The Digitally Embedded Librarian: Social Media and Library Instruction
- Conference Year
- Online Northwest 2015
- Session
- 2
- Type
- Breakout Session
- Presenters
- Elizabeth Brookbank, Western Oregon University
- Abstract
Students are constantly connected to social networks. Instead of fighting to keep these potential distractions out of the classroom, a professor and a librarian at Western Oregon University embraced them, harnessing their power to increase student engagement. The result? Student collaboration and participation skyrocketed, and information literacy instruction was more meaningfully integrated. Find out how intentional use of social media could help you sustainably expand your reach into the classroom beyond the one-shot instruction session.