WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION LITERACY CONFERENCE

 

Generation Z: Fake News and Information Literacy, the New Horizon.

 

JUNE 6th-9th 2017, Juni na Uni 2016 , Hotel Opal, Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

 

Conference website: http://www.wbilc2017.com/en/

 

Call for Papers

Theme: Generation Z: Fake News and Information Literacy, the New Horizon.

Papers should be prepared using WBILC template and submitted electronically to this email address:  [log in to unmask]

After the second cycle of Peer-Review, selected papers will be published in the WBILC proceedings book and in the Peer Reviewed Education for Information (indexed by SCOPUS) ISSN print: 0167-8329; ISSN online: 1875-8649.

Keynote speakers

Professor Judith Broady-Preston BA MA PhD MCLIP FHEA

Judith is currently Professor of Information Management and Director, Institute of Professional Development, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK.  Editor-in-Chief of the Emerald journal, Library Review and European editor JoEMLS, she is an editorial board member of seven international journals and numerous international conferences. She has received 7 major research prizes, in addition to the Higher Education Academy 2010 National Teaching Award for her “Outstanding Contribution to Information and Computer Science”. Current professional activities include IFLA Management and Marketing Section Committee Member, 2009-2017 and UK Role Model and Mentor, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, Aurora Women in Leadership Programme. For more see:

https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/dis/staff-profiles/listing/profile/jbp

 

Ирина Жилавская – Irina Zhilavskaya

 

She graduated from the Tomsk State University, Faculty of Philology. In 2008, at the Moscow State University, she defended her thesis on the problems of media education of the youth audience. A member of the Russian Committee of UNESCO Programme "Information for All". Member of the Board of the National Association of Mass Media Researchers (NAMMI). Chief Editor of the scientific and educational magazine "Media. Information. Communication“ http://mic.org.ru/ . President of the Association of Media Professionals. Organiser and participant of many international conferences on media education and media and information literacy. Field of interest: the mass media education, media communications, all forms of literacy, media environment and media space, the Vernadsky’s theory of the Noosphere, the future of media. Author and developer of the Master's educational program "Media Education" and "Media and Information Literacy", as well as specialized courses "Introduction to MEDIALOG", "Media and Information Literacy and Media Culture", "Media Educational Management", "Media Ecology". Supervisor of cluster Master's project "Russian Index of Media-Information Literacy" (2016-2018).   She has published over 100 articles on Information Technology, Media Education, Media-behavior, Media and Information Literacy, including the monograph "Media Education for Youth Audience", "Youth Media Education", "Media-behavior of the personality."

Currently - Head of the UNESCO Chair Media-Information Literacy and Media Education of citizens of the Moscow Pedagogical University,

For more see http://www.wbilc2017.com/en/keynote-speakers.html#

E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Personal web-page:  http://zhilavskaya.ru/

Conference main themes and topics

A.      Information literacy in the modern world

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·         Fake News and Information Literacy

·         Action Literacy

·         Information literacies (media literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health

·         literacy, cyber wellness, infographics, information behaviour, trans-literacy, post-literacy)

·         Information Literacy and academic libraries

·         Information Literacy and adult education

·         Information Literacy and blended learning

·         Information Literacy and distance learning

·         Information Literacy and mobile devices (M-learning)

·         Information Literacy and Gamification

·         Information literacy and public libraries

·         Information Literacy in Primary and Secondary Schools

·         Information literacy and the Knowledge Economy

·         Information literacy and the Information Society

·         Information Literacy and the Multimedia Society

·         Information Literacy and the Digital Society

·         Information Literacy in the modern world (e.g trends, emerging technologies and innovation; growth of digital resources; digital reference tools; reference services).

·         The future of information literacy

·         Workplace information literacy

 

B.      Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process

·         Digital pedagogy and Information Literacy

·         Integrating information literacy into the curriculum

·         Putting information literacy theory into practice

·         Information Literacy training and instruction

·         Instructional design and performance for information literacy (e.g. teaching practice,

·         session design, lesson plans)

·         Information Literacy and online learning (e.g. self-paced IL modules)

·         Information Literacy and Virtual Learning Environments

·         Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond

·         Digital empowerment and reference work

·         Information Literacy across the disciplines

·         Information literacy and digital preservation

·         Innovative IL approaches

·         Student engagement with Information Literacy

 

C. Media and information literacy – theoretical approaches (standards, assessment, collaboration, etc.)

·         Information literacy theory (models, standards, indicators.)

·         Information literacy and Artificial intelligence

·         Information Literacy and information behaviour

·         Information literacy and reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services, expert crowd sourcing, global reference volunteers

·         Information literacy cultural and contextual approaches

·         Information Literacy and Threshold concepts

·         Information literacy evaluation and assessment

·         Information literacy in different cultures and countries including national studies

·         Information literacy project management

·         Measuring in information literacy instruction assessment

 

D. New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for information literacy

in a digital age

·         Branding, promotion and marketing for information literacy

·         Cross –sectorial; and interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for information literacy

·         Information literacy policies and development

·         Leadership and Governance for information literacy

·         Strategic planning for IL

·         Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of information literacy skills.

 

Paper submission

Submissions in any of the following forms are accepted:

·         Full paper to be published in conference proceedings

·         Presentation

·         Roundtable discussion

·         Poster session

·         Train-the-trainers workshop

·         PechaKucha

Important Dates

Abstracts submission deadline April 24, 2017

Notification of Abstract acceptance April 30, 2017

Full Paper submission deadline May 15, 2017

Notification of acceptance May 30 2017

Dissemination of final programme June 02 2017

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For further information: please see the Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference website for additional details at: http://www.wbilc2017.com/en/

 

Please note: all expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by the Conference Committee, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

 

Regards

 

Padraig Kirby MSc (LIS)  BA (Hons) HdipLIS

Senior Library Assistant

The Library

Limerick Institute of Technology,

Moylish park

Limerick

Ireland

00353 61 293516

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