Paper presentation at the 2014 IFLA Information Literacy Section satellite meeting in Limerick, Ireland.

1. Collaborative Digital Pedagogy
Teaching Digital Humanities in the
Classroom through Faculty-Librarian
Collaborations
Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IFLA Information Literacy Satellite Conference
August 14-15, 2014

2. Today’s Talk
• Background: Digital literacy, metaliteracy,
digital pedagogy
• Case studies
– English
– Media Studies
– Architecture
• Potential for collaboration in digital pedagogy
between librarians and instructors

3. Information
Fluency
MetaLiteracy
Visual
Media
Metaliteracy
Cyberliteracy
“Information literacy is the
metaliteracy for the digital age
because it provides the higher
order thinking to engage with
multiple document types
through various media formats in
collaborative environments….
Metaliteracy provides an all-inclusive
core for engaging with
individuals and ideas in digital
environments.” —Mackey and
Jacobson (2011)
green19@illinois.edu @greenharr

4. Digital Pedagogy
“Digital pedagogy is the use of electronic elements
to enhance or to change to [sic] experience of
education.”
–MLA Digital Pedagogy Unconference
“Students and learners should be central in
mapping the terrain of digital pedagogy.
Educational institutions should dedicate themselves
to supporting this work…. Digital pedagogy is less
about knowing and more a rampant process of
unlearning, play, and rediscovery.”
—Jesse Stommel, Hybrid Pedagogy
green19@illinois.edu @greenharr

5. Role of Librarians
• Rapidly growing body of work as digital
collections and scholarship services develop in
libraries
• Courtney and Dalmau (2011): Victorian
Women Writers Project and English graduate
seminar
• 2013 Journal of Library Administration special
issue on digital humanities and libraries

6. Case Studies
• Architecture graduate seminar
• Rhetoric and Composition/Film Studies course
• Media and Cinema Studies courses
RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
• What was the rationale behind the chosen digital
resource?
• How was the assignment designed/re-designed
to utilize digital resources?
• How effective did the digital tool integrate with
the course curriculum and learning outcomes?

7. Architecture
• Digital research collections: ARTStor
• Publishing platforms: Wordpress,
Weebly, Wix, Google Sites, Omeka
Tool
Selection
• Digital publishing: Guide to Digital
History
• Essay + computer generated designs
Assignment
Design
• Class digital journal:
Results http://modernutopias.wordpress.com

8. Rhetoric/Composition
• Library catalog, Academic Search
Premier
• Omeka.net: www.omeka.net
Tool
Selection
• Website + standard essays
• Focus on documentary film
Assignment
Design
• Omeka.net exhibit with final paper
Results • New modes of digital writing

9. Media and Cinema Studies
• Scalar: http://scalar.usc.edu
• Voyant: http://voyant-tools.org
• Easel.ly: http://easel.ly
Tool
Selection
• Media Ethics: Scalar site
• Study Abroad: Scalar sites with
digital analyses
Assignment
Design
• Media Ethics: multi-media sites
• Study Abroad: Scalar sites
showcasing digital analyses
Results

10. Digital Literacies Metaliteracy
The awareness, attitude and
ability of individuals to
appropriately use digital tools
and facilities to identify, access,
manage, integrate, evaluate,
analyze and synthesize digital
resources, construct new
knowledge, create media
expressions, and communicate
with others, in the context of
specific life situations, in order
to enable constructive social
action; and to reflect upon this
process. (Martin and Grudzecki
2010)
• Enhancing cognitive development and
assessment practices through curriculum
interventions that make use of new
affordances of digital technologies.
• Supporting learning communities to work
collaboratively in problem solving and the
co-construction of knowledge.
• Working collaboratively in a
multidisciplinary team to create useful,
practical tools.
• Increasing authenticity and overcoming
access issues.
(Gillen and Barton 2010)

11. Digital Pedagogy and Learning
Outcomes Toward Digital Literacies
• Discover, access, and evaluate digital content
for research
• Develop scholarly critique via synthesis of
visual and textual content
• Engage in a collaborative learning
environment
• Build authentic transferrable skills and digital
tool competencies through experiential
learning

12. The Future of Digital Pedagogy and IL?
“We must develop a participative pedagogy,
assisted by digital media and networked publics,
that focuses on catalyzing, inspiring, nourishing,
facilitating, and guiding literacies essential to
individual and collective life in the 21st century.
–Howard Rheingold, 2010

13. Thank you!
Harriett Green
English and Digital Humanities Librarian
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
green19@illinois.edu
Twitter: @greenharr