Using Investigative Video Games to Teach Reference Transaction Skills in Interconnected Classrooms
Burgess, John; Wallace, Anna Grace
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Title
Using Investigative Video Games to Teach Reference Transaction Skills in Interconnected Classrooms
Author(s)
Burgess, John
Wallace, Anna Grace
Issue Date
2020-10-13
Keyword(s)
Critical reasoning
Reference instruction
Video games
Pedagogy
Abstract
As online education for the MLIS becomes widespread, one challenge for reference and
user services instructors is that traditional active learning exercises used to promote
internalization and personalization of reference skills may not translate to online classroom
environments where real-time feedback may be more difficult to provide equitably. This article
proposes the use of investigative video games to teach critical reasoning skills that are essential
for competence in conducting reference interviews and searches. It provides examples of how
types of reasoning are used in these video games and how, when practiced, can offer a
foundation for further instruction in reference and user services.
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