JOIN AN EXPLORATION OF INFORMATION LITERACY with MEGAN OAKLEAF
Megan is a nationally recognized expert and the head of the RAILS (Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) project. An associate professor at Syracuse University, her research includes outcomes-based assessment, evidence-based decision making, and information literacy instruction.
The AAC&U defines information literacy as "the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand."____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Attend one or both workshop sessions on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 in the Advanced Technology Lab (ATL, Building 7)WORKSHOP 1: Teaching and Learning Information Literacy (9:00 am to 12 noon)
- How is Information Literacy defined nationally? How should we define it for Cal Poly?
- How do we recognize Information Literacy in the disciplines and at different levels in a student's development?
- What kind of experiences best support the development of Information Literacy as a core competency?
WORKSHOP 2: Rubric Design to Support Information Literacy (1:00 pm to 4:00 pm)
- What is a rubric?
- What are the best practices in designing rubrics?
- How can an effective rubric inform curriculum and pedagogy?
- How do we design an information literacy rubric for Cal Poly?