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Monday, December 10, 2012

Reminder DU CTLAT Workshop: How to Measure Student Learning Outcomes: Four Easy Steps: December 12, 2012 8:30am – 12:30pm


Greetings!

Please find UPDATED information regarding assessment workshops sponsored by General Education and the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The workshops are useful for both academic and administrative units. Vice Presidents are asked to ensure representation from every unit for the workshop with the exception of “What’s My Course Got to Do with It,” which is geared only toward the General Education faculty.

 

Mr. George Rehrey, one of our two CTLAT May 2013 consultants, will return to facilitate the workshops. Mr. Rehrey is Principal Instructional Consultant with Indiana University’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, where he directs the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program, advising and supporting faculty of all ranks as they conduct classroom research, form communities of inquiry and disseminate their work locally, nationally, and internationally. Feel free to read his bio (attached) for more information and to contact me with any questions.

 

 

DECEMBER 12, 2012 8:30am – 4:30pm LOCATION: PSB 131-135

How to Measure Student Learning Outcomes: Four Easy Steps: 8:30am – 12:30pm

The backward course design model is a four-step process that encourages the use of measureable language when writing student learning outcomes, thus providing instructors with an opportunity to create assignments that clearly measure what students have learned during the semester while also making sure those learning outcomes align with the course goals. By the end of this workshop participants will have a framework for redesigning their course syllabus to make visible the alignment between course goals, SLOs and course assignments.

 

Lunch on Your Own: 12:30pm – 1:15pm

 

What’s My Course Got to Do with It? Student Learning Outcomes and the Core Curriculum: 1:30pm – 4:30pm

Making further use of the backward course design model, this workshop provides an opportunity for instructors to ensure that the SLOs in their course support and intersect with the goals of Dillard University’s General Education Core Curriculum.  This is the first and most important step in assuring that the Dillard students are achieving the knowledge, skills and attitudes that compromise the Core Curriculum. By the end of this workshop participants will have made visible how the student learning in their individual courses map to the Gen Ed Core Curriculum. Prerequisite: Measuring Student Learning Outcomes: Four Easy Steps.

 

DECEMBER 13, 2012 8:30am – 12:00pm Location: PSB 131-135

How to Measure Student Learning Outcomes: Four Easy Steps (REPEAT SESSION)

The backward course design model is a four-step process that encourages the use of measureable language when writing student learning outcomes, thus providing instructors with an opportunity to create assignments that clearly measure what students have learned during the semester while also making sure those learning outcomes align with the course goals. By the end of this workshop participants will have a framework for redesigning their course syllabus to make visible the alignment between course goals, SLOs and course assignments.

 

 

Dr. Carla L. Morelon

Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

Interim Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Temporary Office: Rosenwald 203

Phone: 504.816.2086

 

2012-13 QEP Theme: “What is the impact (social, political and economic) of the Presidential Election on healthcare and gun control?”

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