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
It has been a busy week in the Office of Assessment at Missouri State. Since lists are a great way to digest what has been accomplished, I thought a quick, 10-item post about the latest Assessment happenings was just the thing to share. 1. I’ve spoken with, Director of Student Orientation, Joe Morris, about administering the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement … [Read more...] about This Week in Assessment: April 19-24
Assessment sounds like grunge work, demanding serious brainpower, organization, weeks of planning, and a large committee. It's like those household chores you hate, but do anyway because you enjoy hosting. Or, in this case, you enjoy your program/course. But you probably already have assessment activities in place. You just may not realize it… Yet. A few weeks ago, I was … [Read more...] about Assessment By Any Other Name…
Feedback From Internships Led to Research After students provided feedback on internship experiences in Colorado and Kansas, agriculture faculty realized they needed to broaden students' understanding of animal agriculture. In the feedback, faculty found students were amazed by how different agriculture is in other regions, especially once they had experienced new regions … [Read more...] about Using Feedback from Student Internships to Make Changes In Agriculture Courses