1. Assessment Strategies for IL Ralph Catts University of New England Australia

2. (c) Ralph Catts 20032 Assessment Options At institutional level one can Assess competencies Infer competencies Assess background knowledge Self Assess

3. (c) Ralph Catts 20033 Competencies Assessment Validity from observed performance Credible for students and academics Costly Subject to unreliability with large scale data collection

4. (c) Ralph Catts 20034 Assessment by Inference Involves inferring from other information such as subject grades: Cheap and easy Possibly Reliable Unlikely to be valid Hence lacks credibility

5. (c) Ralph Catts 20035 Assessing Background Knowledge Pencil and Paper assessment Implies competence but can “knows about” = “does”? Useful for individual assessment Risk of Cheating by individuals

6. (c) Ralph Catts 20036 Self Report Used for Institutional assessment of learning outcomes by Ramsden et al Used for assessing academic staff performance Can be valid and reliable Unsuitable for individual assessment Measures what people do.

7. (c) Ralph Catts 20037 The 7 CAUL standards 1. Recognises need for information 2. Access information effectively 3. Evaluates information and sources 4. Stores and manages information 5. Uses information to create ideas 6. Uses information legally & ethically 7. Uses information as a lifelong learner

8. (c) Ralph Catts 20038 Self Reporting Behaviours, leads to identified standards Recognises need for information Eg “When I start an assignment, I decide how much information I need.” Stores and manages information Eg “When I research a topic I use tools such as endnote to organise the information

9. (c) Ralph Catts 20039 Australian Information Skills Survey (CAUL and ANZIIL) Content Validity confirmed against CAUL Standards (edition 1) Construct validity established by SEM Criterion validity to be reported Reliability determined for one population

10. (c) Ralph Catts 200310 Plans for 2004 Further development and validation of Information Skills Survey (ISS) Investigation of effect of IL policy on curricula (qualitative) and outcomes Relationship between IL of students and ease of grading for teacher Transfer of IL skills to work places (nursing and education)

11. (c) Ralph Catts 200311 Post-script - An Invitation Third International Conference on Lifelong Learning, June 16 -19 Yeppoon, Central Queensland. Attracts business people, academics and librarians. All papers subjected to genuine peer review