Good News: NJCIT Students Win Awards in 2021 National Information Literacy Competition for Higher Vocational Colleges

In order to implement the spirit of relevant documents such as the Implementation Plan for Vocational Education Reform, the Action Plan for Education Informatization 2.0, and the Regulations for Libraries of General Colleges and Universities, and follow the general requirements of the Code for Construction of Digital Campus in Higher Education Institutions (Trial) on carrying out information literacy education, the Higher Vocational Colleges Branch of the Steering Committee of the Library and Information Work at Colleges and Universities as well as the Management Center of China Academic Library & Information System of the Ministry of Education jointly held the Wanfang Cup 2021 National Information Literacy Competition for Higher Vocational Colleges.

The competition was launched on June 23, 2021 and successfully concluded on December 12, 2021. More than 1.58 million teachers and students from 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have participated in the competition, and over 741 colleges and universities have registered on the competition platform. The competition is divided into seven stages: national mobilization, provincial mobilization training, school competition for selection, provincial competition for qualification, as well as preliminary, semi-final and final of national competition. Due to the epidemic prevention and control, online competition is adopted this year. After the evaluation by the expert team, 100 winners of the student group were selected, including 10 winners of the special prize, 20 winners of the first prize, 30 winners of the second prize and 40 winners of the third prize.

According to the Notice on Award Results of the Wanfang Cup 2021 National Information Literacy Competition for Higher Vocational Colleges issued by the Higher Vocational Colleges Branch of the Steering Committee of the Library and Information Work at Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, Zhang Fengchun from the School of Artificial Intelligence of Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology won the second prize, and Deng Haotian from the School of Electronic Information won the third prize; the College won the Best Organization Award; Zhou Yueyou, Li Baoqun and Chen Xue, teachers from the Library of the College, won the Excellent Instructor Award.

The competition aims to promote learning and teaching through competitions, and advance information literacy education at higher vocational colleges and improve students' information literacy level according to the information technology curriculum standards of vocational education colleges. With the care and support of the leaders of the College and the Library, the Library has made early preparations and drills. On the basis of holding the Third NJCIT Information Literacy Competition, two students (Two are required from each college) have been selected to participate in Jiangsu Provincial Information Literacy Competition for Higher Vocational Colleges and the National Information Literacy Competition for Higher Vocational Colleges, and the preparation work has been actively carried out. A training team was set up and the Training Materials for Information Literacy Competition were compiled. The school competition actively implemented the curriculum-based reform of activities. All students who effectively participated in the school preliminary and semi-final could obtain credits for elective courses, and the number of students participating in the competition increased greatly compared with last year. The instructors and contestants carefully prepared for the provincial and national competitions, sorted out every knowledge point involved in the competitions, and deepened and consolidated them through practical operation and simulation exercises. The contestants practiced carefully in daily training and responded calmly in the competitions. They achieved good results in the national competition, which also reflected the positive role of the Library in the information literacy education of the College. We will make persistent efforts to achieve better results in the 2022 national competition.

Photo/Text by Chen Xue, the Library