Tired of your own text-based presentations and activities when teaching students basic information literacy and research skills? Visual media and graphics can quickly and easily capture the attention of your students in ways that you cannot always do on your own, and help students learn skills in a more dynamic way. Traditional Venn Diagrams, text-based PowerPoint presentations and database walk-throughs can be integral to teaching research skills, but as educators learn more about how people learn, we know that these tactics don’t capture everyone. This presentation will cover various ways in which instructors can use visuals to engage students and apply research skills. Examples provide new ways for teaching skills such as keyword creation, evaluative criteria, and understanding various library and academic processes. Participants will engage with one of these examples during the talk, and see how easy they can be to integrate into even the shortest information literacy session. Download the presentation to get the full effect with animation, plus talking points.
- 1. CREATING A COLORFUL CLASSROOM: BRINGING VISUAL MEDIA AND
GRAPHICS INTO THE INFORMATION LITERACY SESSION Liz Johns |
[email protected] |@emjohns1988 Teaching & Learning Librarian |
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2. DONT FORGET ABOUT THE VISUAL LEARNERS 3. Multimedia = words +
images 4. Animated Continuous change Static No change
InteractiveChange from user action 5. AND, OR, WHAT??? 6.
MarketingCoca-Cola AND narrows your search by connecting concepts
Coca-Cola AND Marketing 7. Recipe Stock Market Health Coca-Cola AND
narrows your search by connecting concepts Marketing Coca-Cola AND
Marketing 8. Alternative words for Disney Villains Antagonist
Character Animated Character Evil Character Villain Dark Vanity
Crowns 9. Infographics speed information processing 10. Hover maps
engage users 11. Flowcharts are ideal for processes 12. CHALLENGE
ACCEPTED 13. RECOMMENDED TOOLS Venn Diagrams: PowerPoint, Lucid
Chart Infographics: Piktochart, Infogr.am, Prezi, PowerPoint Hover
maps: SnagIt Flow charts: Prezi, PowerPoint, Lucid Chart Liz Johns
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