ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Recap

ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Recap Nancy Allen Britt McGowan Kristy Padron CSUL PSPC Information Literacy Subcommittee December 13, 2010

IL Programs: ACRL Best Practices • Mission • Goals & Objectives • Planning • Admin. & Institutional Support • Articulation w/ the Curriculum • Collaboration • Pedagogy • Professional Development (Staffing) • Outreach • Assessment/Evaluation

#3: Planning • 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

Program Assessment Zen

IL Program Structures: Key Issues • 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)

Curriculum Maps Example: Cal Maritime Library http://library.csum.edu/information%20fluency/curriculummap.pdf

Frames of Leadership 1. Structural Analysis, design 2. Human Resource Support, empowerment 3. Political Advocacy, coalition-building 4. Symbolic Inspiration, framing experience

My chart!

Theories behind the Practice of Teaching • Behavorism • Cognitivism • Humanism • Constructivism

Learning Styles

Kolb Cycle of Learning

What about your teaching? • You talking? • Students talking to you? • Students talking to each other? • Students writing? • Students thinking? • Students listening and viewing media? • Other?

What can you do in 50 minutes? • Concentrate on 3 most important things you want the students to learn or go away with. • Develop outcomes for your sessions and teach them.

Evolution of Information Literacy 1920s 1950s Pre-19th C. 1993 (1957) Sputnick 1 (1965) Education Acts: Higher Ed & K-12 (1883-1928) Carnegie Libraries Built (1907) U.S. receives 1.7 million immigrants (1929) Great Depression (1939-1945) WWII/GI Bill (1990s) Constructivism in Teaching & Learning, Ubiquitous technology, Millennials increase student population. Bibliographic Services Closed Stacks Reader’s Advisory Information Literacy

Student Engagement & Teaching Effects • Applied Learning • Managing Information Overload • Encouraging Life-long Learning • Lecture-Based • Teaching Outcomes Active Learning • Collaborative, Hands-On • Student Learning Outcomes “Sage on The Stage” Learning & The Real World

Assessment (ə’sεsmənt) Assessment: interpreting information about students’ achievement, and using that information to make decisions about lessons, course structure/content, grading, or program. • 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): 8-13.

Assessment (ə’sεsmənt) • 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. See also the assessment presentation by Carole Hinshaw & Kristy Padron (2006).

What did I take from Immersion? • Many theoretical underpinnings and “How-to’s.” • 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…

ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Recap