Campus-Wide Digital Literacy Initiative Empowers Hybrid Learning
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Conference Strand
Diversity and Inclusion
Target Audience
Higher Education
Second Target Audience
K-12
Location
Session 4 Papers
Relevance
University students experience a knowledge gap when required to use unfamiliar software applications without the benefit of direct instruction and support. Information literacy skills include software knowledge / digital literacy, and libraries are a primary resource where students can receive this assistance. Libraries assist with the implementation of information literacy across disciplines, including software knowledge/ digital literacy. This proposal describes programmatic solutions within a library to advance the digital literacy of all students across campus. The program described in this proposal falls within the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, namely, Information Creation as a Process, as students are directly taught how to use software applications to create new types of information products.
Proposal
Over the past three years, Auburn University has advanced the digital literacy of its students through equitable access to professional software suites and learning opportunities with in-person, hybrid, and online learning experiences. Through a partnership with Adobe Systems, Inc., all students, regardless of college or major, have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software applications at no additional cost. This session highlights the designed support for the digital literacy initiative provided by the Innovation & Research Commons of Auburn Libraries. The support program seeks to improve students’ digital creation skill sets via ongoing series of hybrid workshops, instructional sessions with faculty and students, partnerships across campus, and hybrid help desk peer support from diverse student employees. Specific examples and assessments of workshops, which are open to all students, faculty, and staff, will be provided. Feedback from team-taught instructional sessions within courses will be included. Attendees will gain ideas for developing partnerships across campus and beyond. The session will also include an overview of the development of a new student employee position - peer consultants. Consultants assist students, faculty, and staff in their use and implementation of the multimedia apps through one-on-one consultations and small group instruction in a hybrid work environment. The diverse makeup of the peer consultants and data points collected to assess effectiveness of assistance will be reviewed. Additionally, lessons learned and successes of recent outreach events will be shared.
Short Description
Auburn University has advanced the digital literacy of its students through equitable access to software and hybrid learning opportunities with the Adobe Creative Campus initiative. Support provided by the Innovation & Research Commons of Auburn Libraries increased students’ skill sets via ongoing, programmatic hybrid workshops, instructional sessions with faculty and students, partnerships across campus, and hybrid help desk peer support from diverse student employees.
Keywords
digital literacy, digital equity, technology, hybrid learning, workshops, student employees
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Hooper, Chelsy and Lasley, Jonah, "Campus-Wide Digital Literacy Initiative Empowers Hybrid Learning" (2022). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 38.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2022/2022/38
Campus-Wide Digital Literacy Initiative Empowers Hybrid Learning
Session 4 Papers
Over the past three years, Auburn University has advanced the digital literacy of its students through equitable access to professional software suites and learning opportunities with in-person, hybrid, and online learning experiences. Through a partnership with Adobe Systems, Inc., all students, regardless of college or major, have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software applications at no additional cost. This session highlights the designed support for the digital literacy initiative provided by the Innovation & Research Commons of Auburn Libraries. The support program seeks to improve students’ digital creation skill sets via ongoing series of hybrid workshops, instructional sessions with faculty and students, partnerships across campus, and hybrid help desk peer support from diverse student employees. Specific examples and assessments of workshops, which are open to all students, faculty, and staff, will be provided. Feedback from team-taught instructional sessions within courses will be included. Attendees will gain ideas for developing partnerships across campus and beyond. The session will also include an overview of the development of a new student employee position - peer consultants. Consultants assist students, faculty, and staff in their use and implementation of the multimedia apps through one-on-one consultations and small group instruction in a hybrid work environment. The diverse makeup of the peer consultants and data points collected to assess effectiveness of assistance will be reviewed. Additionally, lessons learned and successes of recent outreach events will be shared.
