Student Data and Outcomes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILS students and faculty setting-up Student Performance Showcase, May 2012

 

Program Data and Student Work:  The PDF files below contain program and student data on graduates, faculty publications, internship sites, student associations, faculty governance, student practicum projects, student London projects and reports to the IMLS for grant to SILS showing student participation and work.  (see files below in download box)

Program-level Student Learning Objectives and Outcomes
 

Viewed through the lens of information studies in the digital age from digital libraries to global networks and social media, the SILS program learning objectives represent what students learn and what skills they have acquired at the completion of their MSLIS degree program.

1. Research - Students carry-out and apply research

• Carry-out research, apply critical thinking, and use research methods such as qualitative and quantitative methods and data collection and analysis effectively to assess and evaluate information environments and issues
• Produce original work and make contributions to the field and demonstrate an understanding of information theory and philosophy

2. Communication - Students demonstrate excellent communication skills and create and convey content

• Communicate effectively as an information professional across digital media and produce professional writing for research, e-publication, and presentation and for teaching and learning
• Use social and digital media for outreach and interaction with users and to communicate meaning

3. Technology - Students use information technology and digital tools effectively

• Use digital tools and technology effectively for information organization, access, retrieval, use, and preservation and management of digital content and collections
• Apply technical skills in meaningful ways to investigate, analyze, and present information and express and reflect contemporary issues and trends in information technology through their work

4. User-Centered Focus - Students apply concepts  related to use and users of information and user needs and perspectives

• Apply and represent user-centered perspectives and concepts of human information behavior and user-centered information services and systems
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse of user communities, address diverse information needs, locate, assess, and use professional and research literature and select information products and services that best serve users

5. LIS Practice - Students perform within the framework of professional practice

• Carry-out and produce professional-level work, advance and contribute to the LIS field, reflect ethical and legal practices in global contexts, and keep pace with current trends.
• Use leadership skills and work creatively with commitment, personal vision and purpose

The E-Portfolio for Assessing and Demonstrating Student Learning Outcomes

Fall 2012, we introduced the e-portfolio to demonstrate students work and assess and demonstrate students outcomes for each of the above 5 learning objectives.  See the e-portfolio Web site for a detailed discussion and instructions on "Creating and e-portfoilo."

http://www.pratt.edu/academics/information_and_library_sciences/about_sils/sils_eportfolio/