IF 2014 - Information Fluency Conference

We are always-already immersed in a media rich environment, be it in the form of images, sounds or texts, and the proliferation of new media has not only changed our perception, but also the ways in which we navigate the world. Without a doubt, the ever-changing array of digital technologies has a tremendous and continuous impact on our concepts of literacy.
In his book, The Language of New Media, Lev Manovich identified five key principles that work to define and describe the development of new media over time: numerical representation, modularity, automation, variability and cultural transcoding (44). Each term represents a quality shared by all types of media and in beginning to understand what new media is and how it functions, we effectively work towards achieving deeper, more complex literacies appropriate for the 21st century.
Below are a few questions that we seek to explore further in our conversation of New Media and Literacy in the 21st Century:
What is new media? Why is the concept of new media worthy of an academic discussion? What are the effects of new media on literacy, particularly within higher education? In what ways can we focus on interdisciplinary approaches to information fluency?
Conference Tracks:
Visual Representation: Understanding and Questioning the Image
New Media Convergence: Where Theory meets Practice
Thinking Critically and Creatively: Communication and Technology
The Global Classroom: Challenges of New Media Literacies
Digital Leadership: The 21st Century Library
Registration Fees
Registration fee includes access to all presentations, keynote speech, concurrent sessions, poster presentations, reception, coffee breaks & snacks and all materials.
Early Registration (prior to January 24, 2014) $125
Full Conference Registration (January 25, 2014 to February 25, 2014) $140
On-site Registration (February 26, 2014 to February 27, 2013) $150
Non-UCF Student Registration $50
Spouse/Partner/Family Member of a Presenter $80
Single Day Registration (Feb. 26, 2014) $80
Single Day Registration (Feb. 27, 2014) $60
UCF Faculty and Staff Free
UCF Students and LIFE Participants Free