O.D.+2.3

Online Discussion 2.3 - Information Literacy

I thought Dr. Eisenberg’s video was excellent and a real inspiration as to why we should be encouraging research and information literacy within education.

**Reason to not:** 1) time consuming to do right, a waste of time to do wrong.

**Reason to:** I am a firm believer in information literacy instruction and have been able to witness the success of students who have been fortunate enough to receive such sessions within their education. Working with students in higher education, I know that it is a time consuming process, even at our level. However, if each year as students progress through elementary school and high school a new aspect of research and information literacy is presented it wouldn’t be such a daunting task. Students would be more confident in their skills and abilities and faculty will be able to focus on a smaller portion of the process rather than trying to focus on the entire picture. I agree with Dr. Eisenberg’s comments on proposing a solution, “teach to use information and technology effectively and efficiently, focus on the process and content, and encourage independent thinkers.” (Eisenberg) Students are going to use thee internet and other resources, why not start from the beginning and teach them these steps?

Information literacy helps build skills to help students be successful in their coursework and also teach life skills that will be transferable into future careers. Why cut our students short because we as instructors are not interested in putting in the time to teach them the proper way?