Does metaliteracy focus on things such as RSS feeds and how to use them while media literacy focuses more on how to send, receive, and interpret things such as Facebook messages? Also, what are the actual differences between media, digital, visual, and cyber literacy if they all occur online? Is the ultimate goal of metaliteracy the ability of all people to understand, evaluate and participate in online medias?
I guess you could say I'm still not quite sure what metaliteracy is yet.
Lindsay,
ReplyDeleteSee if this quote from a forthcoming book is helpful in thinking about the distinctions:
"Metaliteracy builds on decades of information literacy theory and practice while recognizing the knowledge required for an expansive and interactive information environment. Today’s lifelong learners communicate, create, and share information using a range of emerging technologies such as social networking, blogs, microblogs, wikis, mobile devices and apps, virtual worlds, online communities, cloud computing, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Metaliteracy expands the scope of traditional information skills (determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use information) to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments (collaborate, produce, and share). This approach requires an ongoing adaptation to emerging technologies and an understanding of the critical thinking and reflection required to engage in these spaces as producers, collaborators, and distributors."
Mackey, T., & T. Jacobson. (forthcoming). Metaliteracy: Redefining Information Literacies to Empower Learners. ALA Editions/Neal-Schuman.