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Tiffini Travis, CSULB Communication Studies Librarian
Jennifer Gradis, CSULB
Communication Studies Faculty [email protected]
Presentation
www.slideshare.net/T_Travis
Social activism and information
literacy
Empowerment
Information access
Leads to action
Much like theory informs
practice in the medical fields,
research can be just as
valued in social activism and
community engagement.
“Experiential learning integrates the
classroom and the real world.”
http://www.northeastern.edu/experiential-learning/
Video of J. Gradis http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/design/video/2009/nov-2009/comm-studies-dir/travis/comm_132.html
Video of J. Gradis http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/design/video/2009/nov-2009/comm-studies-dir/travis/comm_132.html
Identify social problem and
organization
Minutes of all student meetings
Outline of presentation
Copy of PowerPoint presentation
Images and timesheets of service
learning
Reflection on the entire process
Students were familiar with their
organization and the population
they served
Students were able to apply
information to a real world setting
Some Students were inspired to
continue with volunteerism
Learn to succeed in groups
Life Changing
Students could see the use of
research beyond typical library
related assignments
Lifelong learning + service
learning = social change
Implications for the revised
information literacy framework
Shift from the skills based instruction to a
holistic integration into the course
Emphasizes the use of information for
empowerment
Allows the re-envisioning of IL to focus on the
application of information rather than just the
search for information
Further information..
ACRL Draft Framework for IL (Accessed 3/19/2014)
http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-
content/uploads/2014/02/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-Draft-1-
Part-1.pdf
David Droge, (ed.), Voices of strong democracy: Concepts
and models for service-learning in communication studies.
Washington, DC: American Association for Higher
Education.
Day of the child http://www.childrenunitingnations.org/day-
of-the-child/
Video of J. Gradis
http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/design/video/2009/nov-2009/comm-
studies-dir/travis/comm_132.html
Further information..
Devasagayam, R. , Johns-Masten, K. , & McCollum, J.
(2012). Linking information literacy, experiential learning,
and student characteristics: Pedagogical possibilities in
business education. Academy of Educational Leadership
Journal, 16(4), 1-18.
Precious Life Shelter http://www.preciouslifeshelter.org
Schroeder, R. , & Cahoy, E. (2010). Valuing information
literacy: Affective learning and the ACRL standards. Portal:
Libraries and the Academy, 10(2), 127-146.