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Insights from the performing arts for information professionals who teach
2014-10-23
This presentation critiques the discourse of teacher-as-entertainer and examines five elements from the performing arts that can provide meaningful insights for information professionals who teach: physicality, defining the situation, extemporizing, scripts, and acting.
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2017-01-01
Polkinghorne, Sarah, Given, Lisa M., Carlson, Lauren
Within library and information studies (LIS), there is growing awareness of the role of the body and its surroundings in people’s information and knowledge experiences. Predominant data collection methods, such as the sit-down interview, should be reexamined in light of this awareness. This paper...
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Open Ideas@UAL 2019 Book of Abstracts
2019-04-05
University of Alberta Libraries
This is the program listing and book of abstracts from the 2019 Open Ideas @UAL is a research symposium that provides UofA libraries academic staff a chance to present their completed and in-progress research. The symposium provides a supportive environment for new and emerging researchers...
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Research is a verb: Exploring a new information literacy-embedded undergraduate research methods course
Download2010-05-01
Polkinghorne, Sarah, Wilton, Shauna
This paper introduces a potential solution to widespread and longstanding concerns about undergraduates’ research, writing, and critical thinking skills: a new activity-based, discipline-specific research methods course. This paper details the course's design and explores the course's...