About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: information literacy
Info Lit 106
Last week I saw a call for chapter proposals for a book in the Innovations in Information Literacy series on digital storytelling. I’ve been interested in the outside-the-box connections among information literacy and digital storytelling since I first became involved … Continue reading
of comprehension, context and compassion
The great Jane Secker published a list of student views of information literacy earlier today: I've now written up the post-its about what is Information Literacy and why it matters in a Google Doc: https://t.co/Qelx0oayql thanks so much to #citylis … Continue reading
Open and info lit
Today I woke up to find Digital literacy and democracy Rather a hastily-made blog post on digital literacy and democracy ahead of today’s NMC webinar #NMChz https://t.co/GNVIFvBIZM — Helen Beetham (@helenbeetham) February 22, 2017 I wish my hastily-made blog posts … Continue reading
There’s more to it…
As I wrote earlier, information literacy has been in the air lately. It’s a good thing from my perspective, as one who advocates for info lit. But it’s frustrating too, because people don’t seem to get what I’m talking about. … Continue reading
IL in the air
Information literacy has been in the air recently, due to a spate of election-related disinformation programs. That situation does offer plenty of real-life lessons in evaluating information sources, at least in my mind. Some might question my assessment: The abyss … Continue reading
ds106 sets the record straight
Someone in my Twitterverse retweeted a Washington Post article on the fake news problem that’s been going around. Google’s top news link for “final election results” goes to a fake news site with false numbershttps://t.co/tlYX4eJWTq — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November … Continue reading
My old school look
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the PA Forward Information Literacy Summit. I talked about Open Education and Information Literacy, my pet topic, using Open Educational Resources and the ACRL Framework as hooks. My main point is that … Continue reading
Information concepts
I’ve been thinking about the new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (PDF). I was never a big fan of the current ACRL Standards, mainly because I find them too unwieldy – 5 standards, 22 performance indicators, 71 outcomes, … Continue reading
Curtains for crime time
Our True Crime class has come to an end. As all of the students have been saying, it was a lot of work, but it was worth it. And it was worth it because of the students – the truecrimers … Continue reading
InfoLit in MOOCs
Eleni Zazani surveyed participants in the E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC on their information seeking habits, looking to see if they follow footnotes for further information, and what they do when that information is not openly accessible. The survey … Continue reading