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On January 8, 2007, the Center for the Enhancement of
Teaching sponsored a workshop "Assessment Matters:
Discovering How Well Our Students Are Learning What
We're Teaching". The presenter for this workshop was Dr.
Jean O'Brien, Director for the Center for Excellence in
Learning and Teaching at King's College in Wilkes-Barre,
PA.
The best assessment practices strive to improve
learning, teaching, and curriculum. This workshop
offered a rationale for outcomes assessment and
discussed some of the reasons why some excellent faculty
members are resistant to it. The King's College
Comprehensive Assessment Program included strategies to
develop integrative and cumulative learning. Many
examples from a number of disciplines were offered to
provide not only an overview of how assessment can work
for you, but specific course assignments as well.
Dr. O'Brien has also served as a consultant on
curriculum development and outcomes assessment at many
colleges and universities throughout the United States
and has served on several Middle States accreditations
teams as an assessment evaluator.
Assessment Matters PowerPoint
Classroom Assessment PowerPoint
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On January 9, 2006,
a workshop brought over 100 faculty to hear Dr. Ken
Bain's fifteen year study of the thinking and practices
of highly successful educators. This interactive and
provocative workshop facilitated a discussion among
faculty that demonstrated the insights and creativity
that many of our faculty have about teaching and
learning. The pictures below are from that day. Please
feel free to contact Dr. Vera Brancato with any ideas for next years
winter break workshop.
As a follow-up to the
input received from the recent faculty interest survey,
conducted by the CET, a workshop focusing on teaching and
learning in large classroom settings is being planned
for the spring semester. Thank you for participating and
sharing your ideas. Anyone who was unable to complete
the survey, may fill out the
survey here or send suggestions directly to Dr. Vera Brancato. |
