There are connections between information literacy skills and the ability to access, evaluate and use quality information.
I’m involved with a professional learning community at Victoria called VicTeach. We recently ran a session about sustainability in teaching and learning in conjunction with Victoria’s sustainability office. The office focuses on the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). The SDGs cover a range of crucial global issues like hunger, climate change, equality, health, education, and justice.
I went to the workshop to look at how we could improve sustainability in the way we deliver our courses, and by connecting sustainability into our course content. I hadn’t previously thought about links between sustainability and information literacy, but during the workshop and discussion I came to consider how promoting IL supports the achievement of many of the SDGs. Goal #4- Quality Education – is always going to be central to school and university communities, but this is just one connection between the SDGs, and information literacy: for people to be able to…
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