Metaliteracy



Metaliteracy

 Metaliteracy is a pedagogical model that focuses on an individual’s method of learning and participating in today’s complex information environment. It is an overarching literacy that emphasizes the impact that Web 2.0 and social media, in particular, have had on learning and literacy, including increased opportunities for authorship and collaboration (T. P. Mackey & Jacobson, 2011)

 Metaliteracy, when originally developed, was a reaction to dated conceptions of information literacy. Tom Mackey and I felt that there needed to be a recognition of the ground-breaking changes in the information environment not reflected in the consumer-oriented information literacy definitions.

 Metaliteracy has a set of goals and learning objectives (also translated from English into a number of languages) that draw on four learning domains (metacognitive, affective, cognitive, and behavioral). It posits roles (as seen in the outer ring of the figure below) and characteristics for metaliterate learners.

 The source for more details and news about metaliteracy is our blog. 
ml learner figure
The Metaliterate Learner Figure by Tom Mackey, Trudi Jacobson, and Roger Lipera
(https://metaliteracy.org/ml-in-practice/what-is-metaliteracy/)
Reference
Mackey, T. P., & Jacobson, T. E. (2011). Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy. College & Research Libraries, 72(1), 62–78. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl-76r1


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