21st Century Information Fluency

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21st Century Information Fluency Project
Online Course Kickoff
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Agenda

• Introductions
• Project Overview
• Course Overview and Instructors Expectations
• QA

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21st Century Information Fluency Project

• The goal of this program is to build the capacity
  of librarians, educators and students in Illinois
  to
• Locate
• Evaluate
• Ethically use digital information resources
• Funded by a Grant from the US Department of
  Education, Funds for the Improvement of Education
• Envisioned as a 3-5 year project to work with
  1200 Middle and High Schools in Illinois. We are
  now in our 4th year
• Create a National Model

Orientation
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21st Century Information Fluency

• Information Literacy can be defined as the
  ability to locate, evaluate and use information
• 21st Century Information Fluency is a sub-set of
  Information Literacy that is the combination of
  aspects of Information Literacy and Technology
  Literacy that people need to locate, evaluate and
  use digital information resources - efficiently,
  effectively and ethically
• We call it fluency rather than literacy to
  emphasize that the abilities involved are more
  than basic abilities

Orientation
Traditional Library Skills
Technology Skills
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What to Expect After the Class?

• We will be contacting you to see how things are
  going in your efforts to share what you have
  learned in your school
• We always welcome your input as to how we can be
  of help

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Contact Us!
URL http//21cif.imsa.edu General info
21cif_at_imsa.edu Dan Balzer dbalzer_at_imsa.edu Carl
Heine heine_at_imsa.edu Bob Houston
rhouston_at_imsa.edu Dennis OConnor
doconnor_at_imsa.edu Gautam Saha gsaha_at_imsa.edu
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you!
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