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One Tutorial, Many Purposes: Adapting The University Of California's Begin Research Tutorial For Diverse Instructional Settings, Jeffrey M. Mortimore

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Authentic Assessment In The Library Classroom: Transforming Activities Into Assessment, Camilla B. Baker

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Building A Culture Of Il Assessment: Establishing Buy-In For Programmatic Change, Christina H. Gola, Kerry M. Creelman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Power Of Observation: How Librarians Can Benefit From The Peer Review Of Teaching Even Without A Formal Prot Program, Jaena Alabi, William H. Weare Jr.

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Creating Online Tutorials For Freshmen, Anne Grant

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Librarians & Information Literacy: Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad, Trenia Napier, Kevin Jones

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Library Instruction And Ludonarrative Dissonance: Making Our Rules Fit Our Narrative, Jeffrey Gallant

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Collaborative Learning In The Library: Redesigning Your Instruction Sessions To Cultivate Critical Thinking, Amanda Bird

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Pyramid Method Of Teaching Information Literacy, Marcia Dursi, Mason Yang

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Concept/Context: Information Literacy And Assessment In The First Year, Stefanie R. Bluemle, Amanda Y. Makula, Margaret W. Rogal

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

At Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where the academic calendar consists of trimesters, all first-year students enroll in a year-long sequence of three "Liberal Studies First Year" (LSFY) courses, which are taught by faculty from a variety of disciplines. LSFY emphasizes core competencies in reading, writing, oral communication, and information literacy.

Since 2011, the Augustana librarians have been using performance-based assessment to evaluate their work with LSFY classes. This qualitative approach, which encourages real-life application of skills, has proven well-suited to an information literacy program in which concepts carry more weight than the mechanics of searching. Each term, the …

The Joy Of (Performance) Assessment, Amanda Y. Makula, Stefanie R. Bluemle, Margaret W. Rogal

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

How can librarians assess student learning in a way that is organic to the assignment and instruction session, yet gives results that are comparable across classes?

Performance Assessment is a qualitative method of assessment in which students demonstrate learning by completing specific tasks related to targeted learning outcomes. Performance Assessment encourages real-life application of skills and is well-suited to an information literacy program in which concepts carry more weight than the mechanics of searching.

The Augustana College instruction librarians use performance assessment to evaluate their work with a three-term sequence of required first-year general education classes (”Liberal Studies First Year” …