Voyage across a Constellation of Information
eBook - PDF

Voyage across a Constellation of Information

Information Literacy in Interest-Driven Learning Communities

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  1. 143 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Voyage across a Constellation of Information

Information Literacy in Interest-Driven Learning Communities

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About this book

What do orcs, elves, and information literacy have to do with each others? Find out in Voyage across a Constellation of Information as we take an in-depth look at information literacy practices (how people find, evaluate, and use information) in the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft and its online community. This book teases out real-world information literacy practices by following players as they solve their information needs through collective activity, relying on and building a set of individual and collective practices within the online community. Voyage across a Constellation of Information offers educators, information professionals, and researchers an opportunity to get an inside look at the new practices of digital spaces, and lays the groundwork for inclusion of these practices into 21st-century education.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Chapter One. The Affinity Space as an Information Source: The Constellation of Information 1
  5. Chapter Two. Information Literacy: A Mechanism for Charting the Constellation 15
  6. Chapter Three. Tools and Methods for Creating the Compass and Navigating the Constellations 43
  7. Chapter Four. An Individual’s Map to Navigating the Constellation 53
  8. Chapter Five. Synchronous and Asynchronous Information as a Part of the Constellation 71
  9. Chapter Six. Collective Intelligence: Navigating the Constellation 99
  10. Chapter Seven. From a Constellation to a Galaxy 119
  11. Notes 129
  12. Bibliography 131
  13. Index 139