Four aspects of sustaining motivation: Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction
Attention – capturing interest, stimulating inquiry, maintaining attention
Relevance – meeting learner needs, providing appropriate content, bridging instruction to learners’ experiences
Confidence – building positive expectation for success, clearly defining what success means
Satisfaction – providing meaningful opportunities for learners to use their new skill or knowledge, reinforcing learner’s success and a positive feeling about accomplishments
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Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning by Standardized information literacy assessment programs designed for institution-wide use:
- WASSAIL: developed by Augustana Library, University of Alberta
- Project SAILS: Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills, developed at Kent State
- ICT Literacy Assessment: developed by Educational Testing Services, Inc.