Voyage across a Constellation of Information Information Literacy in Interest-Driven Learning Communities
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Crystle Martin is a postdoctoral research associate for the Connected Learning Research Network at the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California, Irvine. She holds a PhD in education specializing in digital media from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.«Where better to look than to online gamers to decode the skills we need to thrive in a networked age? Crystle Martin’s carefully researched account of how tech-savvy players seek knowledge and collectively solve problems provides much-needed insight into how information literacy operates in openly networked online environments. This book is an invaluable resource for educators, game researchers, and information professionals seeking to level up their understanding of the new practices and orientations that char-acterize today’s digitally fluent.» (Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, University of California Irvine)<br /> «‘Voyage across a Constellation of Information’ provides a much-needed systematic investigation of the information literacy practices of contemporary youth. Using naturalistic, empirical observation in place of prescriptive frameworks, Crystle Martin details the richly literate (albeit complex) con-stellation of information that young people now travel through. Take heart! As her findings demonstrate, all who wander are not lost.» (Constance Steinkuehler, Associate Professor of Digital Media, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
«Where better to look than to online gamers to decode the skills we need to thrive in a networked age? Crystle Martin’s carefully researched account of how tech-savvy players seek knowledge and collectively solve problems provides much-needed insight into how information literacy operates in openly networked online environments. This book is an invaluable resource for educators, game researchers, and information professionals seeking to level up their understanding of the new practices and orientations that char-acterize today’s digitally fluent.» (Mizuko (Mimi) Ito, Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, University of California Irvine)<br /> «<i>Voyage across a Constellation of Information</i> provides a much-needed systematic investigation of the information literacy practices of contemporary youth. Using naturalistic, empirical observation in place of prescriptive frameworks, Crystle Martin details the richly literate (albeit complex) con-stellation of information that young people now travel through. Take heart! As her findings demonstrate, all who wander are not lost.» (Constance Steinkuehler, Associate Professor of Digital Media, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
as a Part of the Constellation – Collective Intelligence: Navigating the Constellation – From a Constellation to a Galaxy.