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 * Assessment Session Discussion Results**

Participants were asked to write down assessment anxieties and concerns—including things that need assessing—on sticky notes them classify them as: · Faculty · Learning outcomes · Resources · Students · Other Then, participants divided into groups, read through the sticky notes in their area, and organized them. They wrote the results on large flipchart sheets. Here are the results for each area:

Faculty · Faculty perceptions of instructional technology · Faculty perceptions of technology/library/equipment/support · Faculty effectiveness in using instructional technology · Does faculty use of technology further learning outcomes? · Assessment methods o Survey o Collect data on actual use o Faculty case studies

Learning Outcomes · Are we developing critical thinking skills? · Assessing the use of and integration of technology to course outcomes and student learning · Assessing information literacy · Assessing technology skills · Does the array of services improve student learning? · How do we make sure that tools are not restrictive?

Resources · What is the relationship of resources to learning outcomes? · How do we assess skills in a liberal arts environment?

Students · Library contribution to student learning o Collection o Services o Training · For student experience, demonstrating achievement of course objectives in addition to engagement · How many students utilize general labs for things other than printing, e.g., for specialized software? (there is software that can track this)