User:TrudiJ/sandbox/Wikimania 2019 proposal

Wikipedia's Role in Teaching Information Literacy and Metaliteracy

Description
Librarians are often engaged in teaching information literacy or metaliteracy (an overarching literacy that highlights

Relationship to the theme
This session will address the conference theme — [./https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Theme Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals] — in the following manner:

Session outcomes
At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:

Participants will be able to differentiate information literacy and metaliteracy

Participants will understand how student contributions to Wikipedia can enhance information literacy/metaliteracy

Participants will be enthusiastic about providing enhanced information literacy/metaliteracy learning opportunities

Participants will leave with a concrete idea for teaching information literacy/metaliteracy using Wikipedia

Session type
Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The [./https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design program design] prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:


 * Lightning talk
 * Computer-based training
 * Discussion-based training
 * Workshop to identify and try to solve problem
 * Roundtable discussion forum
 * Panel with audience Question & Answer session
 * Other

Requirements
The session will work best with these conditions:


 * Room: Movable chairs, ability to project (with Internet access)


 * Audience: 10-30 (or possibly more); interest in or knowledge about information literacy


 * Recording: I anticipate individual or small group work during the session, also reporting out, so recording with a fixed camera wouldn't work well.


 * Time requested: Ideally, 60 minutes, but could be done in 45