Information Illiteracy: "But while the problems of “information literacy” and the limitations of otherwise tech-savvy students’ abilities to differentiate between legitimate and unacceptable sources are well known, there is yet to be a unified, coherent approach to combating them."
While I agree that it's important to teach people how to function in information-rich environments, the bigger part of the challenge relates to helping people understand the changed landscape itself (and what it means). It's not enough to teach people basic skills of validating a source, using the right tool to find needed information, etc. We need to go beyond teaching learners how to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." That's a start. The bigger challenge relates to understanding what our new method of information access means to us - as individuals, as a society. Information literacy skills are important, but shouldn't be seen outside of a meta-understanding (implications, how information flows, how changed flow forces a re-creation of our institutions) of information and knowledge.