The document discusses the development of an information literacy assessment program at Ferris State University. It describes creating learning outcomes based on information literacy competency standards and developing a question bank to assess student skills. Assessments are administered using Survey Monkey before and after library instruction. The program aims to close the assessment loop by using data to improve instruction. Starting small and gaining faculty buy-in were keys to success. Next steps include expanding assessments to more classes and adapting for distance learning. The overall goal of establishing a culture of assessment on campus to improve information literacy is being accomplished.

1. Assessing Information Literacy from the Ground Up – Creating a Culture of Assessment Kristy Motz, Randall Schroeder & Mari Kermit-Canfield Ferris State University

2. FLITE Assessment Team

3. What’s Out There?

5. Ran assessments through several semesters

7. Two Saturdays on-site - remaining course online

8. Class runs eight weeks = ½ semester

9. Assessments run in class first and last day

10. 8 questions pre-instruction (first day of class)

12. Pre-Instruction Course Assessment

13. Post-Instruction Assessment MMBA

15. Instructor must allow point credit for results to remain in Gradebook.

16. Students with first-day user ID/password problems can’t reach the assessment.

18. Summer 2009 MMBA - Hamel

20. 15 students took Post-Instruction Assessment

21. Instructor added 2 point bonus for participation

23. NEXT Steps: Real-Time Undergraduate assessments

25. Assessment Team’s new focus on Information Literacy Instrument

28. Based on Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

30. Librarians Randall Schroeder, Jill Gremmels, and Karen Lehman

31. Dr. Judith Griffith, English Faculty Chair

33. FSU Focus and Mission

34. Information Literacy a new Concept

35. Implementation and Testing

37. Need for definitive learning outcomes

41. What do we know about our students?

42. Where Do You Get Your Information?

43. Which of these have you done within the last year?

44. How many papers did you write?

46. Assess to learn things – Don’t just assess to assess

48. Improve librarian buy-In

51. Focus on performance indicators

52. Curriculum mapping - Group discussion and consensus

53. 7 performance indicators

55. Discussion and consensus: Team selected 34 questions for Question Bank

56. 12 questions are survey questions asked for every assessment

58. Individualized assessments built by individual library instructors from Question Bank

61. Based on Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

64. We gave ourselves permission to fail.

65. We didn’t have to be perfect – we just had to start.

68. Curriculum mapping: using assessment data to revise and improve instruction curriculum

70. Allows us to create customized instructions across the curriculum

72. Give Yourself Permission to Fail