PLOA WITH THE LIBRARY Regina Seguin and Beth King, Librarians September 2015

ASSESSING INFORMATION LITERACY PLOA first step: Destination Six faculty: 3 librarians, 3 discipline faculty develop collegewide Information Literacy rubric. Persistent Challenges  Integration within Courses  Scalability “Locate, evaluate and effectively use information from diverse sources.”

: INFORMATION LITERARY MODULES Five modules each consisting of a tutorial and multiple choice assessment Consistent exposure to information literacy topics ENC1101 and 1102 instructors piloted in Blackboard Separate course linked within piloting courses Biggest challenge: scalability.

WHAT DID WE LEARN? About Instruction:  Shorter instructional videos  Active learning exercises  Different platform  New ways to work with faculty (department level, program level)  Psychology Information Literacy Modules  New Student Experience Online Module About Assessment:  Consistent exposure to information literacy topics  PLOA work no longer assumes need for everyone to have the same instruction.

2013:A NEW RUBRIC Used a revised information literacy rubric Scored sample papers collected from ENC1101 and ENC1102 What we learned: Good for assessing integration of sources and ethical use of sources. Need for a better tool for assessing locating and evaluating information.

2014: RESEARCH LOG In development. Goals: Provide insight into students’ searching and evaluating processes. Can be implemented with any research assignment. Can be scored quickly; data useful to instructors and librarians Biggest challenge: integrating with courses.

STANDARDIZED TESTING Respected tests of Information Literacy exist (SAILS)  Never broadly implemented at Valencia  Piloted in , costly  Will be piloted again this year (Diane Dalrymple, East) New test, TATIL, in development:  Will reflect ACRL’s new Information Literacy Framework.  Valencia will participate in the pilot.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: MULTIPLE APPROACHES To address different aspects of information literacy:  Checklist  Standardized test  Authentic measures (e.g., Research log)

BENEFITS Scaffolding of information literacy instruction  New student experience – basic, general  ENC 1101 & other front door courses – beginner, selected topics  ENC 1102 & other advanced courses – advanced beginner, specialized  e.g. abnormal psychology “Drop in” assessments (like “drop in” instruction) Bird’s eye view of information literacy across disciplines

NEW DEFINITION OF INFORMATION LITERACY: Old: “The ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the information needed.” Information literacy is [now]: a spectrum of abilities, practices, and habits of mind that extends and deepens learning through engagement with the information ecosystem. It includes: Understanding essential concepts Engaging in creative inquiry … through an iterative process Creating new knowledge Adopting a strategic view of interests, biases and assumptions in the information ecosystem

THRESHOLD CONCEPTS: As described by Jan Meyer and Ray Land, threshold concepts are the core ideas and processes in any discipline that define the discipline, but that are so ingrained that they often go unspoken or unrecognized by practitioners. They are the central concepts that we want our students to understand and put into practice, that encourage them to think and act like practitioners themselves. Transformative | Irreversible | Integrative | Bounded | Troublesome

THRESHOLD CONCEPTS FOR INFORMATION LITERACY Scholarship is a ConversationResearch as Inquiry Authority is Constructed and Contextual Information Creation as a ProcessSearching as ExplorationInformation has Value Authority depends upon the origin, the information need, and the context in which the information will be used. The authority is viewed with an attitude of informed skepticism and an openness to new perspectives.

ASSESSMENT USING THE FRAMEWORK: RESOURCES Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Association of College & Research LibrariesFramework for Information Literacy for Higher Education  Appendix 1: Implementing the Framework Appendix 1: Implementing the Framework Information Literacy Threshold Concepts (Delphi Study) Korey Brunetti, Amy R. Hofer, Silvia Lu & Lori Townsend (CUNY)Information Literacy Threshold Concepts (Delphi Study)  “Citation Sleuthing” Activity “Citation Sleuthing” Activity Framework Toolkit with Activities Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)Framework Toolkit with Activities Framework LibGuide with Learning Outcomes Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI)Framework LibGuide with Learning Outcomes

THANKS! Our current PLOA Leaders: Karene Best x4315 Courtney Moore x2883 Regina Seguin x1361 Beth King x1854