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SHIFTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING In an information literate environment, students engage in active, self-directed learning activities, and teachers facilitate students' engagement through a more adventurous style of instructional delivery. Students involved in information literate activities:  --seek a rich range of information sources;  --communicate an understanding of content;  --pose questions about the content being learned;  --use the environment, people, and tools for learning;  --reflect on their own learning;  --assess their own learning; and  --take responsibility for their own learning. These students feel good about themselves as learners, and they leave school feeling passionate about some content.

tudents and teachers make decisions about appropriate sources of information and how to access them

Information literacy thrives in a resource-based learning environment. In such an environment, s

Information literacy is further described as "the basis for lifelong learning."

information literate student "reads the text and selects main idea."

while students are interested in using their phones for academic purposes, they still require guidance from educators to choose the most appropriate mobile resource and to evaluate mobile websites and mobile apps.