Assessing Spanish-Speaking University Students’ Info-Competencies with iSkills, SAILS, and an In-House Instrument: Challenges and Benefits

In its ongoing assessment of information literacy competencies (ILC), CETYS Universidad first developed an in-house instrument and then applied the standardized tests, SAILS and iSkills. This paper analyzes the design of these instruments as well as data gathered from their implementation. This comparison aids in finding similarities in the ILC they measure, describe how they measure them, and study their differences. The objectives of this analysis are to describe the evolution of the Institution’s ILC assessment over the past four years while providing the basis for making an evidence-based decision about improving the in-house instrument and pushing to develop a Spanish-language multi-institutional tool, and/or the continued use of international instruments

Assessing Spanish-Speaking University Students’ Info-Competencies with iSkills, SAILS, and an In-House Instrument: Challenges and Benefits

In its ongoing assessment of information literacy competencies (ILC), CETYS Universidad first developed an in-house instrument and then applied the standardized tests, SAILS and iSkills. This paper analyzes the design of these instruments as well as data gathered from their implementation. This comparison aids in finding similarities in the ILC they measure, describe how they measure them, and study their differences. The objectives of this analysis are to describe the evolution of the Institution’s ILC assessment over the past four years while providing the basis for making an evidence-based decision about improving the in-house instrument and pushing to develop a Spanish-language multi-institutional tool, and/or the continued use of international instruments

Apuntes relevantes sobre la evaluación en la alfabetización informacional

The purpose of this study is to reflect on some questions concerning the evaluation in information literacy. It is discussed some elements such as scenarios, objects and methods in the evaluation of information literacy programs. It is highlighted the need to influence in the context of such programs as the result of student learning. Some notions emerged from the educational field are taken into account to solidify the ideas presented here. It is argued the implications of this type of assessment practices for information professionals, who serve as trainers of information skills

Libro: Wiki ALFIN / Iberoamérica. (7 años recopilando la producción sobre Alfabetización Informacional en 22 países)

The objective of this Wiki has been to build in a collaborative and continuous way, a state of the art on the Information Literacy in Ibero-America. The Wiki started in 2011, and this publication present, its update until mid 2018, which reports 2400 contents. This publication is made, considering that due to the closure of the Wikispaces platform (http://alfiniberoamerica.wikispaces.com/), this project will migrate to another platform, but not to lose this historical memory, this State of the Art, this compilation is published, so that it continues to be available and thus be able to contribute to all those interested in information literacy