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DigCompEdu2017

Code: 6.1

Information and media literacy

To incorporate learning activities, assignments and assessments which require learners to articulate information needs; to find information and resources in digital environments; to organise, process, analyse and interpret information; and to compare and critically evaluate the credibility and reliability of information and its sources.

Descriptors

A1 · Newcomer

What you can do at this level

  • I do not or only very rarely consider how I could foster learners’ information and media literacy.

What you learn at this level

  • Making little use of strategies fostering learners’ information literacy.

A2 · Explorer

What you can do at this level

  • I encourage learners to use digital technologies for information retrieval, e.g. on assignments.

What you learn at this level

  • Encouraging learners to use digital technologies for informational retrieval.

B1 · Integrator

What you can do at this level

  • I implement learning activities in which learners use digital technologies for information retrieval. I teach learners how to find information, how to assess its reliability, how to compare and combine information from different sources.

What you learn at this level

  • Implementing activities fostering learners’ information and media literacy.

B2 · Expert

What you can do at this level

  • I use a range of different pedagogic strategies to enable learners to critically compare and meaningfully combine information from different sources. I teach learners how to quote sources appropriately.

What you learn at this level

  • Strategically using a range of pedagogic strategies to foster learners’ information and media literacy.

C1 · Leader

What you can do at this level

  • I critically reflect on how suitable my pedagogic strategies are in fostering learners’ information and media literacy and adapt my strategies accordingly.

What you learn at this level

  • Comprehensively and critically fostering learners’ information and media literacy.

C2 · Pioneer

What you can do at this level

  • I reflect on, discuss, re-design and innovate pedagogic strategies for fostering learners’ information and media literacy.

What you learn at this level

  • Using innovative formats for fostering learners’ information and media literacy.