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Replacing Old Bridges With New – Stepping Up Student Learning By Rebuilding The Foundation With Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Kristen L. Motz, Dr. Helen E. Woodman
Replacing Old Bridges With New – Stepping Up Student Learning By Rebuilding The Foundation With Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Kristen L. Motz, Dr. Helen E. Woodman
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2010
Your foundations are set - clear syllabus, collaborative assignments, scheduled library instructions, and excellent faculty-librarian communication - but what about demonstrated learning, updated technologies, and an infusion of instruction energy? Sometimes a librarian needs to partner with faculty to initiate a demolition and reengineering of the collaborative bridge. Our dilemma: Should we patch up an existing assignment or tackle a course reengineering? Using new girders of current learning theory, measurable learning outcomes, concept maps, just-in-time instructions, research consultations, and information literacy assessments, we rebuilt the class. Dig into the foundation with us and explore using these supports to help your …
Follow The Rubric Road: Assessing The Librarian Instructor, Ned Fielden
Follow The Rubric Road: Assessing The Librarian Instructor, Ned Fielden
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2010
As librarians assume ever greater instructional roles in higher education, ongoing assessment is vital for maximizing instructional quality. Rubrics as an assessment mechanism are commonly used to gauge the extent of learning outcomes in classes and library instructional sessions. Rubrics allow for standardization of application, ease of use, and provide an expandable framework for quantitative evaluations, yet their use in evaluating library instructors has neither been widely explored nor employed.
This is a case study of the development of an instructor rubric at San Francisco State University, and will examine both theoretical and practical issues in the creation and application …