Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

You may have spotted a piece in The Guardian last week offering hints and tips on how to “search like a pro” using Google (you might also be interested in checking out this critique of their tips). Thing is, despite its ubiquity in terms of how we talk about the internet, Google isn’t the only…

As a research student you probably are already doing a lot of research in Google Scholar which you should given the power and reliability of this academic search engine. The strength of Scholar, however, lies in the numerous hidden features that are usually overlooked by many students. These features enable you to conduct smart and targeted search queries that can potentially return accurate results with the minimum time possible. 

Traditional versus Digital Literacy How do you know what strategies are appropriate for teaching traditional literacy? Are the strategies different than those that promote digital literacy? We all ...

Google Scholar is among the best scholarly search engines online yet only a few select of educators know its secrets.As a rule of thumb that applies to all Google products, the effective use of any service from Google s can only be achieved through mastering its deep and hidden features. We have seen in the previous post how filtering a Google search using the keyword " digital literacy " reduced the generated results from 430.000.000 to 90.000.000 which eliminated so much of junk information that could cost you a lot of time going through it. I believe  information literacy is a skill that every teacher should master and teach his/her students about. In this regard and to help teachers leverage the potential of Google services in their teaching , Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has recently started out a series of  illustrative guides that addresse those particular things that educators need to know in order to better manipulate their " Googling" experience.

Brandi Young defines digital literacy and describes eight ways educators can incorporate digital literacy into their classrooms

Learn How To Make Students Better Online Researchers. Getting kids to really focus on what exactly they are searching for, and then be able to further distill idea into a few key specific search terms is a skill that we must teach students.

Presenting information, data, or library instruction content, in appealing and innovative formats offers librarians opportunities to engage students and library users in services, resources, and in...

Different teaching styles appeal to different types of students. Despite popular opinion, I know folks who do really well with lecture-based courses. Perhaps they’re just really well adapted to how most of our educational system works. Or perhaps they’re just some of the few who do really well with that instead of a more hands-on …

Do you remember learning to tie your shoes? Or learning to bake a cake? Or learning to read? I'm guessing you did not learn by watching a video or listening to a lecture. You learned by being shown,