Ellysa Stern Cahoy

Education and Behavioral Science Librarian
Assistant Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Book
2009 TLT Faculty Fellow
Focus Area: Digital Literacy Acquisition

Ellysa’s fellowship was an in-depth exploration of digital literacy acquisition that led to various instructional strategies and seminars to assist students in developing digital literacy competencies. This Fellowship was able to further enhance the role the library resources play in crafting academically rigorous multimedia projects. This fellowship had a major impact on Media Commons practices, particularly in the development of the “Scholarly Storytelling” workshop, co-taught with library staff to explain storytelling and how narrative devices can be employed to deliver engaging and well-researched presentations. Ellysa also developed and delivered additional workshops to faculty and staff, designed to help integrate projects into curriculum to build digital literacy competencies across the University.

The Team

Chris Millet (lead)
Hannah Inzko
Kim Winck

The Fellowship was a wonderful experience! I believe the Fellowship had a significant impact on my promotion and tenure process.

Ellysa Stern Cahoy

Outcomes

Presentations

Cahoy, E. S. “Digital Cameras / Digital Storytelling,” Pennsylvania Library Association — Juniata / Conemaugh
Division, March 1, 2012. (Invited Speaker)

Cahoy, E. S. “Collaborating for Digital Literacy: Opportunities and Challenges,” Pennsylvania Information
Literacy Workshop, Pennsylvania Library Association College and Research Libraries Division, Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania, July 28, 2011. (Invited Speaker)

Cahoy, E. S. “Transformational Literacies,” Spring Membership Meeting, Pennsylvania Library Association
Juniata-Conemaugh Chapter, University Park, Pennsylvania, May 24, 2011. (Invited Speaker)

Cahoy, E.S. “Defining Digital Literacies,” Duke University Libraries Instruction Retreat, May
19, 2010. (Invited Speaker, Keynote Presentation)

Cahoy, E.S. & Millet, C. “Digital Literacy: Why is It Important? How Can Faculty and Students Master It?” Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching and Learning Regional Colloquy, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, April 16, 2010. (Invited Speaker, Keynote Presentation and Workshop)

Cahoy, E.S. & Millet, C. “Building Digital Literacies through Classroom Multimedia Assignments,”
Penn State Teaching & Learning with Technology Symposium, March 27, 2010. (Juried Abstract)

Cahoy, E.S. “Digital Literacy, Digital Storytelling, and the Role of the Academic Librarian.” Blended Librarian
Webcast, November 10, 2009. (Invited Speaker)

Grants

Cahoy, E.S., & McDonald, S.P. “Faculty Management of Intellectual Workflow and Personal Library Curation: An Exploratory Study,” Sponsored by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Private. $143,000. (2012-2013)

Cahoy, E.S. & Salony, T. “Digital Media Navigator Workshop,”
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, $49,000. (2011-2012)