Congratulations to Biology instructor Tina Hopper, who won an Assessment Grant for the Summer 2019 semester. Hopper’s project hopes to increase collaboration between general education instructors in Biology. Her hope is that if all general education instructors have parallel goals, all students will have a parallel learning experience regardless of which section of BIO 101 … [Read more...] about Increasing Collaboration to Enhance Student Learning in BIO 101
Since 2013, the Office of Assessment has hosted multiple professional development/assessment workshops with an interdisciplinary focus. These Public Affairs and General Education (PAGE) workshops began as a part of our Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative Project to assess student learning related to the university’s Public Affairs Mission. The process was … [Read more...] about PAGE Workshop Attendance
The following is a summary of the 2017-2018 General Education Information Literacy survey. This survey asked students for feedback and for input on how to improve Information Literacy general education courses. 92% of 118 survey respondents are classified as freshman (63%) or sophomores (29%). 41% of respondents indicated that the Information Literacy course they took … [Read more...] about Summary of General Education Information Literacy Survey
The following is a summary of the Human Cultures General Education Survey for 2017-2018. This survey asked students for feedback and for input on how to improve Human Cultures general education courses. 60% of 414 respondents are classified as freshmen (27%) or sophomores (33%). 24% are classified as juniors. 50% of respondents stated that the Human Cultures course(s) … [Read more...] about Summary of the Human Cultures General Education Survey
On July 24 and 25, faculty, staff, and students from multiple colleges met with Provost Fellow for General Education Transition Dr. Josh Smith and the Assessment of Student Learning team, led by Dr. Keri Franklin, for a Collaborative Assessment Workshop. The workshop set out with several goals—to review General Goals 1, 2, 10, and 11 and their associated Student Learning … [Read more...] about A Report from the Collaborative Assessment Workshop