a gateway to outcomes assessment: collaborating on a multi-session library instruction program
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Collaborating on a Multi-Session Library Instruction Program
A Gateway to Outcomes Assessment
Jenny HatlebergNiyati Pandya
Montgomery College, MD
Overview
Introduction: Montgomery College & Gateway to College Gateway to College – Library Collaboration Outcomes Assessment Challenges & Lessons Learned Looking Ahead
www.gatewaytocollege.org
www.montgomerycollege.edu/gatewaytocollege
Montgomery College -Gateway to
College
Gateway to College Students
Challenge: Classroom management
Age 16-21
High School GPA 1.6- 2.0
No. of High School Credits No more than 17 credits
Reading/English Proficiency Tenth grade
Gateway to College Program Model
Foundation TermReading & Writing
Math
College Survival & Success
Career Development
Academic Seminars & Application
Accuplacer Assessment
HS Diploma
+
College credits earned
Transition TermTransition to college classes
College classes for HS requirements
REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT
Library Sessions
Gateway-Library Collaboration
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Research &
Service Learning
Seminar
10AM-12PM
College Success
& Career
Develop’t
1 – 2:15 PM
Reading
1-2:15PM
College Success &
Career Develop’t
1 – 2:15 PM
Reading
1-2:15PM
Math
2:30 – 4:15 PM
Writing
2:30 – 3:4 5PM
Math
2:30 – 4:15 PM
Writing
2:30 – 3:45PM
Language Arts
Seminar
4:15 – 5:45 PMMath Apps
4:45-6:15 PM
Gateway-Library Collaboration
• Summer 2010• Gateway Program Director Instruction Librarians
Reading/Writing
Faculty (2)
Instruction
Librarians (3)
Research &
Service Learning
Seminar
Instructors (3)
Gateway-Library Collaboration
Planning Process1. Met Summer 2010 for initial planning2. Identified IL skills that would be needed to complete
Reading/Writing assignments3. Developed Library Sessions based on IL skills; used
ACRL Information Literacy Standards as student learning outcomes
• Information Literacy Student Learning Outcomes for each session
• Challenges: Coordinating across campuses
Learning Tools
• Blackboard• Librarian Role created in Spring 2012
Session Topics & Learning Outcomes
1. Finding Primary & Secondary Sources2. Evaluating Websites & Doing Exploratory Research3. Evaluating Scholarly Information4. Developing Search Strategies & Doing Historical Research5. Review and Individual Research for Final Papers
Challenge: Strengthening connection between Library sessions and Reading/Writing classes
Outcomes Assessment
• Performance-based assessment activities• Provided active learning experience• Enabled us to evaluate student learning
• Student Learning Outcomes determined design of activitieso Examples:
Evaluating websites Keyword Searching
• Informal games, feedback forms, and reflection papers
• Challenges: Time, coordination, etc.
Outcomes Assessment
Evaluating Websites• Learning Outcome: Examine and compare information from
various sources in order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and point of view or bias
• Used videos to introduce why to evaluate, as well as criteria. Viewed sample websites as class.
• Online Activity: Choosing Good Sources
Choosing Good Sources
Rubric: Choosing Good Sources
Very Good (2 pts) Adequate (1 pt) Poor (0 pts)
Evaluate
reliability based
on CAPOW:
currency,
authority,
purpose,
objectivity, and
writing style
Articulates one
reason why this
would or would not
be a reliable
source, giving
examples based
on criteria
discussed in class
Articulates a
reason why this
would or would not
be a reliable
source, but
example is
unrelated to the
criteria discussed
in class
Does not articulate
any reason why
this would or
would not be a
reliable source
Identify CAPOW
criteria:
currency,
authority,
purpose,
objectivity,
writing style
Correctly identifies
one of the five
CAPOW criteria
as a justification
for choice
Identifies a reason
that relates to the
five criteria, but
does not use the
criteria covered in
class
Does not identify a
criteria; criteria
identified does not
relate to what was
covered in class
Outcomes Assessment
Keyword Searching• Learning Outcomes:
• Identify keywords, synonyms and related terms for the information needed
• Construct a search strategy using appropriate Boolean operators for the information retrieval system selected
• Break process down into steps, using active learning activities for each• “fuzzy words”• Simon Says
• Online Activity: Searching for Articles
Searching for Articles
Searching for Articles
Searching for Articles
Outcomes Assessment
Closing the loop• Revised to improve
assessment tools
• Adapted session outlines to clarify content
• Challenges: Continuous revision
Searching for Articles
Looking Ahead
• Develop outcomes assessment plans for other parts of our IL instruction program.
• Transferability of information literacy skills = opportunity to use assessment tools in other classes
• Building a toolbox of active learning activities
