Present something new, fill
in gaps, comment, analyze. Do not rehash.
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Tools Created
• Videos
• Lesson Plan (Fishtree)
• Glogster Page
• Word Cloud
• Timeline
• Survey
• Concept Map
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Reflection on the Social Media
Project (Metacognition)
What did the process of doing this assignment
feel like? Was it empowering? Traumatizing?
Interesting? Challenging? And will you do
something like this again (or have you done it
before?)
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SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT
REFLECTION
Completed on social media
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Aligning Learning Objectives
Course
Create and
share using
web
applications
ML
Share in
participatory
environments
Application
Team-based
research
guide
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Team Project from Fall 2012

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Aligning with the Draft ACRL IL
Framework
• Team assignment connected with the
Scholarship is a Conversation frame
• Students provided with brief definition and
the learning objectives
• Teams were asked to develop a lesson plan
that would teach first year students about this
concept
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Scholarship is Conversation Teaching
Module (Team Slytherin)

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Aligning Learning Objectives
Course
Distinguish
differing
strengths of
types of info
sources
ML
Understand
format type
and delivery
mode
Application
Exercise
comparing
information
types
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Exercise that didn’t quite work
• Find one text and one visual (infographic)
information source on the increase of
information available with the advent of the
Internet
• You want to make sure that both are sources that
have value. Jot down the criteria you used to
determine their value. (There might be one list
that applies to both, but you might also include
criteria that only apply to text, or to the
visualization).
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CASE STUDY 2: DIGITAL
STORYTELLING (ONLINE)
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What is Digital Storytelling?
“Digital stories are currently
created using nearly every digital
device in an ever-growing toolbox.
They are experienced by a large
population. Their creators are
sometimes professionals, and also
amateurs. They can be deeply
personal, or posthumanly
otherwise, fiction and nonfiction,
brief or epic, wrought from a
single medium or sprawling across
dozens” (Alexander, 2011, p. 3).
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Digital Storytelling Learning
Objectives
Metaliteracy Learning
Objectives
Coursework in Digital
Storytelling
Students will learn about the theory
and practice of digital storytelling across
a range of media.
Understand Format Type and Delivery
Mode
Course readings and online discussions,
virtual field trips
Students will learn about different
applications of digital storytelling that
have emerged and how these
applications can be adapted to their
professional work as well as their
personal lives and those of their clients.
Produce Original Content in Multiple
Media Formats
Course readings and online discussions,
virtual field trips, and the creation of
original story projects
Students will learn about personal
storytelling and how it can be
implemented with digital media.
Understand Personal Privacy,
Information Ethics and Intellectual
Property Issues
Virtual field trips, and the creation of
original story projects
Students will learn about effective
digital design.
Produce Original Content in Multiple
Media Formats
Course readings and online discussions,
virtual field trips, and the creation of
original story projects
Students will learn about new tools and
frameworks for storytelling with digital
media.
Produce Original Content in Multiple
Media Formats, Share Information in
Participatory Environments
Virtual field trips, and the creation of
original story projects
Students will be able to critically assess
digital storytelling projects that they
encounter.
Evaluate User Feedback as Active
Researcher, Create a Context for User-
generated Information, Evaluate
Dynamic Content Critically
Course readings and online discussions,
virtual field trips, digital storytelling
rubric, and the creation of original story
projects
Table 7.1: Mapping the Metaliteracy Model to Digital Storytelling

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http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu
Sample Rubric: http://sites.fcps.org/trt/sites/default/files/SampleRubric.pdf

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Metacognitive Questions
• What inspired you to tell this story? Why is it
important?
• Who was your intended audience? What emotions did
you intend to evoke (if any)?
• What was your creative process during the activity?
• What technical considerations helped or hindered the
project?
• What did you find most challenging? What was the
highlight of the experience for you?
• What did you learn that will assist you in developing
future digital stories?
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Nicola Allain, Digital Storytelling, SUNY Empire State College

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METALITERACY OPEN EDUCATION
RESOURCES (OERS)
MOOCS, Badging, Blog
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Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC)
ConnectivistMOOCs
Real world
environment
Online communities
Interactive video
conferences
Integrating social
media
Synchronous and
asynchronous
Lifelong learning or
credit?
X-MOOCs
Common platform
Defined Modules
High end video
Online discussions
“Business model”
Learning analytics
Asynchronous
Professional
certificates or credit?

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http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com
MOOC

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MOOC Talk: Bryan Alexander and Nicola Allain
Metaliteracy MOOC
http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com

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MOOC Talk: Paul Prinsloo, UNISA, South Africa
Metaliteracy MOOC
http://metaliteracy.cdlprojects.com

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Innovative Instruction
Technology Grant (IITG)
+
“Designing Innovative Online Learning: Integrating
a Coursera MOOC with Open SUNY Badging”
http://commons.suny.edu/iitg/designing-innovative-online-learning-
integrating-a-coursera-mooc-with-open-suny-badging/
Our next project…

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Master
Evaluator
Content
Analysis
Search
Queries
Info.
Sources
Database
Searching
Evaluation
Points
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Packaging
& Sharing
Format
Mode
Perpectives
&
Responses
Author's
Voice
Degrees of
Separation
Giving
Credit
Collab-
orative
Creation
Speaking
Out
Informed
Consumer
Individual
Creation
Peer
Review
User
Response
Master Evaluator Badge
Feedback
Mechanisms

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http://metaliteracy.org

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QUESTIONS?
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Trudi E. Jacobson, M.L.S., M.A.
Distinguished Librarian
Head, Information Literacy Department
University Libraries
University at Albany, SUNY
Tom Mackey, Ph.D.
Dean
Center for Distance Learning
Empire State College, SUNY