LOEX 2011 - Transliteracy

Bridging the Gaps:Transliteracy as Informed PedagogyLane WilkinsonUniv. of Tennessee at ChattanoogaLOEX 2011
Walnut Street Bridge. Chattanooga, Tenn.

How did we get here?

Identify a need

Secure funds

Evaluate travel options

From point A to point B

This is information literacy

The paperwork

Buying the tickets

Navigating the airport

Catching the right train

The itinerary ≠ the trip

This is transliteracy

What is transliteracy?
The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media.

Transliteracy is about how we navigate an ever-increasing array of communication and information sources.

It is about understanding how information sources fit together and how to make use of that fit.

Not from libraries
Where did it come from?

2005
Transliteracies Project
“a working group to study online reading”
transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu

2007
PART: Production and Research in Transliteracy Group
DeMontfort University
nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy

2010
Libraries and Transliteracy
A cross-section of public librarians and library technology experts
Librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com

The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media.
Transliteracy is about how we navigate an ever-increasing array of communication and information sources.
It is about understanding how information sources fit together and how to make use of that fit.
Not from libraries
2005
Transliteracies Project
“a working group to study online reading”
transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu
2007
PART: Production and Research in Transliteracy Group
DeMontfort University
nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy
2010
Libraries and Transliteracy
A cross-section of public librarians and library technology experts
Librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com

So, what does this mean for library instruction?

Research can’t be just about the library

New media

New linguistic competencies

New literacies

Literacy
Descriptive
Evaluative
Information Literacy
Transliteracy
Subject-specific
Subject-neutral
Oral
Print
Scientific literacy
Digital literacy
Visual
Health literacy
Critical literacy
Computer
Web
Economic literacy
Media literacy
Other subject specific literacies
Other non-subject specific literacies

A word of warning

Three keys for library instruction

#1: Effective information use requires several information sources.

An explosion of information sources

Students will use non-library sources

But they hit a wall in the library

Address non-library resources at the start

#2: Information resources do not stand alone, they interact.

Popular vs. Scholarly doesn’t cut it anymore

Information doesn’t fit into compartments

Break down the divisions

Information resources are linked

#3: Navigating the interaction requires transferable skills.

“A mental model is…the user's mental image of a system and its capabilities that he employs to understand how to operate it.”(Holman 2011)

“…if today’s students [search] by discovery,should then the focus of information literacy instruction be on more effective strategies for refining a search rather than on initially constructing a near-perfect search?” (Holman 2011)

They already know how to do it

Teach the analogy

How do students use Wikipedia?
(Head & Eisenberg 2011)

Understand transferable skills
make overt connections
provide links to specific applications
focus on the purpose of strategies
include time for student reflection
consider how strategies might be adapted
provide feedback to students
provide opportunities to apply, re-apply and re-teach
Perkins, D. N. & Salomon, G. Transfer of learning, in International encyclopedia of education. (Second ed.) Oxford: Pergamon Press 1992.

Harness students’ existing skills

Give them a way through

For example: remember the “red” Lexis?

Can your students still use it?

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Wikipedia before class

Google versus the Library

The library is not (always) the answer
You moved off-campus, but now you’ve got roaches!
Where’s the best place to find out which bug-spray is most effective?
A. Off.com
B. The Journal of Entomology
Yahoo! Answers
Ask Grandma

Teaching the analogy
http://www.youtube.com/v/dVETB3gaA2Y
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The world of information
http://www.youtube.com/v/od8oTWqaDxE
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Ample time to search

More to come

Future possibilities

But wait, there’s more!

Social media training

Beyond Facebook

Workshops and beyond…

Last words

Your students’ trips are just beginning

Information literacy is how they’ll plan

Transliteracy is how they’ll get there

lane-wilkinson@utc.edu librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com
Thank you

Images“How did we get here” http://www.flickr.com/photos/miltoncorrea/3118589805/“Identify a need”http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidw/472529234/“Secure funds”www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2899343224/“Evaluate travel options”http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/4203509136/This is information literacyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/hey__paul/5573305472/‘The paperwork’http://www.flickr.com/photos/julia_manzerova/4388356403/“Buying the tickets”http://www.flickr.com/photos/melloveschallah/3562306837“Navigating the airport”http://www.flickr.com/photos/joiseyshowaa/2513692474“Catching the right train”www.flickr.com/photos/dasqfamily/3775600263/“The itinerary is not the trip”www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/124077565/“This is transliteracy”www.flickr.com/photos/bass_nroll/422057721‘What is Transliteracy’http://www.flickr.com/photos/greeblie/3338710223/Not just about the libraryhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/diylibrarian/1403798100/New mediahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/5601654995/New literacieswww.flickr.com/photos/81203773@N00/411770953
Three keys
www.flickr.com/photos/vek/2543518246/
#1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4416908022
An explosion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/
Students will use non-library sources
www.flickr.com/photos/87913776@N00/5129607997
But they hit a wall
ww.flickr.com/photos/ortizmj12/2366706532
Address nonlibrary sources at the start
www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3466964233
#2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4318910816
#3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2677504428/
‘They already know how to do it’
www.flickr.com/photos/ergonomic/3363073562/
Teach the analogy’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/automania/126698126/
‘Harness existing skills’
www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3588573761
Give them a way through
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raeallen/111030065
Google versus the library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4993073773
Ample time to search
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2990156824
Social Media Training
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthamm/2945559128
Workshops and beyond
www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/2871176480/
Last Words
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilovememphis/4514924028
Trips are just beginning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumn_bliss/467766536/
IL is how they’ll plan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/152626650
Transliteracy is how they’ll get there
http://www.flickr.com/photos/potyike/4783170326/
Thank You
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5157879240

Reading List
Bobish, G. (2011). Participation and pedagogy: connecting the social web to ACRL learning outcomes. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(1), 54-63.
Brandt, D. S. (1997). Constructivism: teaching for understanding of the internet. Communications of the ACM, 40(10), 112-117.
Head, A. J. & Eisenberg, M. B.. (2010). How today’s college-students use Wikipedia for dourse-related research. First Monday, 15(3). [Online]
Holman, L. (2011). Millennial students’ mental models of search: implications for academic librarians and database developers. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 37(1), 19-27.
Junco, R., Heiberger, G., & Loken, E. (2011). The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2): 119-132.
Kjellberg, S. (2010). I am a blogging researcher: motivations for blogging in a scholarly context. First Monday, 15(8). [Online]
Perkins, D. N. & Salomon, G. (1992). Transfer of learning, in International encyclopedia of education. (Second ed.) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Websites
The Transliteracies Project transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu
PART: Production and Research in Transliteracy www.transliteracy.com
Libraries and transliteracy librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com

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