Innovative Approaches to Information Literacy: Enhancing Skills in the Digital Age

Abstract

In the era of rapid technological advancement and the proliferation of information resources, information literacy is considered as one of the trending global research areas. It can be described as an individual’s ability to recognize the needed information and use and evaluate the information required for personal and professional accomplishments. In the present digital age, people can collect information from various platforms viz; internet, libraries, community resources, etc. However, a strong question arises here about the authenticity of these types of information, resulting in challenges in evaluating and using such information. The people’s ability to access information, evaluate unfiltered information, and incorporate such information in their required field can be called as information literacy. Information literacy is an important skill in the present knowledge-based society that helps people to attain personal, social, educational, and professional goals of life.

This paper investigates how innovative approaches, such as inquiry-based learning and artificial intelligence, enhance information literacy skills. It also examines how innovative approaches, viz; inquiry-based learning and artificial intelligence, can jointly help in the promotion of sustainable information utilization.