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Utility and Practical Application

Utility and Practical Application. Humor* Expressing personality Establishing trust Delivery and competence Reducing student anxiety.

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Utility and Practical Application

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  1. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  2. Reducing Student Anxiety

  3. Reducing Student Anxiety

  4. Reducing Student Anxiety

  5. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety • Gaining and maintaining student attention *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  6. Gaining and Maintaining Student Attention

  7. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety • Gaining and maintaining student attention • Fighting instructor burnout *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  8. Fighting Instructor Burnout

  9. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety • Gaining and maintaining student attention • Fighting instructor burnout • Comprehension and information retention *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  10. Comprehensionand Retention

  11. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety • Gaining and maintaining student attention • Fighting instructor burnout • Comprehension and information retention • Undermining negative stereotypes *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  12. Undermining Negative Stereotypes

  13. Utility and Practical Application Humor* • Expressing personality • Establishing trust • Delivery and competence • Reducing student anxiety • Gaining and maintaining student attention • Fighting instructor burnout • Comprehension and information retention • Undermining negative stereotypes • Self-Deprecating *Adapted from Vossler, J. J., & Sheidlower, S. (2011). Humor and information literacy: Practical techniques for library instruction. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited.

  14. Self-Deprecating

  15. Student-Produced Comics Looking at the student research process through comics* • Student need to be heard • A way to reflect and summarize • Critical thinking and questioning assumptions • Framing themselves as characters • The drama and conflict of research • An attempt to validate student experience • Opportunities for more authentic assessment** • Potential overall improvement of student learning*** • Visit me at LOEX! *Adapted from Detmering R., and Johnson A.M. “‘Research Papers have Always Seemed Very Daunting’: Information Literacy Narratives and the Student Research Experience.” Portal 12.1 (2012): 5–22. **McKinney, P. A., & Sen, B. A. . (2012). Reflection for learning: understanding the value of reflective writing for information literacy development. Journal of Information Literacy, 6(2), 110–129. ***McGuinness, C., & Brien, M. (2007). Using reflective journals to assess the research process. Reference Services Review, 35(1), 21–40.

  16. The Next Step Information Now! • Comic guide to student research and information literacy. • Set to be published fall 2014 by The University of Chicago Press • Approximately 125 pages Sometimes, information literacy is as simple as holding the book correctly.

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