Mobile Information Literacy Kenya Curriculum

About this Module:

The curriculum focuses on critical thinking in a digital environment of smart phones filling a critical gap in digital information literacy curricula. Existing curricular models assume people learn on a personal computer (PC). While this has been the case historically, the next billion people coming online will most likely learn on a mobile device. This has huge implications for how people get online, how they access and experience the internet, how much they produce in addition to consume information, and even how they conceptualize the internet itself. For instance, research shows that in Myanmar (and many other countries) more people use Facebook than the internet. Mobile-specific practices, such as zero-rating, mean people are coming online much more frequently through a handful of “walled garden” applications without an understanding of and similar access to the broader internet. Also, some mobile applications and websites don’t offer the full functionality of their PC counterparts. The curriculum aims to address these differences and empower mobile internet users to be equal participants in the online world.

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Recommended citation:

Wedlake, S & Holstein, L. (2015). Mobile Information Literacy Training – Nakuru, Kenya Slidedeck. Seattle: Technology & Social Change Group, University of Washington Information School.

Keywords:

mobile information literacy, information literacy, digital information literacy, digital literacy, mobile-centric, mobile-first, mobile phones, smart phones, Kenya, ICTs, libraries, curriculum, training, training of trainers