Appendix 4
Assessment Workshops, 2002-2003
A series of ‘nuts and bolts’ hands-on workshops designed to assist faculty in developing the skills required to undertake effective assessment of academic programs and student learning objectives.
Oct 8, 2002 |
Introduction to Assessment: Why, What and How? |
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm |
Description: A basic introduction to assessment at PLNU.
Questions: What does WASC expect? Why are we doing assessment? How do we get started? What model has PLNU adopted for doing assessment? How do we formulate goals? What evidence is acceptable?
Bring: Questions, preliminary assessment plans, goals and objectives |
Place: Center for Teaching & Learning |
Format: Presentation, Q&A |
Conducted by: Becky Havens & Patrick Allen |
Nov 5, 2002 |
The Language of Assessment |
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm |
Description: How to use the specific, focused language of assessment to detail program objectives.
Questions: How do we effectively communicate our program objectives? How can we use quantitative language to speak about qualitative goals?
Bring: working drafts of departmental assessment plans, specifically learning outcomes objectives |
Place: Center for Teaching & Learning |
Format: Hands-on workshop & one-on-one assistance |
Conducted by: Hadley Wood & Nancy Quinones |
Dec 3, 2002 |
The Means of Assessment |
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm |
Description: How to assess program goals, or how to measure program objectives.
Questions: What methods will generate the information we need to verify whether our objectives are being met? What are the benefits and limits of different means of assessment? How can we craft quantitative methods to inform qualitative goals? How do we craft a variety of methods in order to attain balanced results and better reliability?
Bring: working drafts of departmental assessment plans, specifically objectives and means of assessment |
Place: Center for Teaching & Learning |
Format: Hands-on workshop & one-on-one assistance |
Conducted by: Jim McEliece, Enedina Martinez & Anne-Elizabeth Powell |
Feb 11, 2003 |
Criteria for Success and Measures of Validity |
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm |
Description: How to select criteria that is an appropriate benchmark to determine whether program objectives are being successfully achieved.
Questions: How do we know that our program is successful? How do we know we’re achieving what we say we are, or what we want to achieve? What is realistic? How do we make adjustments? How do we know whether data is reliable?
Bring: working drafts of departmental assessment plans, specifically objectives, means of assessment, and thoughts about how the department will determine the success of the program |
Place: Center for Teaching & Learning |
Format: Hands-on workshop & one-on-one assistance |
Conducted by: Jesus Jimenez & Becky Havens |
Mar 25, 2003 |
Use of Results: Interpretation of Data |
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm |
Description: How to interpret the data collected by assessment activities and how to use the results of assessment findings.
Questions: How should data be gathered? How should data be displayed? What are meaningful ways to display, interpret, and use the data?
Bring: working drafts of departmental assessment plans, data gathered or planned, and thoughts about how the data could be used to improve the academic program |
Place: Center for Teaching & Learning |
Format: Hands-on workshop & one-on-one assistance |
Conducted by: Mary Conklin, Seth McCracken & Barbara Rutledge |
Assessment Workshop Committee: Hadley Wood & Becky Havens (co-chairs), Mary Conklin, Jesus Jimenez, Enedina Martinez,
Seth McCracken, Jim McEliece, Anne-Elizabeth Powell, Nancy Quinones, Barbara Rutledge