Training-the-Trainers in Information Literacy: UNESCO continues its series of workshops
24-10-2008 (Wuhan)
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The seventh UNESCO Training-the-Trainers Workshop in Information Literacy was held from 21 to 23 October 2008 in Wuhan, the political, economic, cultural and educational capital of central China.
The workshop was one of the 11 regional trainings organized by UNESCO within the framework of its global project to train the trainers in information literacy and enable people to reap the full benefits of the emerging knowledge societies.
In his opening remarks, the UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan, referred to information literacy as the “21st century’s skills and abilities to learn how to learn and constantly update and challenge the own knowledge”.
He added that “the concept of information literacy becomes clearly a central element for building knowledge societies” as it enables people “to search for, retrieve, organize, analyze, evaluate information and then use it for specific decision-making and problem-solving ends.”
In the 21st century’s changing and competitive environment, learning computers and media technologies is not enough if nations, institutions and individuals are to reap the full benefits of the emerging knowledge societies.
Information literacy is a mean to “empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals”. UNESCO, with its mandate to help all people access information and knowledge they need to improve their daily lives, has taken a lead to foster the development of information literate societies.
In his opening remarks, the UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan, referred to information literacy as the “21st century’s skills and abilities to learn how to learn and constantly update and challenge the own knowledge”.
He added that “the concept of information literacy becomes clearly a central element for building knowledge societies” as it enables people “to search for, retrieve, organize, analyze, evaluate information and then use it for specific decision-making and problem-solving ends.”
In the 21st century’s changing and competitive environment, learning computers and media technologies is not enough if nations, institutions and individuals are to reap the full benefits of the emerging knowledge societies.
Information literacy is a mean to “empower people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals”. UNESCO, with its mandate to help all people access information and knowledge they need to improve their daily lives, has taken a lead to foster the development of information literate societies.
Opening of the Wuhan workshop© UNESCO
Related themes/countries
· China
· Information for All Programme (IFAP)
· Information Literacy
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