Global Media and Information Literacy week 2018 by Pam McKinney https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif A Padlet for staff and students at the University of Sheffield Information school to record their activities as part of the Global Media and Information Literacy week. en-us 2017-04-27 12:20:22 UTC 2023-02-07 02:34:32 UTC hello@padlet.com I decided to engage with GMIL week by teaching a family member about an aspect of LIS, one of the ways recommended on MOLE. In Week 3, we learnt about the information universe and I thought this might be quite a fun topic to explain to a complete novice to the information world so I spent some time explaining about information horizons and going through examples of where she has searched for information previously to map out her different zones, in a similar way to the activity we did for the course. She left our conversation enlightened about her information seeking skills and about what information horizons are, meaning she would think carefully the next time she needed information about where she would go first to find it. - Nathan Lobo https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296702456 2018-10-24 21:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296702456 I have tweeted #GlobalMILweek via my works Twitter feed (@UniWestLib) and then retweeted from my private account. aandersen12 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296859448 (Aimee Andersen)]]> 2018-10-25 10:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296859448 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296905698 When colleagues have asked what my course entails, I have tried to explain Information Literacy to them. Rather than having the basic opinion that they are able to search and find information, they then had the understanding that the process involved much more such as using different platforms to search, seeking opinions and separating real sources from fake.  

]]> 2018-10-25 13:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296905698 Tweets https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296980931 I have sent out a series of tweets and retweets from my library's twitter account to create awareness and to let students know what their library can do for them to improve their information literacy skills. 
Chantal van den Berg


]]> 2018-10-25 14:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/296980931 Different Views on Fake News https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297177545 I have had a interested in fake news over the last few months. I wanted to share with all of you five great Ted Talks on different peoples views Fake News. Also how  they analysis the problems of fake news on the internet. Some very interesting things to think about]]> 2018-10-25 20:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297177545 Global MIL Week on Twitter https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297371554 I watched Pam and Sharon's webinar about their research and shared this via my Twitter account. I have also been following the #boddigitalskills hashtag as a colleague from my time as a Bodleian trainee has been livetweeting from their talks about digital literacy in the workplace.
(Emily Pulsford)]]> 2018-10-26 13:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297371554 I re-tweeted the UNESCO tweet and tweeted about the academic liaison librarian service at our library and how they can help staff and students to develop their information literacy. https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297650397 Kelly Hetherington]]> 2018-10-27 14:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297650397 I introduced my parents to the concept of 'information literacy', and taught them a few of the Google search tips that we looked at earlier in the semester to give them an idea of what it can mean in practice. They hadn't heard of Boolean operators, and thought that they might be useful in the future. https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297684606 Tom Roberts]]> 2018-10-27 20:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297684606 Evaluating Information https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297693250 I shared this tutorial on evaluating information and spotting fake news to my public libraries Facebook group:
http://library.uvm.edu/guide_on_the_side/tutorial/evaluating-information
The articles used are quite funny but with a serious message, and some scary statistics!]]> 2018-10-27 21:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297693250 Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297700097 I have retweeted the following UNESCO's tweet: https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/1054470042136535041

As it sums up the key values of UNESCO and the purpose of GMIL Week. 

I have signed up to the event at the UCL Department of Information Studies-and will post a further Padlet after attending the talk highlighting the key themes and discussions. 

Maryam ]]> 2018-10-28 00:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297700097 I intend to use resources (when they become available) from Words are Stones to promote the group's messages in our secondary school library. https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297951771 Barbara T]]> 2018-10-29 11:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297951771 Petition & Tweet mwest110 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297982404 Malorie Blackman shared a tweet for a petition to protect library services by ringfencing government funding for libraries. I signed the petition and retweeted it with a short message to say why library services are so important.
 I have been discussing the importance of information literacy with friends and family.

Mary West]]> 2018-10-29 12:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/297982404 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/298142556 I have followed UNESCO on Twitter. I have also discussed issues with my team. Building critical thinking skills is something we are keen to champion so the website is a useful tool.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/298142556 Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/298535670 I attended the event held at UCL, hosted by the UCL Department of Information Studies on 29th October 2018. UCL students from this department discussed their dissertation projects which were based around information literacy. The projects highlighted various aspects of information literacy and information behavior of different populations and occupations. Their works focused on historical and contemporary contexts, and provided a useful and engaging insight into the world/s of information literacy. I tweeted about the event today, at #GlobalMILWeek. 

Maryam ]]> 2018-10-30 14:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/298535670 https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299289467 To get my colleagues thinking about their own information literacy, I sent out an e-mail with a few thinking points (one inspired about the information horizons task we did a few weeks back). 

(Laura Ward) ]]> 2018-11-01 10:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299289467 Celebrating Examples of Information Literacy in Practice https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299294917 While working in a public library on Saturday during Global MIL week, I was reminded how important the role of library staff is in supporting the public with their information literacy skills. An example of my work on that day included supporting a user to locate specific information on a local council's website. During this week, I signed and retweeted a link to a government petition to ring-fence public library funding in the UK.

I have also been celebrating some examples of information literacy teaching in my other workplace, an academic library, by liking tweets that promote them on Twitter. Examples include a 1-minute tutorial on using the new LibrarySearch interface created with iorad.com and the following video.

(Karen Butcher)
https://twitter.com/biblio_karen

Video: How to find your reading list books (Royal Holloway University of London)]]> 2018-11-01 10:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299294917 Promoting Global Media and Information Literacy Week https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299384127 To promote #GlobalMILWeek 2018, I have retweeted a tweet from Twitter's @Nonprofits account with a comment. The tweet presents a series of slides that summarise selected tips and information provided by participants at @UNESCO's #GlobalMILWeek conference.

I have also tweeted a link to #GlobalMILWeek information on UNESCO's website. 

(Karen Butcher)]]> 2018-11-01 14:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/299384127 Conversations on Conversations on Social Media https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/300055221
Global MIL week coincided with the CILIP Scotland conference, where I was fortunate to hear a very interesting talk by Dr Jennifer Jones on 9 aspects of social media that are shaping public conversation. Within my own circles on Facebook, I linked to her (publically shared) slides, along with two recently published newspaper articles on far right activity and misinformation which practically illustrated some of these issues, encouraging friends to consider and discuss, and making them aware of the MILClicks initative.
KL]]> 2018-11-03 12:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pamann75/h23e2eno0lif/wish/300055221