Open AccessLearning to discover: Youth information literacy in the “i” digital age
Author(s) -
Bilal Dania,
Erdelez Sanda,
Beheshti Jamshid,
Todd Ross J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901097
Subject(s) - information behavior , information seeking , information literacy , computer science , information seeking behavior , process (computing) , world wide web , digital literacy , distraction , population , information age , data science , internet privacy , multimedia , human–computer interaction , psychology , information retrieval , cognitive psychology , sociology , demography , economy , economics , operating system
Today's digital information environment is rich with varied types of information that is available anytime, anywhere at a user's fingertips. While children and young adults constitute a high percent of the online population worldwide and are being characterized as “savvy,” or “born digital,” there is a need to examine how what has been considered a “distraction” in using the web can be transformed into valuable information that these young users are enable to capture and use at a later time. Existing models of information behavior in traditional environments may allow us to predict certain aspects of young users' information seeking. However, most of these models do not account for information discovery or information encountering that occurs throughout the information seeking process. In this panel, researchers will discuss the changing nature of teaching, learning, and capturing young users' information behaviors in the “I” digital environment. They will propose ways for developing holistic understanding of young users' information behavior processes that encapsulate information discovery and digital inquiry.