Aiding Pedagogy - University of Toronto · Digital pedagogy calls for screwing around more than it does systematic study, and in fact screwing around is the more difficult scholarly

Lauren Work@squaredsong

Digital Pedagogy Institute8/20/2015

Aiding Pedagogy: An examination (and call for feedback), of a

digital project from a Digital Collections Librarian

• VCU Special Collections & Archives

• Collaborations with Richmond organizations

Fulton Neighborhood, ca. 1925, V.45.15.575, The Valentine, W. Palmer Gray Collection. Used with permission.

“Hi! I’m Lauren, your Digital CollectionsLibrarian.”

VCU students, faculty

Teaching & Learning

“Oh, hey! Cool.”

National Library of Ireland Flickr Commons

Digital Pedagogy novice

Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a half

“We are not born digital pedagogues, nor do we have to be formally schooled in the ways of digital pedagogy.There’s lots to read on the subject, but we can’t just read our way into it; there is no essential canon. ”

- Jesse StommelDecoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2: (Un)Mapping the Terrain

Collaboration

Playfulness/tinkering

Focus on process

Building (very broadly defined)

Via Katherine D. Harris

“The best digital tools inspire us, often to use them in ways the designer couldn’t anticipate. The worst digital tools attempt to dictate our pedagogies, determining what we can do with them and for whom. The digital pedagogue teaches her tools, doesn’t let them teach her.”

- Jesse StommelDecoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2: (Un)Mapping the Terrain

“Rather, we need to handle our technologies roughly —to think critically about our tools, how we use them, and who has access to them.”

- Jesse StommelDecoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2: (Un)Mapping the Terrain

“Digital pedagogy calls for screwing around more than it does systematic study, and in fact screwing around is the more difficult scholarly work.”

-Jesse StommelDecoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2: (Un)Mapping the Terrain

Development

Baist Atlas Publication & Company History

Design

Design…better

Expand initial design input beyond the team building and working with the site.

Goals

Nationaal Archief Flickr Commons

Goal 1:

Richmond history in context

Actively encourage contribution of student views & voices

Goal 2:

Allow for use and reuse of data and images

Goal 3:

Allow for users to explore further points of interest from the atlas

Think carefully about how you navigate access and discovery in design

labs.library.vcu.edu/baist-atlas/

Additional Lessons learned

Library of Congress Flickr Commons

• Feedback

• Communication tools

• Extensibility/preservation

• Project charter

“Hi! I’m Lauren, your Digital CollectionsLibrarian…from the FUTURE.”

VCU students, faculty

Teaching & Learning

“Whoa.”

Future Work

Future Work

Library & Digital Collections

CollaborationPlayfulness/tinkering

Focus on processBuilding (very broadly defined)

Via Katherine D. Harris

Thank you!

http://labs.library.vcu.edu/baist-atlas/

Lauren WorkDigital Collections Librarian

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