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The University of Kentucky ’ s QEP is MCXC! What!?!?

The University of Kentucky ’ s QEP is MCXC! What!?!?. Dr. Diane Snow and Dr. Deanna Sellnow (Co-Chairs). What is a QEP?. Q uality E nhancement P lan A core requirement for SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation:

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The University of Kentucky ’ s QEP is MCXC! What!?!?

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  1. The University of Kentucky’s QEP is MCXC!What!?!? Dr. Diane Snow and Dr. Deanna Sellnow (Co-Chairs)

  2. What is a QEP? • Quality Enhancement Plan • A core requirement for SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation: • “. . . a carefully designed course of action that addresses a well-defined and focused topic or issue related to enhancing student learning”(SACS Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation, 2007, p. 3).

  3. What is our QEP? Why are we here today? To tell you what it is and to generate “buzz” • Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum (MCXC)

  4. Why MCXC? 1) It’s what employers want. Association of American Colleges and Universities (Hart, 2007)

  5. 2) 2009 Follow-up . . . • “[Only] one in four employers thinks . . . colleges are doing a good job” (p. 2). • 89% said colleges should place greater emphasis on developing students’“ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing” (p. 9). • 81%: critical & analytical reasoning skills

  6. 3) UKCore Design principle #3 (vertical integration) Learning outcome #2 (written, oral, and visual communication) 4) Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) Communication Requirement in the Major (CRM)

  7. 5) We’re Number 1!

  8. Faculty Development Student Tutoring To help create and refine classroom communication projects (flat/static print, face-to-face, digital/online) • To help design instruction, assignments, and assessment tools to achieve profession-appropriate communication learning outcomes

  9. Quiz time! Thoughts? Questions?

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