Literacy is changing and academic leaders and librarians are changing too. Learn about three practices which transform digital literacy and learning. Keynote for the California State Library Association Leadership Day, February 6, 2020.

1. Leadership as
Messy Engagement
Renee Hobbs
University of Rhode Island
Media Education Lab
Twitter: @reneehobbs
California School Library Association
Leadership Day
February 6, 2020
City of Industry, CA

2. www.mediaeducationlab.com

3. www.mediaeducationlab.com
www.mediaeducationlab.com

4. Messy Engagement
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
by helping learners & teachers use the power of
digital texts, tools & technologies
School librarians advance

5. Literacy changes in response to changes in
technology & society

6. We share meaning through symbols
that come in many forms

7. KNOWLEDGE
THEN

8. KNOWLEDGE
THEN NOW

10. 50% of all searches
begin & end with
Google

11. CUT-AND-PASTE CULTURE

12. Project Information Literacy
Students actively try to reduce the number of
choices they have to make in order to get their
assignments done.
The Citation Project
First-year college students who use sources in their
writing rarely write about them with much
understanding.
They don’t summarize sources, they harvest
quotes. Nearly half the time, the quotes they use
are from the first page of the source.
We

13. Screencasting
Advances Reading Fluency & Comprehension
Screencast-o-Matic
http://screencast-o-matic.com

14. Screencasting for Literary Analysis
http://screencast-o-matic.com

15. Digital Annotation with Kami Document Markup
http://chrome.google.com
A Student PDF Annotation
@reneehobbs

16. Digital authorship is a
creative and
collaborative process
that involves
experimentation and risk
taking.
Students take on
authority when they
have a real audience and
strategic purpose.

17. As you watch, consider:
How does this video depict
the the way people learn by
creating media?

19. As you watch, consider:
How does this video depict
the the way people learn by
creating media?
1. Learners make choices of ideas,
information sources, and digital
content.

20. As you watch, consider:
How does this video depict
the the way people learn by
creating media?
2. Learners ask ”how” and “why”
questions about the information,
ideas and content they encounter.

21. As you watch, consider:
How does this video depict
the the way people learn by
creating media?
3. Learners compose their message
for an authentic audience.

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COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE

23. Welcome to the
Attention Economy

24. A majority of students ages 14 - 23 prefer learning from YouTube videos over other
activities including in-person group activities, learning apps, games, or reading from
printed books.
SOURCE: Pearson (2018). Beyond millennials: The next generation of learners. Global Research & Insights and Harris Polling.

26. Authority
Authenticity
different ways of deciding what to believe

27. www.ant.umn.edu

28. Analyzing
YouTube Videos
with the
SM ARTPHONE
Develop critical thinking
about media using
”think aloud” activities

30. DIGITAL
MEDIA
LITERACY
ANALYZE
ACCESS
ACT
REFLECT
CREATE
Inquiry
Reading
Search
Curation
Credibility
Analysis
Creativity
Multimodal
Writing
Digital
Skills
Dialogue
Collaboration
Emotional Response
Ethical Reasoning
Knowledge of Cultural,
Political, Economic
& Social Context
Citizenship
Activism

31. Messy Engagement
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
by helping learners & teachers use the power of
digital texts, tools & technologies
School librarians advance

33. REMIX Creativity is Combinatorial

34. USERS
HAVE RIGHTS

35. Perfectionism Kills
Creativitity

36. Creating with digital tools involves
a process of messy engagement
Risk of Failure
Chaos

37. “How do I get started?”
Managing the CREATE-TO-LEARN Process
“What is our topic?”
“When is it due?”
“How long should it be?”
“Do have to work with a
partner?”
“How do I get an A?”

38. Project-based learning is more "messy" than other
forms of learning. How do you manage the mess?

39. CONTENT
FORMAT
PROCESS
DISTRIBUTION
Message
Medium – Genre
Steps to Complete
Audience

40. FORMATCONTENT AUDIENCEPROCESS
Standard Practice
Essay in
MLA
Format
Teacher
Turn in a
rough draft
on Friday
Summarize
Key Insights
from the
Reading

41. FORMATCONTENT AUDIENCEPROCESS
Supporting Learning Through a Mix of
Creative Freedom & Creative Control
You Decide
Class BlogWork with a
Partner
Under
Deadline
Pressure
THREE
information
sources on
the causes of
the French
Revolution
Essay, blog post, image slideshow, podcast, infographic, video,
animation, screencast, vlog, social media

42. FORMATCONTENT AUDIENCEPROCESS
Supporting Learning Through a Mix of
Both Creative Freedom & Creative Control
You Decide
You Decide
Work Under
Deadline
Pressure
You Decide
GENIUS HOUR

43. FORMAT
CONTENT
DISTRIBUTION
PROCESS
Structure Learning Experiences
using a Balance of
Creative Freedom & Creative Control
Hobbs, R. (2019). Transgression as creative freedom and creative control in the media production classroom. International Electronic Journal of
Elementary Education 11(3), 207 – 215.

44. Distribution
is a Practice of Digital Literacy

46. BOOK
TASTINGS

47. Messy Engagement
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
using the power of digital texts, tools & technologies
School librarians enable:

48. How are students “creating to
learn” in your school?
What current activities
could be modified so
that students experience
the power of digital
authorship?
What potential value
and impact might such
activities have for
learners?

49. Global Student Voice Film Festival www.studentvoice.org
Ariel Sutherland and Ashton Granger, Denver CO

50. Renee Hobbs
Director, Media Education Lab
Co-Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Digital Literacy
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
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Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com