I-LEARN: A Model for Creating Knowledge in the Information Age

The I-LEARN Model—I dentify, L ocate, E valuate, A pply, R eflect, kN ow— both describes the process of learning with information and provides a learning sequence that children and youth can be taught. Grounded in research and theory from information science and instructional systems design, it is also based on the author’ s own research and writing. This theoretical model reflects an inquiry approach to learning and builds on the three-part information-literacy paradigm that underlies many instructional activities conducted in library media centers: accessing, evaluating, and using information. It expands that paradigm to focus specifically on the use of information as a tool for learning.