(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01)
Givens, Marlee; Holdsworth, Liz; Mi, Ximin; Rascoe, Fred; Valk, Alison; Viars, Karen
This chapter addresses technology in education, multimodal texts, and information literacy in a STEM research-focused university setting. Students produce multimodal content in first year composition classes, but composition instructors lack the skills required to teach students multimedia technology. Librarians respond to the needs of the faculty and students they support. Library instruction takes place within the composition class (course-integrated or “one-shot” instruction) or in a multimedia classroom at the library. The librarians bring technical skills as well as a grounding in information literacy, and their instruction increases students' written, sonic, visual and data literacy. As a result, students become more savvy content consumers as well as creators. Final version published in Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology With Literacy Pedagogies, IGI Global, 2020.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-01)
Bodnar, Jon; Bennett, Charlie
While library commons are designed to increase student use and investment in the library for learning, many of them do little to involve faculty in their operations. Because learning is a cooperative enterprise between faculty and students, a more successful commons might explore opportunities to engage faculty and students in their scholarly and educational work. One strategy for doing this is to work with them to develop events and exhibits that build on the unique environment, tools, and resources of a library commons.