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ACRL ARTS Sec*on's Annual Discussion Forum in San Francisco American Library Associa*on’s 2015 ALA Annual Conference Saturday, June 27, 2015 1

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ACRL  ARTS  Sec*on's  Annual  Discussion  Forum  in  San  Francisco  American  Library  Associa*on’s  2015  ALA  Annual  Conference  Saturday,  June  27,  2015  

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ARH2000  course:  •  Fully  online  course  •  Part  of  the  university  core  curriculum  •  Meets  global  learning  requirement        Set  goals  for  course:    •  Student  engagement:  Student  as  a  curator  chosen  art  &  content  creators  when  they  post  •  Integrate  visual  &  informa*on  literacy  into  the  assignment  •  Have  a  conversa*on  about  using  social  media  and  using  images  ethically  

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Art  Movement  Paper:  Basic  research  paper  with  presenta*on      New  assignment:  •  Themes  not  *ed  to  *me  periods  or  place    •  Global  learning  component    Outline  of  the  assignment  •  Find  three  artworks  to  post  about  that  speak  to  a  theme  (list)  •  Cite  the  image  correctly  in  the  social  media  post  using  the  class  hashtag  •  Students  create  Storify  story  •  Post  to  blackboard  course  discussion  board    •  Give  feedback  in  their  peers  posts  •  Research  paper  submiWed  

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Student  engagement  goals  &  learning  outcomes    •  Backwards  curriculum  design  •  Peer  to  peer  feedback:  Discussion  &  dialogue  •  Social  media  integra*on  •  Visual  and  informa*on  literacy  skills  •  Global  learning  outcomes  (global  awareness,  perspec*ve,  &  engagement)        We  had  the  FIU  Online  Instruc*onal  Designer  with  us  to  select  educa*onal  technology  tools  •  Manage  our  expecta*ons    •  Find  appropriate  tools  within  the  blackboard  course      Included  in  the  assignment  would  be  •  Link  to  LibGuide  for  instruc*on  on  this  assignment  •  Literacy  learning  objects  in  the  LibGuide  •  Discussion  board  

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Some  of  the  knowledge  prac*ces  &  disposi*ons  of  the  ACRL  framework:  Crea%on  as  process:  Students  as  curators  &  students  as  creators    •  Look  at  the  way  informa*on/images  are  shared  •  Learn  emerging  trends  for  informa*on  crea*on  vs.  the  more  tradi*onal  ways  images  

could  be  found  •  What  was  the  process  for  creators/poster  to  disseminate  images  •  Choosing  the  suitable  forum  to  post  their  chosen  images  •  Matching  informa*on  need  to  appropriate  product  &  product  variety  •  Dynamics  of  their  individual  projects  will  help  to  develop  a  beWer  understanding  of  the  

process  of  informa*on  crea*on,  purpose,  and  propaga*on.  Info  has  value:  Free  vs.  copyright  •  The  several  dimensions  of  informa*on  •  As  a  commodity,  means  of  educa*on,  influence,  or  to  develop  a  an  understanding  of  the  

world  •  As  creators  of  informa*on  develop  a  beWer  sense  of  intellectual  property  “ownership”  •  Ci*ng  images  correctly  &  making  a  deliberate  choice  to  comply  with  copyright  •  Make  beWer  choices  regarding  their  online  ac*vity  •  Value  the  produc*on  of  knowledge&  respect  original  ideas  of  others  •  “see  themselves  as  contributors  to  the  informa*on  market  place  rather  than  only  

consumers  of  it”      

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In  addi*on  to  the  global  learning  outcomes  &  ACRL  informa*on  literacy  framework,  we  also  chose  competencies  from  ACRL’s  visual  literacy  standards.    Focusing  on:  •  Finding  images  (where  to  look?)  •  Create  visual  media  (social  media  posts,  storify  project)    •  Using  images  ethically  (cite  artworks)  •  Analyzing  the  images  (research  paper)      

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Social  media  tools  for  pos*ng/publishing  •  TwiWer  •  Instagram  •  Facebook  •  Flickr  •  YouTube  •  GeWy  images  •  &  more      Storify  will  allow  you  to  •  Choose  images  with  hashtags  •  Aggregate  posts  from  different  tools  •  Create  a  visual  board  that  serves  as  a  product  of  the  project      

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Future  steps  •  Become  a  TA  in  her  course  and  the  embedded  librarian  for  the  class  •  Set  up  the  storify  class  project  board  •  Have  2  virtual  informa*on  sessions  using  adobe  connect  •  Virtual  office  hours    •  Help  manage  the  storify  board  to  add  posts  •  Create  an  assessment  piece    

•  Pretest/  post  test  on  their  visual  &  info  lit  skills      Future  Future  Goals  •  Sustained  content  in  storify    •  Example  for  future  classes    •  Public  tools  for  finding  images  on  the  web      

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