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Assessment of Information Literacy
Making it Meaningful
NHCUC Libraries Committe, March 4, 2013
Elizabeth Dolinger, Assistant Professor, Information Literacy Librarian
Keene State [email protected]
Write on a sticky note, one way information
literacy is being assessed at their
library or institution.
Introduce yourself to the person next to
you.
Why assess student learning?
"the quality of student learning is directly, although not exclusively, related to the quality of teaching. Therefore one of the most promising ways to improve learning is to improve teaching." Angelo & Cross
• session level outcomes• instruction design teach-ins • plan tiers of assessment • common assignments • assess as a team • aggregate data
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How will the student demonstrate learning?
Performance Assessment
Task/ Assignment
An integrated application of skills that shows learning
and results in an artifact or evidence
Opportunity to provide student
formative feedback
Assessed as a team using a rubric and
aggregate data
How do you know it's is good?
Decide to create something with this fabric.
What are you going to make?
Which fabric will you use?
Why this fabric?
How did you decide?
M. Oakleaf, Assessment Immersion 2012 exercise (used with permission)
National Student Engagement
Test
Department Assessment Reports
Collegiate Learning
Assessment Rubric assessment in
gen ed & departments
Campus Map of SLOs
Data on faculty
supported
Data on use of CMS &
Libguides
Tracking IL outcomes @
reference desk
Classroom Assessment Techniques
Identification of IL SLO’s for every session
Rubric Assessment
Tier 2: Mason Library’s IL
Tier 1: Campus IL
Informs IL curriculum & method of instruction
Assessment Resources
http://kscinfolit.wordpress.com/
http://railsontrack.info/
http://www.waypointoutcomes.com/
Look for articles by Megan Oakleaf, Deb Gilchrist, Lisa Hinchliffe
Thank you!
2 minute ticket Summarize the main points and provide 3-45 takeaways. These can be challenges you are concerned about or points that were particularly insightful in consideration of your practice.
Elizabeth [email protected]
Images
LightswitchBy The Letter E. Photo taken on Jan 1, 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/e_notagain/342266152/
LightningBy Qualsiasi. Photo taken on October 5, 2006. http://www.flickr.com/photos/qualsiasi/261599589/
View from Glen Canyon Dam, AZBy Andy Whiteley. Photo taken on May 10, 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamsmiley/3319593578
Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, AZ By Andy Whiteley. Photo taken on May 8, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamsmiley/3324010914
Public Flower Garden in downtown Seattle By FallenPegasus. Photo taken on May 15, 2005. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fallenpegasus/390740144
Checklist By Joe Plocki. Taken on June 16, 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/turbojoe/556776940/
SLEDcc_orange_rubrics_semifinal_draftBy Fleep Tuque. Taken on June 2, 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleep/2546048099/
Summative
• part of the instructional process
• helps determine next steps
• student participates in the assessment process and learns from it
Formative
• designed to be comprehensive
• most often occurs at the end of the learning/at the end of an instructional phase
• used to judge mastery
V.
How will you use what you learn about the student learning?
The information literate student evaluates information and its
sources critically.
What will students do?
Identify the viewpoint and
potential bias of the author and
source
Differentiate between popular magazines and
scholarly journals
Differentiate between
primary and secondary
sources
Evaluation v. Assessment
Educational Assessment: Intentional gathering of evidence in order to judge the quality of achievement based on pre-determined learning outcomes and improve learning
Evaluation: reflective tool that gauges impression of an experience