The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A Dialogue

In Brief: This article makes connections between the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the activity of survey mark hunting. After a brief review of the literature related to geographic information systems (GIS), information literacy, and gamification of learning, the a...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Galas, Donna Witek
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Language:English
Published: In the Library with the Lead Pipe 2016-11-01
Series:In the Library with the Lead Pipe
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Online Access:http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/survey-mark-hunting/
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spelling doaj-10872ae8ef5b480bb40a08d7074233662020-11-24T23:46:30ZengIn the Library with the Lead PipeIn the Library with the Lead Pipe1944-61952016-11-018017The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A DialogueJennifer GalasDonna WitekIn Brief: This article makes connections between the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the activity of survey mark hunting. After a brief review of the literature related to geographic information systems (GIS), information literacy, and gamification of learning, the authors enter into a dialogue in which they discover and describe the various ways information literacy is both required by and developed through the recreational activity of survey mark hunting. Through their dialogue they found that the activity of survey mark hunting relies on the construction of both information and its authority in ways contextualized within the communities that participate; that survey mark hunting is a conversation that builds on the past, where lived experience counts as evidence; and, that survey mark hunting is both a metaphor and embodied enactment of information literacy.http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/survey-mark-hunting/ACRL Frameworkdialoguegames-based learninggeographic information systems (GIS)information literacysurvey mark huntingsurvey marks
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games-based learning
geographic information systems (GIS)
information literacy
survey mark hunting
survey marks
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title The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A Dialogue
title_short The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A Dialogue
title_full The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A Dialogue
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series In the Library with the Lead Pipe
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publishDate 2016-11-01
description In Brief: This article makes connections between the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the activity of survey mark hunting. After a brief review of the literature related to geographic information systems (GIS), information literacy, and gamification of learning, the authors enter into a dialogue in which they discover and describe the various ways information literacy is both required by and developed through the recreational activity of survey mark hunting. Through their dialogue they found that the activity of survey mark hunting relies on the construction of both information and its authority in ways contextualized within the communities that participate; that survey mark hunting is a conversation that builds on the past, where lived experience counts as evidence; and, that survey mark hunting is both a metaphor and embodied enactment of information literacy.
topic ACRL Framework
dialogue
games-based learning
geographic information systems (GIS)
information literacy
survey mark hunting
survey marks
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