Metaliteracy Welcome and Plenary

The first MOOC talk deals with the introduction to metaliteracy. Metaliteracy encompass four domains  Metacognition, Cognitive, Behavior and Affective. The Behaviour domain of metaliteracy is what people need to learn , the Cognitive domain is what people need to think about and the Affective domain is involves how the information being consumed is affecting the learner or effecting a change in the learner,  the Metacognitive domain is what people need to think about their learning and how they learn.Metaliteracy is not only useful in formal setting but also used in informal settings. In a formal setting a teacher will be a producer of information but the teacher is also a consumer who will use the information gathered on the internet to produce more information, at the same time a teacher is also a translator of information.Metaliteracy brings learners and concumers of information from different parts of the world together . It provides the basis for which gatherers of information need to be involved on the internet. Metaliteracy goals includes; understanding the format of information , evaluate dynamic context critically, produce original content in multiple media formats, share information in participatory environments.