This series of blog posts is about esoteric practices and how information literacy (critical thinking, source criticism and judgement) protects against rip-offs.
Read MoreDefining Information Competence
The goal of becoming information competent is to empower decision-making in the course of problem-solving by uncovering meaning. However this is not solely based on information but also on gut feeling and emotions. While gut feeling and emotions are broadly the subject of psychology, we are going to focus on dealing with information, as something outside brain, informing us about the world around us.
Read MoreUNESCO and Information Literacy – a Review
UNESCO: “What information literacy means is that understanding technologies is not enough. What everyone must also do is learn how to utilize those incredibly diverse and powerful technologies efficiently and effectively to search for, retrieve, organize, analyze, evaluate information and then use it for specific decision-making and problem-solving ends.”
Read MoreInformation Literacy in the ICT Culture
Caused by the change from a book-based culture to an ICT-based culture we need a new understanding of information literacy.
Read MoreWhat is News Literacy?
News Literacy is defined as the development of critical thinking skills applied to judge the reliability and credibility of information, whether it comes via print, radio, television or the Internet.
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