- 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Eastern)
- 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central)
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- 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (Pacific)
POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2022
Do you provide digital and information literacy instruction that could be disseminated to a broader community? Are you interested in building a robust and cohesive digital literacy curriculum? If so, this interactive webinar is for you. Digital Matters Interim Director Rebekah Cummings will share her experiences at the University of Utah partnering with the College of Education to disseminate online digital literacy training to 7-12 grade teachers. In this session, we will discuss the initial needs assessment, building community partnerships, creating a digital literacy curriculum, and delivering the content online in 2021 and in-person in 2022. This interactive session will explore how the instructors mixed practical digital literacy skills such as podcast production and video essays with relevant digital literacy concepts such as misinformation, digital citizenship, and ethical use of online sources. Engage in exercises used with the teachers such as online investigative journalism and an interactive game designed to gather social media followers. Be challenged to consider how we they unlock their own ivory towers to disseminate digital and information literacy to their communities.
Learning Outcomes
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Participants will understand digital literacy concepts and interactive methods for teaching digital literacy online and in-person.
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Participants will consider how they can use existing expertise and relationships at their institutions to provide digital literacy workshops and training to their broader communities.
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Participants will learn about a case study at the University of Utah where a digital humanities librarian partnered with the College of Education and College of Humanities to provide digital literacy workshops for 7-12 grade teachers.
Who Should Attend
Academic instruction, outreach, or digital scholarship librarians who are interested in creating and disseminating information and digital literacy to a broader audience.
Presenter
Rebekah Cummings is the Digital Matters Interim Director at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library where she facilitates digital scholarship through consultation, teaching, and project development services. Rebekah was honored as a 2020 University of Utah Top Researcher at Celebrate U, A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements, and her work has been featured in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Journal of Library Administration, Information Technology and Libraries, International Journal of Digital Curation, and International Journal on Digital Libraries. In 2018-2019, Rebekah served as President of the Utah Library Association. Prior to working for the Marriott Library, Rebekah was the Assistant Director of the Mountain West Digital Library, one of the inaugural service hubs for the Digital Public Library of America. Rebekah’s primary research interests are digital humanities, data management, and intellectual property.
Registration
Cost
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $71
Nonmember: $79
Group Discounts
You can register a group by specifying the number of people who will be accessing the webcast during checkout. We offer discounts for webcasts based on the number of registrations you specify in checkout. If you are an ACRL member, you can purchase seats for yourself and your colleagues at the ACRL discount rate; ALA's new e-Learning store allows you to extend the ACRL member savings with colleagues at your institution.
| Number of Seats | Discount |
|---|---|
| 2-5 | 15% |
| 6-9 | 25% |
| 10+ | If you are registering 10 or more individuals for a webcast, please email mconahan@ala.org for special discounted pricing. |
ALA and ACRL are committed to supporting our members, staff, and all librarians and library workers during these uncertain times. We will do our best to accommodate the needs of our attendees; please contact mconahan@ala.org if you have special registration circumstances.
How to Register
Tech Requirements
ACRL Webinars are held in Zoom. Speakers or a headset for listening to the presentation are required. You may interact with the presenter and ask questions through text-based chat. Closed captioning is available in the Zoom platform. The webinar will be recorded and the link to the recording shared with registrants shortly after the live event.
Contact
If you have a question or need to make arrangements for special assistance or additional accessibility, please contact Margot Conahan (mconahan@ala.org).