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)

Food for thought - Interesting links on Assessment found on www.insidehighered.com

Sociology Turns Up Assessment

(July 2, 2009; Stephanie Lee - stephanie.lee@insidehighered.com)

"It's more and more generally considered a norm of higher education that you need to assess the outcomes of the students who go through colleges or universities," said Roberta Spalter-Roth, a co-author of the study and director of the American Sociological Association's research and development department. "On other hand, there appears to certainly be a group -- I'm not positive how substantial -- who think that assessment is an invasion into their professional autonomy, who feel that increasingly teachers have less control over what's happening in the university, who think it's a parody of social science research."

To continue reading, click here.

Assessing Accountability

(July 1, 2009; Jack Stripling - jstripling@insidehighered.com

"Education Sector measured states in 21 categories of accountability, analyzing any systems that might be in place to assess areas like affordability, degree production, research and scholarship. States that promote or require the use of assessment tools, and take steps to publicize the information, were given the highest marks. Those that had few tools for assessment and did little to spread information were graded lower.

Education Sector graded 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia on a three-grade scale. The highest grade, “best practice,” was given to 10 states with well developed reporting mechanisms. The second ranking, “in progress,” was given to 27 states that have less complete efforts underway. The lowest category, “needs improvement,” went to 13 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico, where little is being done in the way of accountability, according to Education Sector."

To continue reading, click here.

Workshop - Rubrics to Evaluate Social Responsibility

What is social responsibility and what instruments we can use to evaluate it? These questions where the main topics discussed during the workshop presented by Dr. Isaura Alvarado of the Graduate School of the Education College on Wednesday April 29th called "Rubrics to Evaluate Social Responsibility" offered by Office of Evaluation of Student Learning and the Center for Academic Excellence.

Click here to access the presentation.

Once again, thanks for your assistance and continued commitment to improve student learning in our campus.

GRE Workshop

Our commitment to improve not only student learning but also the opportunity that our graduates have to pursue post baccalaureate studies led us to prepare a workshop for the Graduate School entrance exam, the Graduate Record Examination (also known as GRE).

Click here to download the PDF presentation. If you have any comments, please let us know.