A new tool for learning how to better manage and use information
On September 23, the Commission for Education and University Life (CFVU) unanimously adopted the UM's information literacy framework. Intended for teachers, librarians, and students, it formalizes the skills needed to access relevant sources of information more effectively and use them in a relevant and responsible manner.
Initiated and supported by the Joint Documentation Service (SCD), and enriched by discussions conducted over several months with all teaching departments (UEI), this skills framework serves as a structuring tool that can be used by teaching teams to develop models for the next accreditation period, in accordance with the framework defined by the institution.
Information skills
Information literacy encompasses all the skills related to knowledge and the mastery and use of information and documentation. In an environment that is constantly changing and profoundly disrupted by artificial intelligence tools, these skills are essential for the education of students, from bachelor's to doctoral level, and can be applied throughout their professional lives.
These skills enable students, based on a clearly defined need, to identify and access relevant sources of scientific information more effectively, to evaluate their reliability, and to reuse them in an ethical and responsible manner. Supported by and intrinsically linked to subject-specific teaching, these skills are also linked to digital, writing, and communication skills. Finally, the approach they describe, in which critical thinking plays a major role, also contributes to the quality of research production and dissemination.
Teachers, librarians, students...
This framework is intended for teachers who wish to enrich, structure, and enhance the training they already provide using a skills-based approach; for librarians who contribute to it as part of their duties; and for students who will see it as an additional resource available to them to promote their academic and professional success as well as their development as citizens.