Literacies

Learn about the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy.

Our goal is to establish national standards for incorporating maker literacies into cross-disciplinary, hands-on learning experiences.

Guide including Curriculum Toolkits and Repositories, gathered by Experiential Learning Commons team

Article by Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson
Social media environments and online communities are innovative collaborative technologies that challenge traditional definitions of information literacy. Metaliteracy is an overarching and self-referential framework that integrates emerging technologies and unifies multiple literacy types. This redefinition of information literacy expands the scope of generally understood information competencies and places a particular emphasis on producing and sharing information in participatory digital environments.

Mackey, Thomas P., and Trudi E. Jacobson. Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2014.

Article by UTA team