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Valuing information

Subjectivity. Objectivity. Intersubjectivity. Valuing information. Most definitions of IL treat the learner as the agent and evaluator of an infor- mation search. They therefore privilege the subjective valuing of information. However, we also value information in objective and

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Valuing information

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  1. Subjectivity Objectivity Intersubjectivity Valuing information Most definitions of IL treat the learner as the agent and evaluator of an infor- mation search. They therefore privilege the subjective valuing of information. However, we also value information in objective and intersubjective ways.

  2. Subjectivity Objectivity Intersubjectivity Objective value We value information objectively when we judge it against scientific measures of validity or reliability. Omit this scheme of value and we risk found information (and knowledge formed from it) becoming counterknowledge (Thompson 2008).

  3. Subjectivity Objectivity Intersubjectivity Intersubjective value Intersubjective forms of value are created consciously or unconsciously by communities. They include morals, laws, economics etc. Objectivity Omit these and found information may be relativist, making no reference to things like ethics, community needs (workplace or local), etc.

  4. Subjectivity Objectivity Intersubjectivity Subjective value Subjective value is the realm of personal calculations of need, as well as considera- tions such as aesthetics, prior experience etc. Objectivity Intersubjectivity Omit it, and we risk ‘groupthink’ or ‘battery cognition’ (Blaug 2007): an inability to distinguish our cognition from that of the organisation or community

  5. Subjectivity Objectivity Intersubjectivity Holism Because of the risks posed by these three pathologies of information processing: * groupthink * relativism * counterknowledge; Objectivity Intersubjectivity ...all three forms of value must be accounted for by the information literate person

  6. The 6 frames of IL • Among the few schemes of IL teaching to address this holism is Bruce, Edwards and Lupton’s Six Frames of Information Literacy (2007). • This was developed following research into the different ways IL was viewed by learners and practitioners.

  7. Five of the 6 frames...

  8. Learning to learn Content Social impact And the 6th? The sixth frame - the relational frame - brings the other five together Personal relevance Learners working in the sixth frame develop the ability to move between the other five frames as appropriate Competency

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