INFORMATION LITERACY IN HIGHER
EDUCATION: POLICY AND PRACTICE IN
TAIWAN Mei-Mei Wu, Ph.DProfessor, Graduate Institute of Library and Information
Studies
National Taiwan Normal University
吳美美 (Mei-Mei Wu) (CC) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.2012
2012 ALA Annual Conference How Taiwan is Maximizing Information Services through Public Libraries, Digitalization, LIS Education, Information Literacy, Library Assc. & Globalizing, Anaheim Conventional Center 202C, 20120625 8:00-10:00.
Outline2
Background -- An information Literacy Environment in Taiwan
Government’s efforts Making online course standards and online
course accreditation IL course as liberal Art Education
Phase one contribution Phase two contribution
Teaching Information Literacy in Higher Education
Closing remarks
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Information Literacy Publication profile1989 to 2011
A total of 597 publications since1989 to 2011,
among them, 253 journal papers and 344 thesis
.
1994 2000 20052010
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Some flavor: A similar trend
ERIC
CEPS
GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS 1
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Government’s Efforts 26
Promoting Information Literacy related courses
Make three IL related courses as the core in Liberal
Arts education in colleges and universities
Library and Information Literacy (LIL) is one of the
three courses
Phase One: Developing 18 units of Digital Learning Materials (2008-2010)
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Digital Learning Materials in MOE’s UPS
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Phase Two: Promoting Information Literacy related courses – (Project 2010-11)
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(1) COORDINATE TASK FORCE TEAM
Ten faculties in ten universitie
s and colleges from island
wide participate in the Task
Force Team. Participatory
faculty is required to select
at least six modules from
MOE’s DLM for their course
design and to participate
monthly meetings.
MONTHLY MEETINGS ONLINE ON SITE
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Ten faculties from ten universities/ colleges
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(2) ONLINE COURSE TEACHING AND ACCREDITATION
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Use Moodle as Platform13
Use of Pre- and Post- Questionnaires
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(3) DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING MATERIALS15
(4) NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS Program to Share New Knowledge
• Experience Sharing: Apply the 18 Modules into
Literal Arts Courses
• Design and Production of DLO
• Problem-Based Learning Approach to
Instructional Design
• Facilitate Social Network
• Certification of DLO and Online Course
• Creative Commons in DLO
Program to Share New Technical tools • Virtual World: Second Life
• Video Conferencing: JoinNet and Adobe Connect
• DLM Design Tool: PowerCam
• DLM Design Tool: Adobe Captivate
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CLOSING REMARKS17
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Thank You for Listening
Questions and Comments ?Mei-Mei Wu, Ph.DProfessor, Graduate Institute of Library and Information StudiesNational Taiwan Normal University
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