As I am studying Information Literacy for this trimester, my first topic that we covered in my first lecture was - Information Literacy. What is Information Literacy, why we need it, when and where, so many questions I had before we learnt it. Later when I learnt, I understood that IL is research, searching information and information problem solving. Research is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. I also got that information problem solving is interesting and long process. For instance, if I want to solve the problem with information, find the solution and present it, firstly, I need to identify the problem, scope, plan how to solve it, gather with people and solve it, then manage my skills and so on, evaluate my solution and then present it.
Moreover I learnt about Information literacy models. They are Big 6, Mc Kenzie Research Cycle, Alberta model, Pitts Research model, Seven Pillars model and Action Learning model. But as we started late our studies, we studied deeply only Big 6 process. Big 6 process is a six-stage process which helps anyone to solve problems or make a decisions by using information.
Overall, these topics were good introduction for me into this subject, I was quite interested during the classes, and surely I was interested in the topics, because these topics gave me new knowledge and experience in my life journey.
