This document discusses Champlain College's use of a rubric-based e-portfolio approach to assess student learning of information literacy. Students receive information literacy instruction seven times throughout their undergraduate degree. A developmental rubric is used to assess student work samples from first year and junior year courses. Assessment findings show students perform at or beyond expected stages of development. Comparisons of year-to-year results track instructional changes and student growth in information literacy skills from first year to junior year. The e-portfolio approach benefits faculty through better understanding student abilities, but not all students participate.

1. ASSESSING
A rubric-based “e-portfolio” approach to
assessment of information literacy
STUDENT LEARNING

2. The Champlain College
CONTEXT

3. Core Curriculum

4. Every undergraduate student receives
information literacy instruction
SEVEN TIMESthroughout their undergraduate degree

5. Information Literacy as a
COLLEGE COMPETENCY

6. We’re teaching,
BUT ARE THEY LEARNING?

7. A NEW MODEL OF
ASSESSMENT

9. Information Literacy
Developmental Rubric
Access the rubric at:
bit.ly/infolitdevelopmentalrubric

10. Librarian-led assessment

11. COMMON
ASSIGNMENTS

12. First year & Junior Year

13. Assessment Findings

14. Students perform at or beyond the
expected stages of their development

15. INSTRUCTIONAL CHANGES
ASSESSED OVER TIME

16. Class of 2016
Class of 2017
Class of 2018
0 1 2 3 4
Synthesizes Information, First Year
YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISONS

17. CLASS OF 2016
Look how you’ve
GROWN!

18. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
First Year Junior Year
Overall Information Literacy Performance
First Year to Junior Year

19. Median Scores by Criteria
First Year
Junior
Year
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Identifies
Questions for
Investigation
Selects Appropriate
Strategies & Tools
to Access
Information
Critically evaluates
and appraises
information
Synthesizes
Information
Attribution

20. Unexplored
Opportunities?

21. ePortfolio Model

22. EVERY
BUT, NOT
STUDENT!

23. ULTIMATE
BENEFIT?

24. Better informed Teachers

25. FACULTY ROLE
in information literacy

26. Alan Carbery
acarbery@champlain.edu
@acarbery