Peter,
I started reading and thinking about the ETS IT testing and thought that it
would give us a good framework to evaluate student learning and faculty
competency. I have shared copies with my staff and we plan to spend a day
looking at it and several other new things which have come out, for example
the Council on Library and Information Resources, "Library as Place:
Rethinking roles, rethinking space" and the Educause book.
Perhaps we could have a virtual discussion.
Ray
Dr. Raymond W. Barber
Director of Libraries
The William Penn Charter School
3000 West School House Lane
Philadelphia, PA. 19144
rbarber@penncharter.com
215-844-3460 x168 (office)
215-850-6678 (cell)
215-844-5537 (fax)
215-843-4024 (home)
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From: Peter Milbury <pmilbury@IIS.SYR.EDU>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Wed, 4 May 2005 12:16:39 -0400
Subject: [LM_NET] GEN: ITC LIteracy and Educational Testing Service
> Dear LM_NET Colleagues,
>
> I have been skimming through the Educational Testing Service
> documents related to ICT Literacy testing program, and wonder if K-
> 12 Information Literacy models should be reviewed in order that they
> are aligned with the approach taken by ETS? See:
http://www.ets.org/ictliteracy/whatisict.html
>
> Several states, including my own California, have partnered with ETS
> in the development of this testing program. Several other states and
> private universities, including Kentucky, Alabama, Texas and
> Washington are also involved.
>
> "ETS defines ICT literacy proficiency as the ability to use digital
> technology, communication tools and/or networks appropriately to
> solve information problems in order to function in an information
> society. This includes the ability to use technology as a tool to
> research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information, and the
> possession of a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal
> issues surrounding the access and use of information."
>
> "To simulate real-life situations in which a person might need to
> use ICT skills, the assessment tasks will use innovative measurement
> techniquessuch as simulations and virtual worldsthat are technology-
> delivered, scenario-based, and interactive in nature. The assessment
> will be delivered via the Internet, and the process of creating a
> secure delivery architecture is underway."
>
> The ETS ITC "domains" to be tested are shown as follows:
>
> Access - knowing about and knowing how to collect and/or retrieve
> information.
> Manage - applying an existing organizational or classification scheme.
> Integrate - interpreting and representing information. It involves
> summarizing, comparing and contrasting.
> Evaluate - making judgments about the quality, relevance,
> usefulness, or efficiency of information. Create - generating
> information by adapting, applying, designing, inventing, or
> authoring information.
>
> I am wondering if many others have looked at what ETS is doing, and how
> they think it will affect K-12 school and library programs.
>
> Peter Milbury, LM_NET Co-Moderator pmilbury@iis.syr.edu
> School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
> ............................................................
>
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