The Institute for SoTL invites you to our first T&L Exchange presentation of the year:

Tales from the trenches: How 3rd year journalism students talk about research literacy learning as it relates to current and future practice

Sept 25, 12:30-1:30 in T107

This presentation investigates students’ learning and its connection to practice in a mandatory 3rd year journalism class focused on the development of research literacy skills. The intention is to describe how students make sense of the research literacy skills they are being taught (such as the identification of research methods and questions, sampling procedures and reading statistical information) in the context of their imaginary as students and potential journalists. In sum, this presentation intends to help unravel how students are making sense of experience in the classroom by using their feedback (as opposed to my assumptions as an instructor). In doing so I offer some empirical data about the complex process of student sense making as they negotiate their learning experiences as current and future practitioners.

Dr. Amanda Williams has been a part time instructor for the Faculty of Communication Studies at Mount Royal University since 2009. She teaches theory and research methods for the Journalism, Information Design and Public Relations programs. Her current research projects include an exploration of journalism student identity, discourses of sustainability in the Alberta oil sands, and the development of Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOCs) in Canada.