The Multiclass Librarian: Succeeding Skill Checks as a Wizard Bard (A.K.A. Using Technology in Instruction)

Title: The Multiclass Librarian: Succeeding Skill Checks as a Wizard Bard (A.K.A. Using Technology in Instruction)

Session Format & Style: Hands-on Workshop

100 word Description: Much like librarians juggling many roles, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) offers multiclassed characters who balance different strengths. Many of us are asked to perform instruction alongside our primary duties (channeling charisma, a bard ability in D&D). Meanwhile, technological advances and trends in instruction increase technology use (channeling intelligence, a wizard ability in D&D). Participants will level up as a Wizard Bard in this skill-building workshop introducing interactive technologies which promote active learning in information literacy instruction. Participants will then create and share an activity integrating one or more of these tools for a real or hypothetical scenario.

Takeaways: Participants will leave with a virtual handout listing tools they can use in instruction, an activity they design for a real or hypothetical instruction scenario, and skills integrating technology in information literacy instruction.

Organization: Alex O’Keefe, Arts Digital Projects Librarian, Yale University; Rob Detmering, Information Literacy Coordinator, University of Louisville

Contact information: Alex O’Keefe, a.okeefe0@gmail.com