LibGuides: Library Instruction at Indiana University Northwest: Assessment

Assessment for Library Instruction

What is the current assessment plan?

Our plan addresses the needs to incorporate assessment for all types of instruction sessions on campus. This includes synchronous sessions, asynchronous (videos and embedded librarians), early stages (W131, S121, and FYS courses), late stages (Intensive Writing and Capstone courses), and collaboration with teaching faculty.

As of March 2021, solidified plans include assessment within one-shot synchronous and one-shot asynchronous sessions only. This LibGuide will show step-by-step what to do when scheduled for these types of sessions.

The goal is to develop more assessment plans for full courses in a variety of formats and subjects.

What's in this LibGuide?

The current assessment plans are for one-shots only, both synchronous and asynchronous rather than just for one-shots. To grab an assessment plan, click the type of session on the left hand menu column. Each box will show you the plan, tools used, a comprehensive rubric, and a collaboration strategy to get faculty on board.

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6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning

Sample Library Instruction Assessment Plan from 2014
This working assessment plan uses elements of the current ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

Free Testing and Quizzing Tools for Online Education
A list of Free Testing Quizzing Tools for Online Education you will find 14 Free Online Tools that you can use for Testing and Quizzing at your traditional or online classroom.

Preparing Teachers and Librarians to Collaborate to Teach 21st Century Skills: Views of LIS and Education Faculty
This article discusses the results of an exploratory research project in which members of the LIS and education faculties were asked about their views on teaching pre-service librarians and teachers 21st Century Skills (defined in this context as thinking, learning, technology, and information-literacy, life, and career skills essential for success in this century; more below) and librarian-teacher collaboration
Assessment of Online Learning
10 Short Lessons on One-Shot Instruction
The Library Assessment Cookbook

Flipping one-shot library instruction: using Canvas and Pecha Kucha for peer teaching
This study sought to determine whether a flipped classroom that facilitated peer learning would improve undergraduate health sciences students' abilities to find, evaluate, and use appropriate evidence for research assignments.

Rubrics as a Method for Assessing & Improving Library Instruction Instruction
A single rubric can be adapted and modified to assess information literacy in a variety of instructional environments. Start with the basics and add your own spices to suit your library’s instruction program.
Using the ACRL Framework to Develop a Student-Centered Model for Program-Level Assessment
Information literacy instruction presents a difficult balance between quantity and quality, particularly for large-scale general education courses. This paper discusses the overhaul of the freshman composition instruction program at the Universityof Maryland Libraries, focusing on the transition from survey assessments to a student-centered and mixed-methods approach using qualitative reflections, rubrics, and the evaluation of student artifacts. The article discusses the progression from a pilot assessment program using Twitter as a data collection model to the implementation of a robust and multi-layered assessment using both qualitative feedback from students and the evaluation of student artifacts. Each assessment includes detailed collection methods and customized rubrics for evaluation of student responses

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