Authentic Assessments: Praxis for the Distance Librarian
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| author | Twomey, Beth |
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| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Authentic Assessments: Praxis for the Distance Librarian Twomey, Beth Performance Based Assessment Praxis Information Literacy Library Instruction Library Services Library Research Concept Teaching Evaluation Methods Evaluation Criteria Distance Education Outcome Measures Educational Practices Educational Strategies Information Skills Academic Libraries Distance librarians continually develop information literacy instruction in a variety of formats. Assessment, when it occurs, tends to be of the traditional multiple-choice variety and does not measure more complex skills. Authentic assessments offer the instruction librarian a way to re-think their instruction strategies and assessment of student learning. The characteristics of authentic assessments are presented along with the use of threshold concepts as a theoretical framework for making decisions about when to employ authentic assessments. In addition, a method will be presented for breaking down more abstract information literacy concepts in ways that yield measurable tasks for students to complete along with criteria for assessment. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ1058387 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spellingShingle | Authentic Assessments: Praxis for the Distance Librarian Twomey, Beth Performance Based Assessment Praxis Information Literacy Library Instruction Library Services Library Research Concept Teaching Evaluation Methods Evaluation Criteria Distance Education Outcome Measures Educational Practices Educational Strategies Information Skills Academic Libraries Authentic Assessments: Praxis for the Distance Librarian Twomey, Beth Performance Based Assessment Praxis Information Literacy Library Instruction Library Services Library Research Concept Teaching Evaluation Methods Evaluation Criteria Distance Education Outcome Measures Educational Practices Educational Strategies Information Skills Academic Libraries Distance librarians continually develop information literacy instruction in a variety of formats. Assessment, when it occurs, tends to be of the traditional multiple-choice variety and does not measure more complex skills. Authentic assessments offer the instruction librarian a way to re-think their instruction strategies and assessment of student learning. The characteristics of authentic assessments are presented along with the use of threshold concepts as a theoretical framework for making decisions about when to employ authentic assessments. In addition, a method will be presented for breaking down more abstract information literacy concepts in ways that yield measurable tasks for students to complete along with criteria for assessment. |
| title | Authentic Assessments: Praxis for the Distance Librarian |
| topic | Performance Based Assessment Praxis Information Literacy Library Instruction Library Services Library Research Concept Teaching Evaluation Methods Evaluation Criteria Distance Education Outcome Measures Educational Practices Educational Strategies Information Skills Academic Libraries |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1058387 |