Event Title
Cigars and Literacy
Start Date
12-11-2015 2:45 PM
End Date
12-11-2015 3:30 PM
Description
In modern western academia, oral literacy is often overlooked in favor of textual literacy. Although there is no significant learning advantages that one form of dissemination shares over the other, preference for text based dissemination presents a particular challenge when we consider how text book accessibility is being restricted by astronomical price increases. Academic Librarians can make use of low powered FM stations or internet radio in order to increase student access to required texts. In addition to increasing accessibility, this format can also serve to revitalize classroom intellectual participation and campus community life by reaching students with their preferred means of technology.
Cigars and Literacy
In modern western academia, oral literacy is often overlooked in favor of textual literacy. Although there is no significant learning advantages that one form of dissemination shares over the other, preference for text based dissemination presents a particular challenge when we consider how text book accessibility is being restricted by astronomical price increases. Academic Librarians can make use of low powered FM stations or internet radio in order to increase student access to required texts. In addition to increasing accessibility, this format can also serve to revitalize classroom intellectual participation and campus community life by reaching students with their preferred means of technology.