The Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project was designed by the University of Maryland for the purpose of creating an information literacy and writing assessment project that provides training and resources to assist faculty in designing, implementing, and assessing student writing and research skills.
Type of Material:
Tutorial for Developing and Evaluating Assignments for Information Literacy.
Recommended Uses:
To help faculty create information literacy assignments.
Technical Requirements:
Any Internet Browser is required.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Faculty may the assignments on this web site to promote the cross-curricular objectives of information literacy and effective writing within a given discipline, or they may use such assignments to promote other disciplinary learning objectives.
Target Student Population:
Faculty and Librarians. This site would be useful for anyone who needs to create assignments.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Understand the basic tenants of information literacy, and understand the use of the Web.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
To promote active learning, the assessment tools provided at this web site focus not only on the finished products of research and writing but comprise the whole process. The tools are also designed to be used not only by instructors but by students themselves as self-assessment tools.
Concerns:
The materials are somewhat focused on the learning resources available at the Univeristy of Maryland.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This is not a teaching tool, but an assessment tool to evaluate the information literacy content of a course.
Concerns:
The site gives guidelines to create information literacy working tools in hopes that as they are modified and validated for use in various disciplines they prompt a general discussion of assessment practice. This site provides guidelines only.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
Designed for faculty.
Concerns:
Not designed for student consumption.
Creative Commons:
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