F irst Year Success

F irst Year Success

In tegra t ing In forma t ion L i teracy in to an In terd isc ip l inary Program for

A t-R isk S tuden ts

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /museemccordmuseum /2922148092 /

J . Goosney , L . Adcock , J . Ba i l | Memor ia l Un ivers i ty o f NL

W ILU 2013 | Freder ic ton , NB

About the F irst Year Success Program

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /na t ionaa larch ie f /5679579533 /

Teach ing and Learn ing Framework

May 2010-May 2011

Ins t i tu t ion w ide consu l ta t ions lead ing to the f ina l documen t :

"A Comprehens ive Framework to Teach ing and Learn ing at Memor ia l Un ivers ity of Newfound land"

Manda te o f the f irs t in i t ia t ive to come ou t o f the framework

Deve lop a p i lot focussed on academ ica l ly

vu lnerab le f irst year students

F irst Year Success Program

● Suppor t for S tuden ts w i th Academ ic

Cha l lenges Adv isory Group (es t . May 2011)

○ Co-Cha irs :

Susan C ley le , AUL , QE I I L ibrary

Dav id Ph i lpo t t , Facu l ty o f Educa t ion

○ Env ironmen ta l scan and l i tera ture rev iew

○Ins t i tu t ion w ide consu l ta t ions

● Program approved unan imous ly by Sena te in February 2012

● Program to s tar t in Sep tember 2012

F irst Year Success Program www .mun .ca /success

Academ ic D irec tor , Dr . Va ler ie Bur ton , Facu l ty o f Ar ts

For s tuden ts s tar t ing a t Memor ia l w i th h igh schoo l grades be tween 70-74 .9%

Exper ience enhanced by :

○ new courses

○ sma l ler c lasses

○ supp lemen ta l ins truc t ion

○learn ing commun i t ies

○regu lar academ ic and career adv is ing sess ions

F irst Year Success Program A Fu l l F irst Year

Semes ter One Semes ter Two

Un ivers ity 1010 Un ivers ity 2020

ARTS1500 Eng l ish 1080 (F-S lot)

Psycho logy 1000 (F-S lot) Psycho logy 1001 (F-S lot)

"Adv ised" Math or E lect ive "Adv ised" Math or E lect ive 2nd E lect ive 2nd E lect ive

C lass s ize for UN IV1010 , ARTS1500 , UN IV2020, " Adv ised" Math and F-S lot

is 30 students

L ibrary Invo lvement

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /s ta te l ibraryo fnsw /5882587233 /

L ibrary Invo lvement

●In forma t ion L i teracy

Embedded l ibrar ian throughout the f irst year

● Ma th Tu tor ing in The Commons

● Academ ic Adv is ing in the L ibrary

● Wr i t ing Cen tre

● Compu t ing Suppor t

S tuden ts in the l ibrary mu l t ip le t imes for

mu l t ip le reasons

L ibrary Invo lvement: Embedded IL

F irs t s teps :

a) Dra f t in forma t ion l i teracy ou tcomes

● ACRL In forma t ion L i teracy Compe tency S tandards for H igher Educa t ion

● Pas t exper iences teach ing f irs t-year and a t-r isk s tuden ts

b) Map IL to core FYS courses

Fa l l 2012 W inter 2013

IL Content

Act iv it ies

Cha l lenge : c lassroom engagemen t

Needed to crea te learner-cen tered exper iences tha t promo te ac t ive learn ing , s tuden t par t ic ipa t ion , and c lassroom in terac t ion .

