Metaliteracy in Practice

by Trudi E. Jacobson (Editor), Thomas P. Mackey (Editor)

In their earlier book Metaliteracy, the authors offered an original framework for engaging learners as reflective and collaborative participants in today's complex information environments. Now, they move that comprehensive structure for information literacy firmly into real-world practice, highlighting the groundbreaking work of librarians and faculty who are already applying the metaliteracy model in distinctive teaching and learning settings. Representing multiple disciplines from a range of educational institutions, this book explores:

relationships among metaliteracy, digital literacy, and multimodal literacy;

incorporating the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education;

the metaliteracy model and emerging technologies;

flexible course design and social media;

students as creators of information;

application of metaliteracy in specialized environments, such as nursing education;

metaliteracy and institutional repositories;

LibGuides as a student information creation tool;

the metacognitive dimension of research-based learning;

metaliteracy as empowerment in undergraduate learning outcomes;

agency and the metaliterate learner; and

metaliteracy, agency, and praxis.

The case studies presented in this valuable resource demonstrate how librarians and educators can help students effectively communicate, create, and share information in today’s participatory digital environments.

256 pages, Paperback

Published November 24, 2015

Reviews

[Stella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kindle read - first metaliteracy book read

I think this book did really well in being consistent while showing a wide variety of applications for the metalit goals. While I'm familiar with and have extensively read the metalit website and goals, I still would have liked a refresher or something to refer back to while reading. Additionally a lot of the representations in this book did come from colleges or universities that had information literacy courses credited, or were embedded equally with a credited course, so there is lack of representations for organizations that run off of one shots. It had a lot of great ideas for assignments and activities as well, but really only if you have a lot of time with the students like a full course. However I felt as the topics flowed well together, except for the last chapter that was heavy in philosophical thought.

Overall I would recommend this to someone who is looking for ideas, or wanting to engaging in stimulating discussions around the ideas of metalit and the application of it.

[Catie Carlson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most case study books, it has some highly relevant studies that will be useful in your work and others that you may be more likely to reread closely to find application for yourself. I likely gave this a higher rating I do with most case study pieces because of the relevancy that metaliteracy has in the field today. It's still seems to be in its infancy in library land, so I'm still intrigued by literature that arrives.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewing for Information Today, December 2016