The assessment of the reflections

As a library and information professional, you will need to be skilled at assessing your own learning and identifying additional things you need to know. We expect students, as they progress through SIRLS, to move from dependence on faculty assessment of their achievements to a realistic self-assessment of achievement. The competency reflections are the tools and opportunities for you to monitor your own learning and augment it as you see the need.

Each reflection itself will be evaluated as it is posted. The evaluation here will either be 'acceptable' or 'in need of revision'. [If a reflection needs revision, the evaluator will usually suggest what needs to be done. ]

The competency reflections as a whole, will be formally reviewed at two points.

On the posting of a mid-Program reflection

On the posting of a mid-Program reflection, which should occur after the student has completed 18 units of study, a student's Competency ePortfolio will be reviewed for the following:

• the presence of 5 acceptable reflections which, in total, address at least 5 of the competencies
• the breadth of artifact collection
• an acceptable mid-Program reflection that lists the 18 units and which synthesizes the existing reflections and artifacts

On the posting of the final reflection

On the posting of the final reflection, which should occur early in your final semester, your ePortfolio will be reviewed for the following items:

• the presence of 12 acceptable reflections which, in total, address all the competencies
• the breadth of artifact collection
• an acceptable final reflection that synthesizes the existing reflections and artifacts

When a student's ePortfolio is complete, and to the required standard, the evaluator will sign off on it.