Teaching the information literacy Framework: Creating choose-your-own-adventure flip-books
ISSN: 0090-7324
Article publication date: 3 September 2019
Issue publication date: 28 November 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to outline the concept and creation of choose-your-own-adventure flip-books for use in teaching information literacy in higher education.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a conceptual paper that examines how to use choose-your-own-adventure style flip-books to teach knowledge practices from the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Using constructivist theory and active learning methods, the authors discuss how flip-books offer a hands-on learning strategy to build on students’ knowledge and experiences while promoting learner-centered interactions.
Findings
As academic libraries evolve from teaching bibliographic instruction via lecture to information literacy through student-centered learning, activities such as the one discussed in this paper provide a way for librarians to better engage with students. Creating curriculum based on educational theory and learner-centered approaches is necessary for librarians to use to optimize classroom time.
Practical implications
This paper provides a practical and pragmatic evaluation of how to incorporate narrative flip-books into information literacy instruction, providing an additional instructional tool for information literacy practitioners.
Originality/value
The choose-your-own-adventure story narrative has been used as a learning tool through all levels of education, including in university settings, but there is a lack of research on their use in information literacy instruction. This paper provides insight on how this teaching method and teaching tool can be used by librarians in the information literacy classroom.
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Acknowledgements
This paper forms part of a special section “Library Instruction West Part 2”, guest edited by Sarah Barbara Watstein.
Citation
Korber, I. and Shepherd, J. (2019), "Teaching the information literacy Framework: Creating choose-your-own-adventure flip-books", Reference Services Review, Vol. 47 No. 4, pp. 461-475. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-05-2019-0033
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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