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Evaluation of Information Literacy. Jos van Helvoort Department of Information Studies & Information Management Faculty of ICT & Media, chairman of the board of examiners. Contents. Competence based education in Western Europe Information literacy as a competence
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Evaluation of Information Literacy Jos van Helvoort Department of Information Studies & Information Management Faculty of ICT & Media, chairman of the board of examiners
Contents • Competence based education in Western Europe • Information literacy as a competence • How to assess Information Literacy as acompetence? • Introduction of a ‘scoring rubric’ for InformationLiteracy Assessment • Hands on exercise in using the scoring rubric • Summary and evaluation
Competence based education Professional education is aimed at: • broad abilities where knowledge, skillsand attitudes are integrated • learning by performing the task(constructivist learning theory) • authentic professional situations
Information literacy as a competence • IL is not only about knowledge but alsoabout skills: • Digital skills • Higher order thinking skills • Analyzing skills • Attitudes like curiosity, accuracy andcritical sense • IL can’t be learned from a book • IL is an integrated part of the authentic professionalcontext of all higher educated emplyees.And not only at the workplace!
Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) No evaluation of real information behaviour No authentic situation How to Assess information literacyas a competence?
‘Alternative’ or ‘authentic’ assessmentof information literacy Assessment = Measurement • of the performance of professional tasks • in an authentic situation • real life assignments • group projects • traineeships. Students write papers, reports and prepare presentations. A problem is that grading IL in those situations might be biased, subjective or not consistent.
Proposal to solve this problem Scoring Rubric for Information Literacy: • 8 criteria • Description of student behaviour on3 levels for each criterion
Summary • Evaluation of Information Literacy is oftendone with questionnaires • In my opinion these questions concentratetoo much on memorization • Assignments, reports and presentationsfit better • I suggest to use a ‘scoring rubric’ as anassessment instrument.
