Developing WSU’s Guide to Effective Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Rubric

The table below charts the steps that Washington State University’s Office of Assessment and Innovation (OAI) and its stakeholders went through to develop the Guide to Effective Program Assessment rubric used in the WSU System of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. Description Generalized Model Specific example of application at WSU’s Office of Assessment and Innovation. Determine [...]

How a rubric can communicate

OAI has been finishing up its 2009-10 cycle of reviews of program-level assessment, see the University’s portfolio for details about the process and the results. One of the responses to a program regarding communication with stakeholders had a summary of the utility of a rubric as a communication tool: Under “Communication” the report states: “Program [...]

Awards Ceremony 3/13- we will be recognizing exceptional leadership in college and program level assessment

From: Ater-Kranov, Ashley Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:55 PM To: OAI.Personnel Subject: Awards Ceremony 3/13- we will be recognizing exceptional leadership in college and program level assessment Please see the attached invitation. The awards list is below. Office of Assessment & Innovation Berat Hakan Gurocak hgurocak@wsu.edu Assessment Leadership for Mechanical Engineering WSU Vancouver Office [...]

Engaging Employers and Other Community Stakeholders

Do you have ideas or examples of good practice of working with employers to promote workforce development? UK universities and colleges are under pressure to do “employer engagement” and some are finding it really difficult. This is sometimes due to the university administrative systems not welcoming non-traditional students, and sometimes because we use “university speak” [...]

Assessment design is messy: challenges to cooordinating flexible and useful assessment for a college and its programs

Assessment planning, designing, and implementing is a messy process, as are most authentic, responsive endeavors that involve and engage many people from a variety of roles and vantage points.   Different people and programs have different concerns and genuine questions. What’s the relationship between college and program assessment? Student learning goals identified by a college and by [...]

HEC Board Report (Feb 25, 2010)

Sent and accepted by WSU administration…. attached report  HEC Board Outcomes Report (March 2010 FINAL)

Update for Program Points on Assessment Status

A sample reminder for programs falling behind in the assessment work: Just a quick note to catch up.  I last recall you were working on an assessment planning report, and we had talked about what we thought was a pretty good plan.  Let us know if there is more we can do to help you [...]

Faculty Senate

At Faculty Senate, Thursday, February 18th, concerns were expressed about the assessment initiative.  The concerns largely reflected, we are informed, questions about who was being asked to do this. On Monday, February 22nd, we have been invited to provide a report.  I have proposed we share the HEC Board report we are preparing this week.

More Back@U mockups and an example application

We just discovered that Jason B. Jones has a proof of concept mashup of a Google form with Diigo using a Firefox extension to put both on a split screen. The emphasis seems to be more on grading, but it has a nice place to give suggestions for future work. We had previously tried making [...]

DML Competition Partnering Possiblilties

The MacAurther Funded, HASTAC managed DML competition has entered its next round. We found several potential partners in the January round, and there are other potentials among the first round entrants, and perhaps some new potential partners in the round two entrants. To help would-be partners visualize how our project might interact with theirs, we [...]