1. Intentional Edutainment: A Pedagogically and Theatrically Sound Approach to Information Literacy Instruction Joshua Vossler & John Watts Coastal Carolina University

3. Who the #$%& are We?

4. Josh Dislikes Twilight Pants

5. John Fears Going to the gym Dying alone

6. Purpose Argue the importance of entertainment Provide a basic formula for generating entertaining content using self-disclosure Suggest methods for assessing students’ emotional states

7. Breakout Turn to someone next to you and share with them at least one thing you hate, and one thing you fear.

8. …and now, a short video on learning domains.

9. Theory Higher education emphasizes the cognitive. So where does motivation come from? Authority is not a useful motivation. Knowledge is useless if not applied.

10. Theory Too much of a good thing. There’s a play named I Hate Hamlet for a reason. Library instruction is not special.

11. Boolean Logic Hating Libraries AND Librarians OR Information Literacy NOT Jersey Shore

13. What to do? Be more entertaining

14. The Affective Continuum IGNORANCE RECEIVING RESPONDING VALUING ORGANIZATION CHARACTERIZATION BY A VALUE COMPLEX Humor

15. Funny

16. Practice Walmart

17. Breakout Match your fears or hatreds with an information literacy concept Search Strategies Narrowing Topics Locating Books Getting Help Selecting Appropriate Sources The Information Cycle Evaluating Sources Citation Other/your choice

18. Dos and Don’ts of Affective Assessment Don’t use this to evaluate students. Do communicate to students that their replies will not be factored into their grades. Don’t freak out if your results point in scary directions. Do use these data for self-reflection and revision of instructional materials.

19. Dos and Don’ts Continued Don’t ask general questions. Do ask students to report their emotional states in relation to specific events or concepts Don’t ask a bunch of questions. It wastes time and splits your focus.

20. Assessment Example Did you enjoy the humor in this video?  Yes  No

21. Assessment Examples I enjoyed the way the instructor explained _____________  strongly agree  agree  neutral  disagree  strongly disagree

22. Assessment Examples I enjoyed the instructor’s self introduction  strongly agree  agree  neutral  disagree  strongly disagree

23. Problems?

24. The instructors’ introduction was: Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

25. Questions?