On object-based learning and exhibitions in the library inspired by our recent exhibition at Bundoora and some conversations I’ve had this year with people from anatomy, archaeology, art history, English, creative arts, history and beyond. It is something that has potential to connect every team in the library and could lead to new kinds of creative engagement with records and archives, La Trobe Art Institute, LTLT and academic colleagues and beyond. As always, doing the readings is not required. This is more just a space to come together, reflect on our practices, share ideas, and discuss possibilities – and the readings and videos may help you do this.
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Arts West Object Based Learning Lab: https://vimeo.com/178860393
Creative Approaches to Information Literacy for Creative Arts Students:
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit/vol11/iss1/7/
How inclusive is object-based learning?
https://sparkjournal.arts.ac.uk/index.php/spark/article/view/110/196
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Drifting through Research: How the Bibliodérive Inspired New Approaches to Information Literacy at Flaxman Library: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691375
Object Lessons: Inter- and Extra-Disciplinary Teaching in the History of Emotions https://once-and-future-classroom.org/1-object-lessons-inter-and-extra-disciplinary-teaching-in-the-history-of-education/
Learning to Teach in the Field: Five Professors Tell How Running an Overseas Study Tour Improved Their Classroom Teaching https://frontiersjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/XXXI-1-Ellinghaus_et_al.-Learning_to_Teach_in_the_Field.pdf
Challenge me
Subtle activism: Using the library exhibit as a social justice tool
https //doi.org/10.1177/0955749019876119
Diversities of choice, choice of diversities: Practical aspects of a diversity-centered exhibit
https://doi.org/10.1177/0955749019876374
Tripping the Black fantastic at a PWI: Or how Afrofuturist exhibitions in an academic library changed everything: https://doi.org/10.1177/0955749019876383
Browse Object-based learning resources
https://library.unimelb.edu.au/teachingobjects
More videos: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/teachingobjects/videos
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/schools/teaching-object-based-learning
Explore collections at La Trobe
Library special collections: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/library/research-support/collection-strengths
Archival item of the week: https://intranet.latrobe.edu.au/tasks-and-processes/records-and-archiving
La Trobe Art Institute: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/art-institute
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