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Information Literacy And Political Efficacy: Assessing The Correlation, Maria Albo, Julie Higbee
Information Literacy And Political Efficacy: Assessing The Correlation, Maria Albo, Julie Higbee
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
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Lolcats And Celebrities And (Red Panda) Bears – Oh, My!, Mary T. Moser
Lolcats And Celebrities And (Red Panda) Bears – Oh, My!, Mary T. Moser
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2010
Getting - and keeping - students' attention during library instruction sessions is an increasingly Herculean task. We all know the best practices for teaching: be engaging, ask questions, provide opportunities for active learning. But what if those techniques just aren't enough? By experimenting wildly with the presentation of my library instruction sessions, I have found that a lot of teaching power lies within the unexpected. Often, topics with very little direct correlation to libraries make interesting and engaging platforms for teaching information literacy concepts. Some of the add-ons I have used in classes include: slideshows of LOLcat pictures to impart …