Using iSkills and SAILS to Assess Information Literacy: What Do We Know and What Do We Do Now?

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Shawn Tonner, North Georgia College and State UniversityFollow
Marina Slemmons, North Georgia College and State University
Jennifer Campbell Meier, North Georgia College and State University

Location

Room 1002

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

The panel will present on North Georgia College & State University's (NGCSU) experience using of iSkills and SAILS, two standardized tests for the assessment of information literacy. The panel will provide an overview and background on the instruments and the NGCSU project, discuss the requirement for administering these tests, present results from 2-years of data collection, provide interpretations and explore responses to the data.

Keywords

iSkills, SAILS, Information literacy, Standardized tests

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Tonner, Shawn; Slemmons, Marina; and Meier, Jennifer Campbell, "Using iSkills and SAILS to Assess Information Literacy: What Do We Know and What Do We Do Now?" (2009). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 62.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2009/2009/62