کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی

کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی

سواد الگوریتمی و نقش کتابداران در آموزش آن

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان
1 دانشیار، گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران؛ عضو هیأت علمی مأمور در گروه کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی پزشکی، دانشکده علوم پیراپزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، ایران
2 دانشجوی دکترای علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران
چکیده
هدف: هدف از پژوهش حاضر، مطالعه مفهوم و ضرورت سواد الگوریتمی و نیز نقش کتابداران در آموزش این سواد است.
روش پژوهش: این پژوهش به روش مروری روایتی انجام شده است. بدین صورت که با جستجوی عبارت سواد الگوریتمی در پایگاه‌های علمی معتبر داخلی و خارجی، مقالات مرتبط استخراج شد. سپس، این مفهوم، از لحاظ تعریف، ابعاد، مؤلفه‌ها و دیگر جنبه‌ها مورد بررسی و مقایسه قرار گرفت و اتفاق نظرها، اختلاف نظرها و شکاف‌های پژوهشی، آشکار گردید.
یافته‌ها: بررسی متون مشخص ساخت که با وجود این ‌که در خارج از کشور طی سال‌های اخیر، پژوهش‌هایی در مورد سواد الگوریتمی انجام گرفته است، هنوز در ایران به بررسی این مفهوم، پرداخته نشده است. در این پژوهش، توسعه مفهوم سواد از عصر اطلاعات تا عصر هوش مصنوعی بررسی شد. همچنین، به تعاریف مختلفی که در مورد سواد الگوریتمی وجود دارد اشاره شد. در ادامه، به ابعاد و مؤلفه‌های سواد الگوریتمی و اهمیت و ضرورت آن پرداخته شد و در پایان، نقش کتابداران و کتابخانه‌ها در آموزش سواد الگوریتمی، مورد بحث و بررسی قرار گرفت.
نتیجه‌گیری: برسی متون مربوط به سواد الگوریتمی نشان داد که هنوز تعریف واحد جهانی از سواد الگوریتمی وجود ندارد ولی تعاریف موجود، بر آگاهی از نحوه کارکرد الگوریتم‌ها و مهارت ارزیابی انتقادی آن‌ها تأکید دارند. همچنین، ابعاد و مؤلفه‌های مختلفی توسط پژوهشگران مطرح شده است که در مجموع، این پژوهش‌ها نشان داد سواد الگوریتمی با ابعاد شناختی، رفتاری و عاطفی کاربر در ارتباط است. امروزه با گسترش روزافزون استفاده از الگوریتم‌ها در سایه توسعه سریع هوش مصنوعی، لزوم برخورداری از این سواد، ملموس‌تر است. کتابداران به ‌عنوان پیشگامان در آموزش سواد اطلاعاتی، اکنون می‌توانند با توجه به رسالت ذاتی خود به‌ عنوان تسهیلگران آموزش و پژوهش، به آموزش سواد الگوریتمی به کاربران کمک و مبادرت ورزند.
کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله English

Algorithmic Literacy and the Role of Librarians in Its Education

نویسندگان English

Shahnaz Khademizadeh 1
Mohammad Amin Sekhavatmanesh 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; Visiting Faculty in Medical Library and Information Sciences Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2 Ph.D. Student, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
چکیده English

Objective: Considering the increasing spread of artificial intelligence and its algorithm-oriented nature and the increasing interaction of users with these algorithms in various platforms such as social networks, online stores, and search engines, the present study intends to examine the concept and necessity of algorithmic literacy and, in the following, the role of librarians who are actually specialists in information science in the education and development of this literacy. This research aims to study the concept and necessity of algorithmic literacy and the role of librarians in teaching this literacy.
Methodology: This research has been done in a narrative review method. In this way, related articles were extracted by searching the term algorithmic literacy in domestic and foreign reliable scientific databases. Then, this concept was examined and compared in terms of definition, dimensions, components, and other aspects, and consensus, disagreement, and research gaps were revealed.
Findings: The review of the literature revealed that despite the fact that researches on algorithmic literacy have been conducted abroad in recent years, this concept has not yet been studied in Iran. In this research, the development of the concept of literacy from the age of information to the age of artificial intelligence was investigated. Different definitions of algorithmic literacy were also mentioned. Next, the dimensions and components of algorithmic literacy and its importance and necessity were discussed. In the end, the role of librarians and libraries in teaching algorithmic literacy was discussed.
Conclusion: A look at the definition of literacy from the past to the present shows that the concept of literacy has always been changing due to technological changes. At first, literacy is defined as "the ability to read and write". Then, with the emergence of digital technologies, it is defined as "ability and awareness"; Finally, with technological advances, it is defined as "awareness and critical evaluation skills". All digital technologies are algorithmic machines and depend on algorithms to function. Now that we are in the era of artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence systems are built on the basis of algorithms, the need for literacy in relation to algorithms is felt more and more under the title of "algorithmic literacy". By reviewing the researches, it is clear that there is still no single and universal definition of algorithmic literacy, but by summarizing these researches, we can express this definition: "Awareness and recognition of algorithmic systems along with the ability and skill of critical evaluation of these systems". Also, there is no consensus on the dimensions and components of algorithmic literacy, and researchers have examined different dimensions, which overlapped in some cases. What emerges from the research review is that algorithmic literacy is related to the cognitive, behavioral and emotional dimensions of the user. If in the age of information, human interaction with information was investigated, today, in the era of artificial intelligence and algorithms, human interaction with algorithms should be investigated. Since in the past, libraries played an important role in teaching information literacy and librarians were its pioneers, now librarians and information science specialists can play a role as algorithmic literacy educators, according to their inherent duty.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Algorithmic literacy
Algorithmic awareness
Human-Algorithm interaction
librarians
information literacy
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