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SACS as an opportunity to advance library programs

SACS as an opportunity to advance library programs. The University of Miami QEP ASERL Williamsburg, April 2009. Library involvement in University-wide reaffirmation planning. Dean on SACS Leadership Group Deputy University Librarian on QEP Planning Committee

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SACS as an opportunity to advance library programs

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  1. SACS as an opportunity to advance library programs The University of Miami QEP ASERL Williamsburg, April 2009

  2. Library involvement in University-wide reaffirmation planning • Dean on SACS Leadership Group • Deputy University Librarian on QEP Planning Committee • Dean on QEP Implementation Committee

  3. Understanding the reaffirmation process and QEP development Attend the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – Commission on Colleges Annual Conference in Atlanta 5-8 December

  4. University of Miami’s SACS documentation: www.miami.edu/sacs

  5. Miami’s QEP • Communication across the Curriculum • Extend the scope of information acquisition and communication of knowledge in the undergraduate experience through: • Faculty development • Infrastructure upgrades • Introduction of QEP enhanced courses

  6. Miami’s QEP • Focus on Technology and Information literacy • Use of new media • Focus on oral presentation skills • “Visual, aural and written modes of expression will be combined in the form of online and interactive projects.”

  7. Miami’s QEP “The best-laid plans of mice and men/ often go awry”

  8. During campus visit, the Reaffirmation Committee recommended: • QEP’s focus was actually faculty development • QEP lacked specificity in selection and assessment of proposed Faculty Teaching Fellowships • Focus on new media and oral communications was too broad

  9. Revised QEP • Focuses on Faculty Development • Establishes Faculty Learning Communities • Narrows initial focus to digital technology and information literacy concepts

  10. Faculty Learning Communities to enhance undergraduate education; with an initial focus on information, communication, and technology literacy

  11. Miami FLCs • Weekly meeting based in Library • Focus on Information and Communication Literacy (ICT) • Assessment through iSkills exam • Developing new media courses (must teach three time over next five years)

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