The Mystery Room: Discovering the flexibility of an information literacy-based educational escape room

Authors

Glenn Koelling
Alyssa Russo, University of New Mexico

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-21-2020

Abstract

The Mystery Room is an educational escape room based on information literacy and applied to multiple audiences, including first-year students and library student employees. In this article, we explain how we developed the game, its theoretical underpinnings, and why it’s a flexible workshop for a variety of audiences.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Title

Public Services Quarterly

ISSN

1522-9114

Volume

16

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

information literacy, educational escape room, information formats, gamification, student employees, first-year students

Recommended Citation

Koelling, Glenn and Alyssa Russo. "The Mystery Room: Discovering the flexibility of an information literacy-based educational escape room." Public Services Quarterly , 1 (2020): 1-11. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/153

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Services Quarterly on 21 Feb 2020, available at http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15228959.2019.1666779