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UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies

UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies. Howard Besser UCLA School of Education & Information http://www.infolit.gseis.ucla.edu/ http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard. Additional Comments: Content Access Issues for Haves vs. Have-Nots. Costly Content Disappearing Public Domain

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UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies

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  1. UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Howard Besser UCLA School of Education & Information http://www.infolit.gseis.ucla.edu/ http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard

  2. Additional Comments:Content Access Issues for Haves vs. Have-Nots • Costly Content • Disappearing Public Domain • Locked-Up content • Commodificaiton of Information • Disintermediation • Preservation Failures

  3. UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies- • The Problem and Issues • Project Dates & Staff • The User • Adaptive Systems • Summit • Policy

  4. 21st Century Literacies • Information Literacy • Visual Literacy • Media Literacy • Cultural Literacy • ...

  5. The Problem and Issues • If we solve Access Problem (technology, bandwidth, training), other impediments to an informed citizenry still remain • Need critical evaluation of resources (reliability, authoritativeness, thoroughness, recency) • Need skills to pare down from information overload • Need critical thinking skills

  6. Project Dates & Staff • Summer 1999-Dec 2000 • $1 million • Co-Directed by Aimée Dorr and Howard Besser • October 21, 2000 Summit • Summit planning involves 20 people from Pacbell & UCLA • Rest of project primarily UCLA • Coordinator Sheila Afnan-Manns (afnanmanns@gseis.ucla.edu)

  7. The User • Evaluative bibliography of literature and projects • Analysis of what we know thusfar from several different perspectives (curriculum design, library services, critical theory, information retrieval, user-centered design, …) • Examining model curriculum

  8. Design Issues • Examine factors that inhibit efficient and effective use of an information system • Examine how best to design systems to match the literacy levels, technological capabilities, and other characteristics of the user • Principles, Practices, and Guidelines for Good Design for Facilitating Access (screen design, searhcing & navigation, metadata & description, info structures & organization, usability testing, …) • Build Adaptive Systems-

  9. Build Adaptive Systems • Build Systems that adapt the same back-end information to different user profiles (different knowledge bases, different technical capabilities, different cognitive structures) • User profiles may include advanced researcher in a particular subject area, general undergraduate student, high school student, … • Different profiles will need different user interfaces, navigation, searching vocabulary, file formats and sizes, ...

  10. SummitOct 21, 2000 • Bring widespread attention to the underlying issues • 500 professionals from education, librarianship, public policy, and industry • Snappy video to highlight the problems • Exhibits and poster sessions explaining related projects throughout the country • Big Name speakers

  11. Policy • information literacy standards • issues related to the "Digital Divide” • privacy and ownership concerns • ...

  12. UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Howard Besser UCLA School of Education & Information http://www.infolit.gseis.ucla.edu/ http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard

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