Nancy Allen Britt McGowan Kristy Padron CSUL PSPC Information Literacy Subcommittee December 13, 2010 1. Mission 2. Goals & Objectives 3. Planning 4. Admin. & Institutional Support 5. Articulation w/ the Curriculum 6. Collaboration 7. Pedagogy 8. Professional Development (Staffing) 9. Outreach 10. Assessment/Evaluation 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 OutcomesCriteriaAssessmentAnalysisChange 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) Example: Cal Maritime Library/curriculummap.pdf 1. Structural Analysis, design 2. Human Resource Support, empowerment 3. Political Advocacy, coalition-building 4. Symbolic Inspiration, framing experience Behavorism Cognitivism Humanism Constructivism You talking? Students talking to you? Students talking to each other? Students writing? Students thinking? Students listening and viewing media? Other? Concentrate on 3 most important things you want the students to learn or go away with. Develop outcomes for your sessions and teach them. Closed Stacks Readers Advisory Bibliographic Services Information Literacy Pre-19 th C. 1920s1950s 1993 ( ) Carnegie Libraries Built (1907) U.S. receives 1.7 million immigrants (1929) Great Depression ( ) WWII/GI Bill (1957) Sputnick 1 (1965) Education Acts: Higher Ed & K-12 (1990s) Constructivism in Teaching & Learning, Ubiquitous technology, Millennials increase student population. 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): Assessment: interpreting information about students achievement, and using that information to make decisions about lessons, course structure/content, grading, or program. (ssmnt) See also the assessment presentation by Carole Hinshaw & Kristy Padron (2006). assessment presentation assessment presentation 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. (ssmnt) Many theoretical underpinnings and How-tos. 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