Our information literacy instruction landscape is fundamentally challenged, from the limitations of one-shots to the complexities of our information ecosystem. Therefore, we must capture students’ attention quickly, communicate with clarity, make learning sticky, and support students’ ability to apply and transfer key concepts and skills. “Stories” serve as a pedagogical tool to not only spark interest, but also prompt meaning making, demonstrate relevance, and communicate impact. Stories can take the classic shape of anecdotes, as well as bite-size forms like analogies, images, and metaphors. We will explore how incorporating stories into our teaching can make concepts click and bring skills to life. Join us to discuss your favorite stories as well as information literacy concepts for which you would find stories most useful.
Participants will: 1. Be able to recognize and describe the pedagogical value of storytelling in teaching and learning including how stories support engagement, recall, meaning making, and transfer. 2. Identify and map shared/sample stories to specific information literacy concepts and skills, demonstrating the relevance of storytelling to the information literacy arena.
