Information Literacy for Students and Teachers in Indian Context

Information literacy (IL) is best addressed at multiple levels in the education process. Information-literate students are more effective consumers of information resources. It has become a lot evident that students cannot learn everything they have to grasp in their field of study. Data acquirement equips them with the important skills necessary to become freelance long learners. At the same time, educators and researchers should grapple with shaping the standards and competencies related to data acquirement, develop effective new ways that to interact learners and live the end result and impact of such learning. In Indian context once lecturers encourage students to try to their own analysis, students take responsibility for his or her learning, and that they retain a lot of the data they need gathered for them. This, in turn, creates a greater responsibility towards their own learning, which would help them become dynamic learners and thinkers who are creative, analytical and efficient, instead of mere regurgitations of facts.