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Beyond Information Literacy
Using Variation to determine Informational Thresholds
Dr Alison RuthAcademic Curriculum DesignerFaculty of Business, Economics and [email protected]
Dr Jeannie DanielsAcademic Language and Literacy LecturerCurriculum Teaching and Learning [email protected]
Dr Luke HoughtonLecturerInformation Systems and ManagementGriffith Business [email protected]
How do we get to informational thresholds?
Threshold concepts are said to be
transformative – they cause a ‘significant shift’
irreversible – they are likely to be irreversible
integrative – they show hidden intereconnections
bounded – they help to define conceptual boundaries
troublesome – they can cause trouble for the learner
A threshold (like) concept
The following slides will take you through a threshold (like) concept. It embodies all the
aspects of a threshold concept.
There are seven pieces of a puzzle. At a particular point, you will see an animal made of the other
pieces.
Note the number on the slide when you ‘see’ one animal made up of the others.
Placing number 1
1
Introducing number 2
1
2
Placing number 2
3
Introducing number 3
3
Placing number 3
4
Introducing number 4
4
Placing number 4
5
Introducing number 5
5
Placing number 5
6
Introducing number 6
6
Placing number 6
7
Introducing number 7
7
Placing number 7
7
Transformative
What y
ou see has
been transfo
rmed
IrreversibleWhen you look at the piece
you can see bits of the animal
Integrative
You can se
e the w
ay
the animals
interconnect
Troublesome
The beginnings can cause
confusion (what was the animal?)
BoundedIn this case, the boundariesare the other animals
Let us know
• How many pieces did it take for you to see the animal?
• Make a comment below!
Variation
Variation in experiences in the comments
How many pieces does it take? (generally 3-6)
Implications for learning and teaching
What does it mean to teach people who took 3 pieces in
the same room as people who take 6?
Figure GroundHow can we see faces and vase at the same time? (Answer: we can’t!)
Information Literacy
How is this term defined?
But what does information literacy mean?
What are the implications for ‘information literacy’ if we know that people learn at different speeds and in different ways?
Our Research
Where does information literacy come from?
How do we develop it?
What do we know?
Project information: http://shiftingsand.net
