Measuring information and digital literacy activities through learning record store repository of the national training centre for continuing education for librarians in Croatia

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the findings of a quantitative analysis of the learning record data stored in the learning repository of the Croatian Training Centre for Continuing Education for Librarians. Research aim is to measure the information and digital literacy activities of librarians in the national lifelong learning portal, and to test application of an Experience API (xAPI) as an information and a digital literacy assessment instrument. The introductory overview of theories brings umbrella framework for overlapping terms such as digital literacy, information literacy, media literacy and digital competences. Convergence or overlapping of terms largely depends on prospective aim of the assessment process, which could be regarded as normative/pedagogical or instrumental/technical in nature [1-2]. The paper presents a case study of testing an Experience API standard as an information and digital literacy assessment.