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8/7/2019 Student Retention with AT&T Grant
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OPSU McKee Library Presents
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Grant funding provided by AT&T
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The Participating Universities
� Cameron University (Lawton)
� East Central University (Ada)
� Langston University (Langston)� Northeastern State University (Tahlequah)
� Northwestern OK State University (Alva)
� OK Panhandle State University (Goodwell)
� Southeastern OK State University (Durant)
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Information Literacy Defined
� Information literacyis a set of abilitiesrequiring individuals
to "recognize wheninformation isneeded and have theability to locate,
evaluate, and useeffectively theneeded information."
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� Information literacy forms the
basis for lifelong learning.� It is common to all disciplines, to
all learning environments, and
to all levels of education.
� It enables learners to master
content and extend their
investigations, become more
self-directed, and assumegreater control over their own
learning.
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� Developing lifelonglearners is central to the
mission of highereducation institutions.
� Because informationliteracy augments
students competencywith evaluating,managing, and usinginformation, it is nowconsidered by several
regional and discipline-based accreditationassociations as a keyoutcome for collegestudents.
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� SAILS is a standardized web based test with
multiple-choice questions targeting a varietyof information literacy skills.
� Results are compared with data from peer
institutions throughout the United States.
https://www.projectsails.org/
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� The SAILS test items are based on the ACRL
Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. Use of these standards
maximizes the ability of the instrument to be
used by a wide variety of academic
institutions for internal and external
benchmarking.
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/overview/intro/index.cfm
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Information Literacy Assessment
� Determine the extent of information needed
� Access the needed information effectively andefficiently
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Evaluate information and its sources critically� Incorporate selected information into ones knowledge
base
� Use information effectively to accomplish a specificpurpose
� Understand the economic, legal, and social issuessurrounding the use of information, and access and useinformation ethically and legally
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Incoming Freshmen Tested - 1028
SAI
LS Skill Sets Tested1. Developing a Research Strategy
2. Selecting Finding Tools
3. Searching
4. Using Finding Tools Features
5. Retrieving Sources
6. Evaluating Sources
7. Documenting Sources
8. Understanding Economic, Legal, and Social
Issues
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OPSU Students Scored Lowest in These
Five Areas:
Retrieving Sources
Selecting Finding Tools
Understanding Economic, Legal, and Social Issues
Searching
Using Finding Tools Features
�OPSU Incoming Freshmen had the same skillsset problems as the other 6 institutions.
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Where do we go from here?
http://www.ctbowden.com/OKSample/
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