ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Recap

Nancy AllenBritt McGowanKristy Padron

CSUL PSPC Information Literacy SubcommitteeDecember 13, 2010

1. Mission2. Goals & Objectives3. Planning4. Admin. & Institutional Support5. Articulation w/ the Curriculum6. Collaboration7. Pedagogy8. Professional Development (Staffing)9. Outreach10. Assessment/Evaluation

IL Programs: ACRL Best Practices

Articulates its mission, goals, objectives, pedagogical foundation

Is tied to library and institutional goals Involves constituents Includes a staff development component Establishes means for implementation Conducts and reacts to ongoing SWOT

analysis Establishes a process for assessment at the

outset

#3: Planning

Outcomes

Criteria

AssessmentAnalysis

Change

Program Assessment Zen

Extent of horizontal scope of program: how many course, majors, programs are reached?

Degree of vertical integration of program: how are parts of program articulated over a 2-4 year period? (general studies, research methods, capstones)

IL Program Structures: Key Issues

Example:

Cal Maritime Library

http://library.csum.edu/information%20fluency/curriculummap.pdf

Curriculum Maps

1. Structural Analysis, design

2. Human Resource Support, empowerment

3. Political Advocacy, coalition-building

4. Symbolic Inspiration, framing experience

Frames of Leadership

My chart!

Behavorism Cognitivism Humanism Constructivism

Theories behind the Practice of Teaching

Learning Styles

Kolb Cycle of Learning

You talking?Students talking to you?Students talking to each other?Students writing?Students thinking?Students listening and viewing media?Other?

What about your teaching?

Concentrate on 3 most important things you want the students to learn or go away with.

Develop outcomes for your sessions and teach them.

What can you do in 50 minutes?

Evolution of Information Literacy

Closed Stacks Reader’s Advisory

BibliographicServices Information

Literacy

Pre-19th C.

1920s 1950s 1993(1883-1928) Carnegie Libraries Built(1907) U.S. receives 1.7 million immigrants

(1929) Great Depression(1939-1945) WWII/GI Bill

(1957) Sputnick 1(1965) Education Acts:Higher Ed & K-12

(1990s) Constructivism in Teaching & Learning,Ubiquitous technology,Millennials increase student population.

Student Engagement & Teaching Effects

• Collaborative, Hands-On

• Student Learning Outcomes

• Applied Learning• Managing

Information Overload• Encouraging Life-

long Learning

• Lecture-Based• Teaching

Outcomes

“Sage on The Stage”

Active Learning

Learning & The Real World

Identify institutional/programmatic expectations for student learning.

Create learning outcomes that parallel institutional expectations.

Measure the patterns of student learning. Examine results to suggest changes. A continuous process.Maki, P.L .(2002). Developing an assessment plan to learn about student learning. The Journal of Academic

Librarianship, 28(1): 8-13.

AssessmentAssessment: interpreting information about students’ achievement, and using that information to make decisions about lessons, course structure/content, grading, or program.

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Assessment

See also the assessment presentation by Carole Hinshaw & Kristy Padron (2006).

Can be done on a program-wide basis and during instruction.

Techniques may vary because of purpose of assessment.

Summative assessment: measures the level of learning after a phase of education (grades, capstone

Formative assessment: measures strengths and challenges in immediate instances of learning (observations, feedback, and “response comments”).

Assessment can be formal or as informal as needed. What to assess can be prioritized.

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Many theoretical underpinnings and “How-to’s.”

Information literacy teach-in to interested faculty and staff.

Leadership and campus culture sessions helped in my communication skills.

However, I received mixed messages for IL…

What did I take from Immersion?