This capability area is focused on how we find, use, and interpret information. In a networked world, there is a massive amount of information available from both free and subscription sources. It's important to know how to find information that is current, credible, and relevant to your information need. Equally important is the ability to critically evaluate information from a variety of sources. This capability area also looks at the skills required to effectively and ethically curate and reuse content, including assessing the provenance of content (where it originally came from) and attributing appropriately.
At University, you will predominantly be finding and evaluating information and data for your assessment tasks, evaluating its usefulness and relevance, and using it as evidence as you complete the assessment. This will often mean identifying appropriate scholarly sources in your discipline area. Some disciplines will require you to work with datasets and statistics, and interpret and curate the information within the dataset as evidence for your position. Through referencing and correct attribution of curated content, you will demonstrate your ability to use information and content ethically.
In a professional setting you will need to continue developing this capability, with many professions requiring the use of specialised information and data sources. Proper attribution of sources and recognition of provenance continues to be important as a way of respecting intellectual property.
UOW has a range of resources to get you started in this capability area:
Access the Information, Media and Data Literacy learning path on LinkedIn Learning for further resources in this area.
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(Taken from the JISC Digital Capabilities Framework, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.)
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