This is an additional lecture to the Information Literacy series of lectures. There is a weave between information, knowledge, skills and society in general, with the Internet and new technology contributing to all the information existing on the Web. However, all this brings with it various questions raging from "What's New", and "How can we learn it." These two questions have ramifications on the two most discussed paradigm shifts, namely about (i) schooling (set curriculum) and (ii) lifelong learning. Will there ever be a reconciliation of both or will one eventually take over the other? If the latter takes, over, How would that be? What is the effect? I hope that you will find this lecture interesting and stimulating for your studies.

1. The 21 Century... st
is
about
Learning
Claudio Laferla
Assistant visiting lecturer
University of Malta
Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences,
Dept. Of Information Science

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It is not the strongest of the species
that survives,
nor the most intelligent.
It is the one that is
the most adaptable to change.
(Charles Darwin)

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“The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those
who cannot read and write,
but those
who cannot learn,
unlearn
and relearn.”
(Alvin Toffler)

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TWO Main Questions:
(1) What is NEW?
(2) HOW do we learn?

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(Pingdom, 2012)

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Bytes (8 bits)
Kb (1k bytes)
Mb (1mln bytes)
Gb (1000 mln bytes)
Terabyte (1mln mln bytes)
Petabyte (1 000 mln mln bytes)
Exabyte (1 mln mln mln bytes)
Zettabyte (1 000 mln mln mln bytes)
Yottabyte (1 mln mln mln mln bytes)
Xenottabyte (1 000 mln mln mln mln bytes)
Shilentnobyte (1 mln mln mln mln mln bytes)
Domegemegrottebyte (1 000 mln mln mln mln mln bytes)
(Possibility Outpost 2011)

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Structure
& organization
systems
(Rowley and Hartley 2008, pp. 14-16)

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“Managers in libraries and information centres have a
significant role in creating and building intelligent
organizations and communities...This includes managing
the information according to an information life cycle.”
Acquiring knowledge and
information Ensuring that the desired
outcomes are achieved
Making knowledge & information accessible
(Bryson 2011, p. 120) Deciding what information is no longer required

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TWO Main Questions:
(1) What is NEW?
(2) HOW do we learn it?

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised
old ... ...new

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N ew Shift
(Fadel, 2010. What should be learned)

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World Future Society:
Top 10 Transitions over
the next 20-30 yrs
(Fadel, 2010. Global Education Lead )

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“Kids also must learn to think
across disciplines, since that's where most new
breakthroughs are made
It's interdisciplinary
Combinations – design and technology,
mathematics and art –
that produce YouTube and Google...”
(Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat. In Wallis, 2006)

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“It's important that students
know how to manage it,
interpret it, validate it, and
how to act on it...”
(Karen Bruett, Dell Executive , ibid.)

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“...portable skills –
critical thinking,
making connections between ideas
and knowing how
to keep on learning...”
(ibid.)

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“...information use...may involve
the construction of knowledge in
response to an evolving need.”
(Kari, 2010 in Case 2012, p. 89)

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(Hobbs 2010, p.16)

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“...information need...
same as describing his/her current
psychological state...”
(Harter, 1992 in Case 2012, p. 89)

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“...media use and media exposure...
seem to explain the largest effects in most
studies of knowledge gaps.”
(speaking about the many barriers to knowledge acquisition)
(Gaziano 1997 in Case 2012, p. 114)

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(speaking about the prototypical member of the information poor)
(Childers and Post 1975 in Case 2012, p. 115)

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“Information anxiety is the
black hole between
data and knowledge”
(Wurman 1989, p. 34 in Case 2012, p. 117)

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“...about 80%” of [students]
associated their first experiences
with academic libraries with
anxiety.”
(Mellon 1986, p. 162 in Case 2012, p. 118)

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“...confusion and anxiety among
novice library users...”
(Kuhlthau 1988 in Case 2012, p. 118)

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Is there is a connection between
Mooer’s Law & findings about
the way people learn best?
(Fadel, 2010. Ipsos MORI
for BECTA, 2007)

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The old The modern
bureaucratic system enabling system
(PISA 2010, What students know and can do)

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TWO Main Questions:
(1) What is NEW?
(2) HOW do we learn?

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(Pea and Wallis [n.d.] in Fostering Learning in the Networked World, 2008)

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“Knowledge about how people
learn is a critical component of
cyberlearning.”
(NSF 2008, p. 22, Report on cyberlearning)

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Potential Questions

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Potential Questions

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39. References
Bryson, J. (2011). Managing information services: A sustainable approach. England: Ashgate.
Case, Donald, O. (2012). (Ed.), Looking for information: A survey of research on information seeking, needs,
and behaviour. United Kingdom: Emerald.
Fadel, C. (2010). What should be learned? Retrieved October 23, 2012 from: http://curriculumredesign.org/wp-
content/uploads/CCR-Futurists-meeting-Day-1-Charles-Fadel.pdf .
Fadel, C. (2010). 21st century skills: How can you prepare students for the new global economy? Retrieved October
2, 2012 from: http://ihe.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/import-content/gg4-charles-fadel-PPT.pdf.
Forehand, M. (2012). Bloom’s taxonomy. Retrieved from: http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?
title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy .
Hobbs, R. (2010). Digital and media literacy: A plan of action. The Aspen Institute. Retrieved from:
http://www.knightcomm.org/digital-and-media-literacy-a-plan-of-action.
Miller, R. (2011). Data knowledge centre. Retrieved December 1, 2012 from:
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/06/28/digital-universe-to-add-1-2-zettabytes-in-2011.
National Science Foundation. (2008). Fostering learning in the networked world: The cyberlearning opportunity
and challenge. Retrieved November 20, 2012 from: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?
ods_key=nsf08204.
OECD Internet Economy Outlook, (2012). Retrieved November 28, 2012 from:
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/science-and-technology/oecd-internet-economy-
outlook-2012/number-of-blogs-indexed-by-google_9789264086463-graph112-en.

40. cont...References
Pingdom, (2012). Internet 2011 in numbers. Retrieved November 28, 2012 from:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-2011-in-numbers.
Rowley, J. And Hartely, R. (4th ed.) (2008). Organizing knowledge: An introduction to managing access to
information. England: Ashgate.
Wallis, C. (2006). How to bring our schools out of the 20 th Century. Retrieved November 26, 2012 from:
http://www.time.com/time/0,8816,1568480,00.html .