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Media and Information
Literacy
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Information Literacy
Prepared by:
ROMAR JAY D. MARRON
Teacher II
MAIKA M. GUTIEREZ
Teacher II
ELIZABETH F. PECIO
Teacher II
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy 12 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Information Literacy
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both from public and
private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by
the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning activities at
their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century
skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:
Notes to the Teacher
This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need to keep
track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are
expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:
Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Information Literacy!
The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to depict skill, action and
purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning
resource signifies that you as a learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the
learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:
What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the module.
What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to check what
you already know about the lesson to take. If you get
all the answers correct (100%), you may decide to
skip this module.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the
current lesson with the previous one.
What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to
you in various ways such as a story, a song, a poem, a
problem opener, an activity or a situation.
What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson.
This aims to help you discover and understand new
concepts and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for independent practice to
solidify your understanding and skills of the topic.
You may check the answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph to
be filled in to process what you learned from the
lesson.
What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will help you
transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life
situations or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of
mastery in achieving the learning competency.
Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to you to
enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned.
This also tends retention of learned concepts.
Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the module.
At the end of this module you will also find:
References This is a list of all sources used in developing this
module.
The following are some reminders in using this module:
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module. Use a
separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included in the
module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your
teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
What I Need to Know
Media and information literacy refers to “the essential competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes) that
allow learners to engage with media and other information providers effectively. It helps learners develop
their critical thinking and life-long learning skills for socializing and becoming active citizens” in the
country.
This module will introduce you to the basic concepts of Media and Information Literacy. Lessons and
activities in this module are designed to make you understand the nature of MIL and the reasons why you
need to be media literate, information literate, and technology literate.
The module consists of one lesson namely:
Lesson 3 – Information Literacy
At the end of the lesson, the learners are able to:
• Define elements of information.
• Recognize pertinent guide questions leading to information literacy.
• Create a log of the stages and elements of information literacy in a given scenario.
What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Is a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate and use information in the
most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains, occupations and professions.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
2. It is defined as using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them in your own words.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
3. It is defined as using someone’s words directly.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
4. It is defined as using other people’s words and ideas without clearly acknowledging the source
of the information.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
5. It refers to the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate,
effectively use and communicate information in its various formats.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Information Literacy D. Paraphrase
6. These are facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be widely known.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
7. You must document facts that are not generally known, or ideas that interpret facts.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
8. Which of the following is a strategy to avoid plagiarism?
A. Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
B. Citing or searching for information
C. Get help from the writing center or library.
D. Determining sources of information
9. Which of the following is an element of information literacy?
A. Submit your own work for publication.
B. Put quotation marks around everything that comes directly from the text and cite the source.
C. Use the style manual in properly citing sources
D. Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
10. According to John Smith in The New York Times, “37% of all children under the age of 10
live below the poverty line”. This is an example of ________.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
Lesson
3 Information Literacy
Information literacy is a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate and use information
in the most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains, occupations and professions. It refers
to the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and
communicate information in its various formats.
What’s In
Look closely at the picture below:
Examine how people communicate and interconnect with each other.
Based on your personal experience, how do you connect with your family and friends
and vice-versa?
Are there any similarities you see in the picture with how you communicate with each
other?
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What’s New
INFORMATION LITERACY
Is a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate and use information in the
most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains, occupations and professions. It
refers to the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively
use and communicate information in its various formats.
STAGE / ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION LITERACY
1. Identifying/recognizing information needs
2. Determining sources of information
3. Citing or searching for information
4. Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
5. Organizing, storing or archiving information
6. Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
7. Creating and communicating new knowledge
Activity 1: Answer the following questions on your answer sheet.
1. Why do you need information?
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
2. Where do you search for information?
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
3. How do you acquire and store information?
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
4. How will you determine the quality and accuracy of the information that you have?
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
5. How do you use the information that you have?
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
What is It
ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION
1. PLAGIARISM: Using other people’s words and ideas without clearly acknowledging
the source of the information.
2. COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely
to be widely known. Example: John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United
States in 1960. This is generally known information. You do not need to document this
fact
3. INTERPRETATION: You must document facts that are not generally known, or ideas
that interpret facts. Example: Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever to have
played the game. This idea is not a fact but an interpretation or an opinion. You need to
cite the source.
4. QUOTATION: Using someone’s words directly. When you use a direct quote, place the
passage between quotation marks, and document the source according to a standard
documenting style. Example: According to John Smith in The New York Times, “37% of
all children under the age of 10 live below the poverty line”. You need to cite the source.
5. PARAPHRASE: Using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them in your own words.
Although you will use your own words to paraphrase, you must still acknowledge and
cite the source of the information.
STRATEGIES IN AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
• Submit your own work for publication. You need to cite even your own work.
• Put quotation marks around everything that comes directly from the text and cite the source.
• Paraphrase, but be sure that you are not simply rearranging or replacing a few words and cite
the source.
• Keep a source journal, a notepad, or note cards- annotated bibliographies can be especially
beneficial
• Use the style manual in properly citing sources
• Get help from the writing center or library.
PURPOSE OF THE QUESTIONS
WHO to identify the person
WHAT to know about something
WHERE to locate a place
WHEN to know specific time and date
WHY to state the reason
HOW the way or manner in which things are done.
What’s More
Activity 2: Answer the following questions on your answer sheet
1. Define the meaning of the statement “KNOWLEDGE IS POWER” and connect it to
Information Literacy.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
2. How does information become knowledge?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
What I Have Learned
Activity 3: Write an essay (of at most 100 words) about an information literate individual.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
What I Can Do
Activity 4: According to Facebook news there is no typhoon. However, your municipality is
experiencing heavy rainfall and some parts in your province are already flooded. There are
reported incidents of landslide, soil erosion, evacuation, and stranded vehicles.
As a student, what are you going to do?
Information needs
What information do you need?
Sources of information
Where will you get the reliable information?
Access to the information
How will you access information?
Evaluate information
How will you check the quality of the
information?
Organize information
How will you organize the information?
Communicate information
How will you communicate the information?
Assessment
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. Is a set of individual competencies needed to identify, evaluate and use information in the
most ethical, efficient and effective way across all domains, occupations and professions.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
2. It is defined as using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them in your own words.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
3. It is defined as using someone’s words directly.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
4. It is defined as using other people’s words and ideas without clearly acknowledging the source
of the information.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
5. It refers to the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate,
effectively use and communicate information in its various formats.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Information Literacy D. Paraphrase
6. These are facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be widely known.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
7. You must document facts that are not generally known, or ideas that interpret facts.
A. Common Knowledge C. Interpretation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
8. Which of the following is a strategy to avoid plagiarism?
A. Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
B. Citing or searching for information
C. Get help from the writing center or library.
D. Determining sources of information
9. Which of the following is an element of information literacy?
A. Submit your own work for publication.
B. Put quotation marks around everything that comes directly from the text and cite the source.
C. Use the style manual in properly citing sources
D. Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
10. According to John Smith in The New York Times, “37% of all children under the age of 10
live below the poverty line”. This is an example of ________.
A. Information literacy C. Quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Paraphrase
Additional Activities
Activity 5: Enumerate the media you used in connecting with other people
MEDIA MEDIA YOU USE
Answer Key
What I know
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. C
References:
Government of the Philippines. 2016. Commission on Higher Education. Quezon City,
Philippines
http://www.ovrdrv.com/10-levels-of-intimacy-in-todays-communication/
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/The-Importance-of-Information-Literacy-
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