Workshop - How to assess Information Literacy

As part of the efforts to assess student learning, the OEAE requested the Library System to develop a workshop for assessment coordinators and professors in order to provide evidence of information literacy of our students.

The workshop, offered in collaboration with the Center for Academic Excellence (CEA), will be held at Meeting Room on the Second Floor of the Library José M. Lázaro on Wednesday October 7, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

The speakers of the workshop will be:
1) Dr. Snejanka Penkova, Director of the Library System

• Click here to access her presentation.
  

2) Prof. Marisol Gutiérrez, College of Education

• Click here to access her presentation.
  

3) Dr. Ketty Rodríguez, College of Business Administration

• Click here to access her presentation.
  

Interested persons have until Monday, October 5th 2009 to enroll. To confirm your participation, provide your contact information to the CEA personal via email (centexa@gmail.com; centexa@uprrp.edu) or by phone {(787)764-0000, ext. 2963, 2964}.

We hope to greet you personally on this occasion.

-OEAE

Important links

Proyecto de Integración de Destrezas de Información al Currículo Graduado de la Facultad de Educación del Recinto de Río Piedras

PICIC- Educación Subgraduado

PICIC - Estudios Generales

Comunidad de Práctica de Competencias de Información - UPRRP

Association of College and Research Libraries

Student Learning Assessment on the Río Piedras' Campus: Processes and Findings

Click here to access Dr. Beatriz Rivera's presentation.

Click here to access Dr. Ivelisse Rubio's presentation.

Click here to access Dr. Iris Hernández's presentation.

Click here to access Prof. Maria T. Ghigliotty's presentation.

Workshop for students: Effective Test Taking Strategies for the GRE

Click here to access the presentation offered by Prof. Julio Rodríguez and William Estépar.

If you have any comments about the workshop or if you are interested in receiving a copy of the GRE materials (CD or the Practice Test) we compile for the students who attended the workshop please let us know here on our blog or directly at our email (oeaeupr@gmail.com).

Sincerely,

-The OEAE

Student Learning as a component of Institutional Efectiveness

Click here to see Dr. González's presentation.

Other materials discuss during the presentation were (click on each one to access them):

1) Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations

2)Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education: Eligibility Requirements and Standards for Accreditation

3) Assessment of University Learning in Colombia

4) Council of Lisboas’ conclusions (2005)