The conference on 30th January 2021 discussed the Indian-German student groups’ results of the transnational course “Intercultural perspectives on information literacy”. Furthermore, we were honoured to have Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D. and Trudi E. Jacobson, MLS, MA, who were giving a keynote presentation about “The Role of Metaliteracy in Designing Open Learning Initiatives”.

We are very happy to have welcomed about 150 participants, who engaged in vivid discussions throughout the whole conference. The conference’s contents are published below.


Contents

Here you can find the recorded contributions of all speakers at the conference on 30th January 2021.

Keynote presentation

“The Role of Metaliteracy in Designing Open Learning Initiatives

Thomas P. Mackey & Trudi E. Jacobson (State University of New York, USA)

Contents: The fractured information environment; Metaliteracy for these challenging times; How Metaliteracy can help rebuild trust; Designing Open Learning Initiatives with Metaliteracy

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Student session 1

“Information Behavior in Corona Times”

Büsra Ürker, Ria Sewlani, Neha Kumar, Atharva Tidke & Daniela Hofmann (Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce Pune, India & Hildesheim University, Germany)

Contents: Impact of health crisis on information behavior; Necessity of credible information sources; Intercultural perspective

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Student session 2

“‘What I believe is surely true.’ How to correct cognitive errors to promote an open mind.

Isha Singh, Ishita Girme Saurav Bhardwaj, Shayantani Kundu, Alica Hoffmann & Rieka Giese (Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce Pune, India & Hildesheim University, Germany)

Contents: Definition of Confirmation bias; Confirmation bias in the digital age; Ways to overcome Confirmation bias; Intercultural perspective

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Student session 3

“Impact of pandemic on education sector

Marian Hansing, Simran Joshi, Halciyone Biju Mathew, Megha Kaushik, Trupti Senapati & Gülden Coskun (Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce Pune, India & Hildesheim University, Germany)

Contents: Challenges of e-learning for students and instructors; Demographic factors; Intercultural perspective

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Student session 4

“How to cultivate information literacy in rural environments?”

Tanisha Singh, Amiya Khadilkar, Srishti Jesingh, Selma Ćebić M. & Gideon O’Donnell (Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce Pune, India & Hildesheim University, Germany)

Contents: Discrepancy between urban and rural environments in terms of resources to foster information literacy; How to foster information literacy in rural environments; Intercultural perspective

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