assessment
Student Services Learning Outcomes Assessment
Jill Carlson and other presenters San Juan College October 1, 2009 Governor Richardson’s Higher Education Summit
More info will be available here
Student services tend to focus on service, not learning. But we need to consider students more. Example: We can get students loans, but they need financial literacy skills to know what to do with the loan. SJC wanted to focus on learning, not satisfaction. Bresciani’s work has been pivotal. read more »
The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy
In a study named The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy, the Carnegie Institute for Advanced Study urges America to improve it's quality of education in Math and Sciences. Without it, the Institute predicts that the United States will not be able to compete in a global technological-connected world. Points of this study include: read more »
America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree
Opening with an unsettling, yet all-too-common conversation, held between a career counselor and a "failed" college student, Marty Nemko does a good job at revealing the truths of an academic epidemic that continues to sweep the nation.
This opinion piece addresses how much students actually learn from four-year institutions, what needs to be done to improve undergraduate education, and ways to increase the preparedness of incoming students, so that they leave college with more than a drained savings account. read more »
A case for assessing what we all know
Students perform better in small classes, and full-time faculty teach better than adjuncts. An article from Inside Higher Ed argues that we do not have studies to support what we think we know.
Distance education: basic resources
Websites with good information
Articles of the Month from the University of Wisconsin
Distance learning research and theory (list of other web sites)
United States Distance Learning Association
Linked articles read more »
OAC II reporting information
Forms for 2008 reporting are here.
Copies of OACII reports for 2007 are attached to the bottom of this page.
OAC reporting forms
The files below include parts 1 and 2 of the reporting form, the feedback form, and the 2008-2009 timeline.
IRPOA also has forms here, but people have reported problems with the link.
Your mission: Create a blog post!
So now you've been exposed to Everybody's Business (EB). We want you to take the challenge.
What are we looking for? read more »
- A title (kind of like the subject line of an email) Perhaps it is thought provoking, humorous, or intriguing..think 'headline'
- Meaningful tags (the keywords for this post)
Assessment Resources
The Division of Student Success has been developing learning outcomes and working on measurement. You can find more information at http://success.nmsu.edu/assessment
Learning outcomes at West Point
From Inside Higher Education, an article on comprehensive learning outcomes. read more »
