NDLI: Teaching scientific literacy by the help of ICT

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Vrana, R.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Department for information sciences, Faculty of social sciences and humanities Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Vrana, R.)
Abstract	Science plays a very important role in education. It is a rich and infinite source of information and it influences and governs many decisions in our lives. To successfully understand scientific concepts and processes required in education and make proper decision in personal life, one must be scientifically literate. Scientific literacy is one of the basic forms of literacy in the digital age. It assumes possession of a capacity to understand and use scientific knowledge and to be informed member of the society who will be able to make decisions based on scientific facts. Scientific content necessary for teaching of scientific literacy is nowadays widely present and available, especially in digital format on the internet. The internet has become the fastest growing medium which provides ubiquitous access to scientific information resources by the help of several internet services such as wikies, blogs, portals, social networks etc. These internet services facilitate teaching of students and the public about scientific discoveries and help improving their scientific literacy. This paper provides an overview of the most important facts about scientific literacy and internet services that are used in teaching scientific literacy.
Starting Page	1347
Ending Page	1352
File Size	1518014
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467325776
e-ISBN	9789532330687
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-05-21
Publisher Place	Croatia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MIPRO
Subject Keyword	Social network services Blogs Information services Media Educational institutions Internet
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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