Informationskompetenz-Vermittlung für Schulklassen mit Wikipedia und dem Framework Informationskompetenz in der Hochschulbildung

Abstract

While the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education applies to colleges and universities, the kollegstufen (roughly, sixth form) of German gymnasiums (roughly, grammar schools) prepare students for a scientific career track; therefore, libraries should also apply the Framework in courses designed for future university students. Using the framework as a didactic basis and with the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (both popular and much-maligned among students and teachers alike) as a concrete example, it is possible to teach information literacy to students in a practical and real-life way. Not only during pandemic-caused lockdowns of libraries, graduates of gymnasiums should be educated to conduct their online research in a well reflected and critical way.This paper shows that by using the Framework, information literacy may be conveyed by starting with Wikipedia as a practical example and use it to enable participants to become adept online researchers in general as well as apply their skills to all manners of academic work.