The Digital Information Divide

The Digital Information Divide

Randall McClure
ISBN13: 9781616928544|ISBN10: 1616928549|EISBN13: 9781616928568
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-854-4.ch001
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McClure, Randall. "The Digital Information Divide." Adaptation, Resistance and Access to Instructional Technologies: Assessing Future Trends In Education, edited by Steven D'Agustino, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-854-4.ch001

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McClure, R. (2011). The Digital Information Divide. In S. D'Agustino (Ed.), Adaptation, Resistance and Access to Instructional Technologies: Assessing Future Trends In Education (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-854-4.ch001

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McClure, Randall. "The Digital Information Divide." In Adaptation, Resistance and Access to Instructional Technologies: Assessing Future Trends In Education, edited by Steven D'Agustino, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-854-4.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter explores the gap in information between digital natives and digital immigrants. Advances in computer technology have transformed information, and resulting changes in information behavior clearly mark the digital information divide. These changes in information behavior have affected information literacy instruction, yet educators have opted for quick fix strategies, ignoring the need to develop a comprehensive information literacy curriculum for the digital age. Partnerships—between primary, secondary, and postsecondary teachers and librarians and curriculum designers working to establish a vertically and horizontally scaffolded K-16 information literacy curriculum—may effectively bridge the divide.

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