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18 th Annual Assessment Fair for Illinois Community Colleges February 21, 2014 at Moraine Valley Community College. Personal Responsibility: You Can[not] Measure That!. Heather Snider, Institutional Research & Effectiveness Specialist Brian Wagner, Instructor of Philosophy. Agenda.
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18th Annual Assessment Fair for Illinois Community Colleges February 21, 2014 at Moraine Valley Community College Personal Responsibility:You Can[not] Measure That! Heather Snider, Institutional Research & Effectiveness Specialist Brian Wagner, Instructor of Philosophy
Agenda • Overview of Institutional Student Learning Outcome (ISLO) revision process • Assessment of personal responsibility
The Importance of Student Learning Outcomes • SLOs provide students with focus and awareness of their own learning • (they really do want to know why they have to learn this ‘stuff’) • Can and should provide faculty with a framework for course design as well are redesign • Allows us to perform institutional-levelassessment • What we want our students to knowupon degree completion
Background • HLC Criterion Three Committee Current learning outcomes are not well defined and not measurable. • HLC Steering CommitteeUh-oh, this is a job forthe Assessment Committee! A
Diverse participation in revision process from members in: • Liberal Arts and Sciences • Career and Technical Education • Academic Affairs • Student Development
Outside Resources • College Learning for the New Global Century(Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2007) • Competency-based Degree Programs in the U.S.(Council for Adult & Experiential Learning, 2012) • The Degree Qualifications Profile(Lumina Foundation, 2011) • Other Institutions
Assessing Personal Responsibility • VALUE Rubrics • Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning • Ethical Reasoning • Integrative Learning • Community College Survey of Student Engagement • Disposition Checklists
Discussion Questions • Does anyone have a similar institutional student learning outcome? • If so, how have you been approaching assessment? • What other ways could we assess personal responsibility?
Contact Heather Sniderh.snider@RockValleyCollege.edu Brian Wagnerb.wagner@RockValleyCollege.edu