“Information literacy” is a hot term — and, in the eyes of most educators, a very important concept. But it’s not a buzzword that captures the imagination of college students, according to Diana G. Oblinger, a vice president of Educause, a nonprofit association that promotes the use of information technology in academe.
“I don’t think students think in terms of information literacy,” Ms. Oblinger said today during a live Chronicle chat. “But students do recognize that they need to find information. What they probably don’t realize, until someone helps them reflect on the world, is just how complicated it can be to find good information that helps them address the problem they’re trying to solve.”
Read a complete transcript of the chat, during which Ms. Oblinger shared her thoughts on why information literacy is important and how it can best be taught.
