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Recent Seminars
5 Steps to Renew Program-Level Learning Outcomes Assessment
Higher ed institutions need to take time at regular intervals to engage in program revision. Otherwise, they risk engaging in pointless assessments that reveal little and fail to lead to measurable improvements in teaching and learning experiences. This seminar provides an overview of the latest strategies for updating and managing an effective and meaningful learning assessment program.
Video Online Seminar • Recorded on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Inquiry into the College Classroom
Are our students learning? Are they developing? Are we having an impact? These questions are only a small sample of those that faculty ask before, during, and after each course that they teach. Faculty often attempt to answer such questions using the evidence they have—student remarks during class and office hours, student performance on examinations or homework assignments, student comments solicited via teaching evaluations, and their own classroom observations. While these forms of evidence can be useful, such informal assessments also can be misleading, particularly because they are generally not systematic or fully representative.
Learning Outcome Assessment: Creating a Systematic and Transparent Program
Faculty usually hold a set of beliefs that make the whole topic of learning outcome assessment seem boring, useless, or both.
