Using Visual Materials to Teach Information Literacy Outside the Arts Curriculum

Authors

Peggy Keeran, University of DenverFollow
Jennifer Bowers, University of DenverFollow
Katherine Crowe, University of DenverFollow
Kristen Korfitzen, University of DenverFollow

Publication Date

Spring 2019

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

University Libraries

Keywords

Information literacy, Arts, Higher education, Primary sources

Abstract

Students in non-arts disciplines generally are not taught to read and interpret visual images in the same way that those in the arts are taught. As a result, students in non-arts disciplines are often uncertain how to incorporate visual primary sources into their research. Using several of the frames outlined in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as an overarching structure, as well as the pedagogical model outlined in TeachArchives.org that focuses on active learning techniques, the authors outline their instructional techniques for teaching students to work with, and even interrogate, visual resources in a non-arts-based classroom.

Recommended Citation

Keeran, P., Bowers, J., Crowe, K., & Korfitzen, K. (2019). Using visual materials to teach information literacy outside the arts curriculum. Art Documentation 38(1), 141-158. https://doi.org/10.1086/702894