The Ramifications of Reflective Skepticism in a Post-Truth Era: Reconstructing Information Experiences within Other Disciplinary Landscapes

Presenter Information

Lorna Dawes, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Event Website

http://sites.lib.purdue.edu/cilc/cilc-symposium.html

Start Date

13-7-2022 3:30 PM

End Date

13-7-2022 4:45 PM

Description

Information experiences are intrinsic to the discourse of every discipline and to the practice of effective researchers. However, this Post-Truth era has complicated these experiences with a bold skepticism that cannot be overcome with more and better sources. How do faculty and librarians' partner to address this coalescence of fact, fiction and opinion? Drawing on a phenomenographic study of faculty conceptions of teaching information literacy, this discussion argues that attention to a more relational pedagogy, one that facilitates a reflective skepticism and active engagement with the information within the discipline, will create students who are not only more critical consumers of information but will also enable them to become more engaged and influential citizens.

Moderator: Catherine Fraser Riehle