Communications in Information Literacy - Issue 1 - Article 4 - Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM)

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Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) is a discourse-oriented learning environment that brings together students from diverse cultural backgrounds for collaborative knowledge construction. The objective is to develop a thematic approach to course design integrating open pedagogy, information literacy, and metaliteracy. IPILM encourages participation by educators and learners worldwide and is presented as feasible and sustainable, with an adaptable model applicable to other teaching and learning contexts.

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Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: IPILM Overview

The Educational Concept of IPILM

Winter Term 2021/2022 Implementation

Communications in Information Literacy | Volume 17 Issue 1 | Article 4 | | --- | --- | | 6-15-2023
Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM)
Joachim Griesbaum
University of Hildesheim, Griesbau@uni-hildesheim.de
Stefan Dreisiebner
University of Hildesheim, dreisiebner@uni-hildesheim.de
Thomas P. Mackey
Empire State University, SUNY, [Tom.Mackey@sunyempire.edu](Tom.Mackey@sunyempire.edu)
Trudi E. Jacobson
University at Albany, SUNY, [tjacobson@albany.edu](tjacobson@albany.edu)
Tessy Thadathil
Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce, [tessy.thadathil@symbiosiscollege.edu.in](tessy.thadathil@symbiosiscollege.edu.in)[ ](tessy.thadathil@symbiosiscollege.edu.in)Follow this and additional works at: [https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit)
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| | Recommended Citation Griesbaum, J., Dreisiebner, S., Mackey, T. P., Jacobson, T. E., Thadathil, T., Bhattacharya, S., & Adilović, E.(2023) . Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) . Communications in Information Literacy, 17 (1), 260–278. [https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.1.4](https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2023.17.1.4) This open access Innovative Practice is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4 .0) . All documents in PDXScholar should meet accessibility standards. If we can make this document more accessible to you, contact our team. Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) Authors Joachim Griesbaum, Stefan Dreisiebner, Thomas P. Mackey, Trudi E. Jacobson, Tessy Thadathil, Subarna Bhattacharya, and Emina Adilović This innovative practice is available in Communications in Information Literacy: [https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/)[ ](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/)comminfolit/vol17/iss1/4 Teaching Internationally, Learning Collaboratively: Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) Joachim Griesbaum and Stefan Dreisiebner, University of Hildesheim Thomas P. Mackey, Empire State University, SUNY Trudi E. Jacobson, University at Albany, SUNY Tessy Thadathil and Subarna Bhattacharya, Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce Emina Adilović, University of Sarajevo Abstract Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy and Metaliteracy (IPILM) is a discourseoriented learning environment that engages students from diverse cultural backgrounds to participate in collaborative knowledge construction. The objective is to evolve a thematic approach to course design that includes elements of open pedagogy, information literacy, and metaliteracy. IPILM invites participation from educators and learners from around the world and has witnessed an increase in participating countries. This paper describes the concept ofIPILM and demonstrates the implementation of this approach in practice. The initiative was well received by students and is both feasible and sustainable as an intercultural learning endeavor. IPILM is an ongoing project and a work in progress that isan adaptable model which may be transferred to disparate fields of teaching and learning or adopted by international communities of instructors. Keywords: information literacy, metaliteracy, intercultural, virtual exchange, open education, pedagogy Special issue exploring the intersections between information literacy and open educational practices Innovative Practices edited by Andrea Baer, Carolyn Gamtso, and Merinda McLure Griesbaum, J., Dreisiebner,

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What is IPILM and what learning goal does it pursue?

IPILM is a discourse-oriented learning environment focused on collaborative knowledge construction by learners from diverse cultural backgrounds. It aims to evolve a thematic course-design approach combining open pedagogy, information literacy, and metaliteracy.

What does the paper say about implementing IPILM in practice?

The paper describes the concept of IPILM and demonstrates implementation through examples from the winter term 2021/2022 iteration. Students and instructors from five countries participated in collaborative discourse and knowledge construction.

Why is IPILM described as feasible and sustainable?

The initiative is reported as well received by students and characterized as feasible and sustainable as an intercultural learning endeavor. It is also presented as an adaptable, transferable model for other teaching and learning contexts.

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