● Or ien ta t ion ac t iv i t ies

● Sma l l group d iscuss ion

● Learn ing journa ls

● Case /Eva lua t ion exerc ises

● Web-based po l l ing

● Concept mapp ing

"Everyth ing is Scho larsh ip"

Concep t map crea ted us ing FreeM ind

freem ind .source forge .ne t

Ass ignments /Student assessment

Program Assessment

Course Eva lua t ion Ques t ionna ire (CEQ)

● ^{Adm in is tered on l ine ,}

s tar t ing W in ter semes ter Cen tre for Ins t i tu t iona l

Ana lys is and P lann ing (C IAP)

● ^{Focus groups}

● ^{Pre , pos t-surveys o f the}

s tuden ts

L ibrary pre- and pos t- tes ts

● 4 ques t ions tes t ing search s tra tegy , eva lua t ion , c i ta t ion iden t i f ica t ion

● S tuden ts showed

improvemen t in a l l areas

● Comp lemen ts wha t

we 've learned from

s tuden t assessmen t

Ref lect ing on Year One

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /uw_d ig i ta l_ images /4557923433 /

Benef its

● Oppor tun i ty to h igh l igh t the ro le o f in forma t ion l i teracy and l ibrar ian exper t ise

● Demons tra te the re levance o f IL w i th in the ins t i tu t ion

● A work ing par tnersh ip w i th facu l ty members and var ious un i ts such as Academ ic Adv is ing

● More comprehens ive , re f lec t ive , ho l is t ic , " true" IL ins truc t ion ( IL vs . po in t-o f-need ins truc t ion)

● Deeper , more-mean ing fu l sus ta ined re la t ionsh ips w i th

s tuden ts (vs . one-sho t ins truc t ion)

Cha l lenges

Program- leve l cha l lenges

● Embedd ing IL

○ ma in ta in ing "buy- in"

○ academ ic freedom

● Shor t t ime l ine

○ con ten t deve lopmen t

○ co l labora t ion

C lassroom- leve l cha l lenges

● A t tendance

○ s tuden t per formance

○ Eng l . 1080 F-s lo t

● S tuden t cu l ture /behav iors

○ a t tendance

○"nes t" phenomenon

Year Two and Beyond

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /sdasmarch ives /4831953831 /

Year Two and Beyond

● Rev iew o f the in forma t ion l i teracy modu les , exerc ises and ass ignmen ts

● P lann ing for increase o f s tuden ts in year two

○ Number o f l ibrar ians hours to devo te to program

● Fu ture o f programme

○ W i l l FYS con t inue to ex is t in curren t form?

○ M igh t i t evo lve in to a mode l for a l l f irs t-years?

○ How m igh t these th ings impac t IL programm ing , in

FYS and overa l l?

Quest ions?

Thank you .

h t tp : / /www . f l ickr .com /pho tos /osucommons /6170252894 /

Duncan , A . , & Varcoe , J . (2013 , January 13 ) . In format ion l iteracy competency for students : A measure o f the e f fect iveness o f in format ion l iteracy in it iat ives in h igher educat ion .

Retr ieved from www .heqco .ca/S iteCo l lect ionDocuments/ In foL itENG .pd f

F ister , B . (2013 ) . The l ibrary 's ro le in learn ing : In format ion l iteracy rev is ited . L ibrary Issues : Br ie f ings for Facu lty and Adm in istrators , 33(4 ) . Retr ieved from http ://www . l ibrary issues . com

Gross , M . , & Latham , D . (2007 ) . Atta in ing in format ion l iteracy : An invest igat ion o f the re lat ionsh ip between sk i l l leve l , se l f -est imates o f sk i l l , and l ibrary anx iety . L ibrary &

In format ion Sc ience Research , 29 (3 ) , 332 -353 . do i : 10 .1016/ j . l isr .2007 .04 .012

Gross , M . , & Latham , D . (2012 ) . What 's sk i l l got to do w ith it? : In format ion l iteracy sk i l ls and se l f -v iews o f ab i l ity among f irst -year co l lege students . Journa l o f the Amer ican Soc iety for In format ion Sc ience & Techno logy , 63 (3 ) , 574 -583 . do i : 10 .1002/as i .21681

Kruger , J . , & Dunn ing , D . (1999 ) . Unsk i l led and unaware o f it : How d i f f icu lt ies in recogn iz ing one 's own incompetence lead to in f lated se l f -assessments . Journa l o f Persona l ity and Soc ia l Psycho logy , 77(6 ) , 1121 -1134 . do i : 10 .1037/0022 -3514 .77 .6 .1121

References