Metaliteracy terms and related concepts

I'm in an institution that trains teachers so I'm interested in the recent changes made by UNESCO in their document Media and information literacy curriculum for teachers which broadens the definition of "information literacy" to "media and information literacy."

Some of the UNESCO definitions are:
Digital literacy:

The ability to use digital technology, communication tools ornetworks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. It also refers to the ability to understand and use information in multiple

formats from a wide range of sources when presented viacomputers, or to a person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment. Digital literacy includes the ability to read

and interpret media, reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments

 

Media and information literacy (MIL): the essential competencies (knowledge, skills and attitude) that allow citizens to engage with media and other information providers effectively and develop critical thinking and life-long learning skills for socializing and becoming active citizens.

Media literacy :Understanding and usingmass mediain either an assertive or non-assertive way, including an informed and critical understanding of media, the techniques they employ and their

effects. Also the ability to read, analyze, evaluate and producecommunication in a variety of media forms (e.g. television, print,radio, computers etc.). Another understanding of the term is the

ability to decode, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of forms. 

I'm also interested in the recent work done by Jane Secker and Emma Coonan on A new curriculum for information literacy (ANCIL). 
Their model of the IL landscape also puts IL at the heart of a number of other literacies such as academic literacies, new literacies, media literacy and digital literacy.  They are touching on the verge of metaliteracy but don't quite make that connection with social media and individuals as creators of content in the same way.

Metaliteracy model

Given the time zones  (sorry, guys its 4am here [New Zealand] in the morning when you broadcast) and the fact I have been on leave, it wasn't until yesterday that I caught up with the first broadcast session.  Thanks for setting the scene so clearly, everyone.  I was a bit cynical about the whole business of metaliteracy, but seeing your models gave me a real sense of excitement.  We have been engaged so heavily in the integration of information literacy into the curriculum in the past few years, yet at the same time I always felt that all the definitions information literacy were really missing something.  It was so great to see your model and to see that IL was at the heart of that model BUT that it included all those other literacies which are so necessary now days.  I love the focus on collaboration and connected-ness.
I found the idea of the badges sort of twee, but it is clear from those who were using them that they helped with engagement and motivation.  Be interested to hear if that is the same across all age groups.
Really looking forward to the rest of the course.

#metaliteracy

Wow, I've signed up for my first MOOC and in an area that has been occupying my mind quite a bit over the past few years - or at least aspects of information literacy (IL) have.  I have wrestled with communicating the idea of IL to our academic staff, introduced concepts of IL integration to our subject librarians through an on-going programme which has been running for 3 years now, and thought a lot about about the 'literacy' aspects of e-learning.  I basically came to the conclusion that IL was really only something that librarians cared about and I think that's still the case.  Other people care about the deficits they see in their students when IL has been absent, but few people really want to engage with the idea of IL - its a tarnished coin I'm afraid, and it has become tarnished because librarians have failed to make it clear what it really means. I've recently been working with academic staff and talking about "academic literacies" - this seems to be a handle that is much more easily grasped and has resulted in far more positive outcomes than trying to push the idea of IL. 

I'm not sure I agree with Mackey and Jacobsen that we need a definition of (information) literacy that takes account of changes in learning environments and tools. Is metaliteracy going to become the new black of information literacy? - are we just going to go down the same old path that bedevilled IL? Part of me wonders whether the use of "collaborative production and sharing of information using participatory interactive technologies" (p.70) is really such a big jump away from what we had.  Agreed that the way students participate is different and moves more towards the generation of collaborative content, but isn't this more related to the tools we are using rather than any inherent change in the way we should think about information?  Maybe this course will persuade me otherwise.  Looking forward to it :)