framing the work: creating student learning outcomes for information literacy amy bessin &...
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Framing the Work: Creating Student Learning Outcomes
for Information Literacy
Amy Bessin & Katrina Salley
Recognizing the Need
• No common definition of information literacy
• No official set of student learning outcomes
• Lack of instruction and assignments on information literacy skills in Education courses
• Need for information literacy skills to be embedded within each major’s curriculum
• Create a shared definition
• Outline information literacy skills currently being taught and that need to be taught
• Create a logical progression for skill scaffolding
• Design outcomes for a pilot program that can be applied across all disciplines
Goals for Information Literacy SLOs
Our shared definition:
Foundational to lifelong learning, information literacy is a set of skills that equip a person to critically engage with a constantly changing information environment. Information
literacy focuses on finding, evaluating, interpreting, managing, and ethically using information to answer
questions and develop new ones.
Steps for Creating IL SLOs
• Five general SLOs– Discovery, evaluation, interpretation, application, and
ethical use
• Academic levels– Emerging, developed, proficient, advanced
• Specific language for each level
• Final document
Steps for Creating IL SLOs
• Met with School of Education’s Teacher/Leader Committee
– Decision to integrate information literacy skills into School of Education courses
– Need for assessments of information literacy skills
– Points of assessment
IL Integration with School of Education
• Determined required courses
• Examined course assignments
• Provided librarian instruction
• Discussed assessment options
IL Integration with School of Education
• Drafted a proposal for information literacy integration with the School of Education
– Timeline
– Student learning outcomes
– List of Education courses for instruction and assessment
– Types of instruction and assessments
IL Integration with School of Education
• Met with School of Education and discussed proposal
– Education students are not being taught information literacy skills in upper level courses
– Ideas for existing and new assignments where information literacy skills can be incorporated
IL Integration with School of Education
• Obtain assignments in upper-level Education courses
• Collaborate with faculty on assignments and
instruction
• Create lessons and formative assessments
Next Steps: School of Education
• Gather suggested resources/activities for each SLO
• Create a summative assessment linked to SLOs
• Begin curriculum mapping in other departments
Next Steps: Across Campus
Katrina Salley ([email protected])
Amy Bessin ([email protected])
Link to our Faculty Services LibGuide:
http://asbury.libguides.com/facserv/researchinstruction
Any Questions?