Andrew BattistaUniversity of Montevallo

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy September 21-22, 2012

Using Badges to Assess

Information Literacy Learning

Outcomes

#COIL2012

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Academically Adrift

“Testing and measuring is always the most conservative and traditional feature of any educational enterprise—and the most contested.”

--Cathy N. Davidson, Now You See It

Badges and Higher

Education

There are many good reasons why using badges to assess

information literacy is a good idea

A Credit-Bearing Course

Curation CultureBrain Science, Social

Media, and Information Literacy

Department or Major-Specific

Program

o Read, analyze and evaluate social welfare policies and programs

o Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of issues of social and economic justice

o Demonstrate an understanding of the major policies that form the foundation of social welfare

o Identify populations-at-risk and describe the dynamics whereby such populations come to the oppressed and discriminated against

o Analyze policies in terms of their influence in the lives of citizens and clients of the social welfare system, with special attention to such diverse groups as children, women, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, gays and lesbians

o Describe the roles of social work in relation to social policy, including the role of the NASW Code of Ethics in social welfare policy practice

Demonstrate an understanding of the major policies that form the foundation of social welfare

Identify populations-at-risk and describe the dynamics whereby such populations come to the oppressed and discriminated against.. 

Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of issues of social and economic justice.

Describe the roles of social work in relation to social policy, including the role of the NASW Code of Ethics in social welfare policy practice.

Analyze policies in terms of their influence in the lives of citizens and clients of the social welfare system, with special attention to such diverse groups as children, women, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, gays and lesbians.

Read, analyze and evaluate social welfare policies and programs

SWK 373 Social Policy

SWK 203 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work

SWK 355 Research in Social Welfare

SWK 350 Introduction to Social Work Practice

SWK 420 Social Work Practice with Small Groups, Communities, and Organizations

SWK 455 Social Work Practicum

SWK 373 Social Policy

SWK 203 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work

SWK 355 Research in Social Welfare

SWK 350 Introduction to Social Work Practice

SWK 420 Social Work Practice with Small Groups, Communities, and Organizations

SWK 455 Social Work Practicum

Understand opportunities and responsibilities in the profession

Develop ethics, personal boundaries, and self care

Learn how to locate, evaluate, and use empirical research

Find and interpret demographic data as a tool for advocacy and social justice

Develop competency through experiential learning and practice

Promotion and collaboration

Ongoing System of Rewards

Implementing a Badge

System

More Advice

Lessons Learned (So

Far)

abattista@montevallo.eduTwitter: @rawdeal85http://tiny.cc/coil12