Friday, March 26, 2010

Lateral Multidirectional Literacy

Lateral Multidirectional Literacy means searching (Surfing) for information staying on one level of the sources. Lateral multidirectional literacy enhances your learning /reading power, gives better ideas and builds more creativity to see a bigger picture of a changing situation. Branching literacy has changed today’s world. Many people cannot count how many times they have been required or encouraged to use the internet or different databases to collect information. This shows how dependant people are on the websites. Gathering information in a non linear manner often requires researchers to use numerous sources in order to find complete information. This allows everyone to gather information and combine it in order to create knowledge. With your past experience and senses you could take a decision on the correct web site you need.

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