Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice

Wolske, Martin; Rhinesmith, Colin; Kumar, Beth

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Title

Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice

Author(s)

• Wolske, Martin
• Rhinesmith, Colin
• Kumar, Beth

Issue Date

2014-04

Keyword(s)

• Community Informatics
• Studio Pedagogy
• Informatics
• Studio-Based Learning
• experiential learning
• Community Engagement
• Community Engagement course
• popular education

Abstract

This paper introduces a model of experiential learning to support teaching, research, and practice in library and information science (LIS). The concept we call Community Informatics (CI) Studio uses studio-based learning (SBL) to support enculturation into the field of CI. The SBL approach, closely related to John Dewey’s inquiry-based learn- ing, is rooted in the apprenticeship model of learning in which students study with mas- ter designers or artists to develop their craft. Our paper begins with a review of literature to frame our research before introducing our analysis of the CI Studio course. Using the first three semesters of the course as case studies, the goal of the paper was to pres- ent three related investigations that emerged from our over-arching research question: How can the CI Studio be understood as a model of experiential learning to support LIS teaching, research, and practice?

Publisher

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science

ISSN

0748-5786

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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