Outcomes
Information access concerns both information literacy and information technology. These meet in the effective educational use of information through the integration of computer equipment, related technologies, software, and the skills necessary to create, locate, use, organise, present and evaluate traditional and electronic information. Information access emphasises attitudes and processes and rather than content.
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Information Access for students
Wanniassa Hills Information Skills Project (WHISP) is a structured approach to teaching students information literacy skills. They have provided "step-through" strategies with limited information sources for students. The research process is the fundamental focus of the project.
The scope of the Information Access perspective
Information literacy and information technology each have unique features. For instance, areas relevant to information literacy that are not linked to information technology include the use of information sources other than electronic ones. Similarly, areas unique to information technology include control technologies, robotics, data logging and programming. These issues are dealt with in more detail in the Information Access Curriculum Support Paper.
At the end of the course participants should have the ability to
- use electronic approaches to accessing information
- defining, locating, selecting, recording presenting and assessing information in an electronic environment.
- decide on the most appropriate source of information
- teach appropriate technological skills
- using computers
- Office concepts
- Netscape Concepts
Assessing and Evaluating
There is a need to clearly differentiate between assessing and evaluating.
Assessing
Assessment involves collecting information about student's performance for the purpose of describing and improving learning. It should focus on each step in the process used to complete the information task as well as on the content. It should involve all participant sin the learning experience. Self-assessment is an essential element of the learning processes, and therefor of both formative and summative assessment.Students are encourages to reflect on their progress throughput the information process.
Evaluation
Evaluation is done to make judgements about the effectiveness of teaching methods,, leaning tasks, resources , curriculum and organisational and management structures. It should involve all participants in the educational program.