ERIC Number: EJ1074325
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Digital Advocacy Stories: A Pedagogical Tool for Communicating and Strengthening Library Values
Moreillon, Judi; Hall, Ruth Nicole
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, v55 n2 p100-111 Spr 2014
"Digital Advocacy Stories: A Pedagogical Tool for Communicating and Strengthening Library Values" is a case study conducted in LS5633: The Art of Storytelling. The purpose of this study was to investigate graduate student candidates' development of library values through the use of digital tools to create and disseminate advocacy stories. While discussing, creating, sharing, revising, and reflecting on digital advocacy stories, candidates gave voice to values based on ALA and other competences. They also increased their expertise in communicating those values to library stakeholders via electronic and Web 2.0 tools. The researchers conducted a content analysis of several assignment data sources, including candidates' online discussions, advocacy stories, and digital reflection scripts. The findings suggest this pedagogical process strengthened candidates' library-related values as well as shored up their ability to advocate for those values and use social networking and digital tools to do so.
Descriptors: Advocacy, Values Education, Graduate Students, Investigations, Story Telling, Electronic Publishing, Web 2.0 Technologies, Content Analysis, Social Networks, Competency Based Education, Online Courses, Value Judgment, Media Selection, Information Dissemination, Feedback (Response), Discourse Analysis, Vignettes, Assignments, Reflection, Information Science Education, Teaching Methods, Library Services, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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