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Present: Kaila Bussert, Gaby Castro-Gessner, Tony Cosgrave, Lance Heidig, Chris Miller, Mary Ochs, Kelee Pacion, Nina Scholtz, Mickey Casad (minutes)

• Review of CATS Toolkit - work of the Assessment sub-team
  • Trying to find ways for instructors to incorporate assessment tools easily into existing assignments
    • Gauge students' understanding
    • Feedback on teaching
    • Toolbox should be "Plug and play"
      • Variety of sample assignments
      • Suggestions for use
  • Steps toward quantifiable / documented assessment of library instruction
  • See Confluence page and Box link for toolkit
  • Seeking feedback from PSEC Instruction team and from other library instructors
    • Please forward to other library instructors for review and testing
      • Questions, comments, results, suggested adaptations all very welcome
      • Hope to promote these during the Assessment Expo
    • Tony has tried one - Assignment "I"
      • Adapted version: used as springboard for discussion.
        • Small groups, whiteboard for reporting.
        • Active learning!
  • Backdrop question: what is the overall goal of this undertaking?
    • Gain a better sense of how instructors reach students as a whole, across the many libraries and disciplines.
    • Aim for effective scaffolding of learning across students' experience at CU.
    • Information about how well CUL learning outcomes are being addressed in classrooms
• TECHNOLOGY Team
  • Classroom technology survey
    • Meeting with Roberta Militello of A.T.
    • Will adapt Roberta's version of iAuditor app for iPad
• ASSESSMENT EXPO
  • Approx. 30 registrants, including many colleagues from other institutions
    • I.C., Binghamton, Columbia
  • Sign up if you have something to say about assessment
  • Don't feel constrained by 15 minute time frame
  • Schedule so far:
    • Trudy Jacobsen confirmed as keynote speaker (Kornelia will introduce)
    • Librarian Presentations will follow
    • Then lunch (look for questionnaire)
    • Then Assessment Workshop
  • Questions?
    • Tony: How will we assess this?
      • A: Exit survey!
    • WebEx option?
      • Maybe most applicable for librarian presentations
        • But even then likely not: better to have people on site.
• READING DISCUSSION next Tuesday, April 22, 9:30 am
  • Is there a volunteer to lead?
    • Lance volunteers!
    • Kaila will publicize and connect to Assessment Expo
• OTHER DISCUSSION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • New calendar—how is this going?
  • Tony: D&O user rep—questions about how to document new catalog?
    • Is there anyone on the PSEC team who wants to take this on?
      • PSEC might designate an ad-hoc team to do this
        • It's a large enough project to warrant this
      • Other ideas?
        • Communication
        • Model on other libraries' versions, eg Columbia's?
  • Mary: Kelee and Mary adapting current Undergraduate Research Institute Writing 2100 for students in the sciences
    • Current version:
      • Geared to students in the humanities and social sciences
      • 3-credit course
      • Students learn research methods, connect with faculty
    • More news forthcoming about adaptation.
    • Comparable ideas:
      • Library research module online
        • Reach many students
        • Incentive?
        • Faculty require student assistants to take this?
  • Gaby: MOOCS discussion from faculty, 4:30 pm today (Wednesday)
    • Faculty perspective on MOOC development
    • Mary: Princeton conference on MOOCs for development - how to use MOOCs in the developing world?

Present: Nina Scholtz, Thomas Mills, Tony Cosgrave, Kelee Pacion, Lance Heidig, Kaila Bussert, Mary Ochs, Martha Walker, Gaby Castro-Gessner, Amy Emerson (minutes)

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