MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
Chapter 3: Information Literacy
Lesson 1: Defines information needs, locates, accesses, assesses, organizes, and communicates
information.
Questions:
Why do we need information? To be updated with the news, for learning/education purposes,
for communication, to acquire knowledge and needed for decision- making.
Where do you search information? - internet, newspaper, television, library
How do you acquire or store information?
How do you use information that you have?
How will you communicate information? – announcement, post, social media
Information literacy – a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate and use information
in the most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains, occupations and professions. It refers
to the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and
communicate information in its various formats.
-is increasingly important in the contemporary environment of rapid technological change and
proliferating information resource because of the escalating complexity of this environment, individual
faced with diverse abundant information choices – in their academic studies, in the work place and their
personal lives.
An information Literate Individual
Determine the extent information needed
Access needed information
Evaluation information and its sources critically
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
Understand the economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use and access of information.
Stage/elements of Information Literacy
1. Identifying/recognizing information needs
2. Determining the sources of information
3. Citing or searching information
4. Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
5. Organizing, storing or archiving information
6. Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way.
7. Creating and communicating new knowledge
Information Literate Skills
Skills required to be information literate require an understanding of:
A need for information – recognizing that information is needed understanding why information
is needed, what kind of information is required, as well as any associated constraints,
recognizing that information
Understanding availability- identify the resources are available for exploitation, where they are,
how to access them, the merits of individual resource types, and when it is appropriate to use
them
Understanding how to find information – ability to search appropriate resources effectively and
identify relevant information.
Understanding the need to evaluate results – be able to evaluate information for its
authenticity, accuracy, currency, value and bias.
Understanding how to work with or exploit results – to understand, compare, combine,
annotate, and apply the information found.
Understand ethics and responsibility of use – know why information should be used in a
responsible, culturally sensitive and ethical manner.
Understand how to communicate or share your findings – ability to communicate share
information in a manner or format that is appropriate to the information, the intended audience
and situation.
Quiz
1. Why is information literacy important?
a. Because of the rapid technological change
b. Because of proliferating information resources
c. Because individuals are face with diverse, abundant information choice.
d. All of these are correct
2. In being information literate, what reasons pose a great challenge to the society?
a. Information accessibility
b. Expanding quantity of information
c. Uncertain quality of information
d. All of these are correct
3. What enables the learner to master a content and extend their investigations and assume
greater control over their own learning?
a. Information Literacy c. Digital Literacy
b. Media Literacy d. None of these is correct
4. What does information literate individual able to do?
a. Determine the extent of information needed
b. Access the needed information effectively and efficiently.
c. Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
d. All of these are correct.
5. What kind of understanding does information literacy skills require?
a. Understanding how to find information
b. Understanding the need of information
c. Understanding availability
d. All of these re correct
6. What constraints should be considered when recognizing the need for information?
a. Access c. Time
b. Format d. All of these are correct
7. Not all search engines offer the same facilities. What understanding of information literacy does
it refer?
a. Understanding availability c. Understanding how to find information
b. Understanding the need to evaluate results d. None of these is correct
8. What are the different gatekeepers of information resources?
a. Library’s filtering system
b. Computer access
c. Parents
d. All of these are correct
9. What understanding of information literacy refers to identify relevant information?
a. Understanding the need to evaluate results
b. Understanding how to work with results
c. Understanding how to find information
d. None of these is correct
10. In finding information, how does an information literate person acquire information?
a. Browsing c. Scanning
b. Monitoring d. All of these are correct
