1. Digging into the Frames: An exploration of context and conversation
14th Annual Information Literacy Summit
Miriam L. Matteson, PhD & Omër Farooq, PhD Student
Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science

2. Overview Offer up some thoughts on 2 frames
Discuss issues teaching these frames

3. Authority is Constructed and Contextual

4. Authority…Constructed…Contextual
Experts
Novices
View information with skepticism
Determine the validity of information
Define different types of authority
Seek authoritative voices
Acknowledge biases
Don’t

5. Reflective Judgment Model
King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (2004). Reflective judgment: Theory and research on the development of epistemic assumptions through adulthood. Educational Psychologist, 39(1), 5-18.

6. How to move from novice to expert?
Develop flexible notions of authority… While still learning the authority structures accepted in their fields Welcome diverse voices… While still being skeptical of the authority

7. Scholarship is a Conversation
Sustained discourse among scholars
Different discursive practices within disciplines
Meaning negotiated through diverse perspectives
Formal and informal/literal and figurative
Citations, peer-review, scholarly communication through social media

8. Scholarship is a Conversation
Products of discourse: paradigm shifts
Changes in perspectives in academic disciplines
Granularity at different levels of conversation: Undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, expert in a field
Value of participation in conversation channels/How does one get in?

9. Recap
These two frames in particular require learners to have an understanding of the nature of knowledge that may be beyond their current understanding.
What are some effective teaching strategies to help learners along that journey?

10. Thank you!
Miriam Omër Farooq