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The Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Cycle: Events
Workshop: May 1, 2009 at 12:30 in 3-148What's Attitude Got to Do With It? Everything! Cañada College psychology professor Ben Stefonik explained why all instructors, regardless of subject, need to be aware of student attitudes and how learning can change those attitudes. He gave us several examples of assessment methods and how to use them, using Classroom Assessment Techniques as a guide. Participants received their own copy of this book. FLEX Day: March 11th starts at 8:00 in the Main Theater
This is an all-day opportunity for faculty and Student Services staff to work with colleagues on SLOs, assessments, and reflections, as well as Program Reviews (biannual updates or the 6-yr review). The agenda gives specifics of time and locations for discipline-specific workgroups. The lunchtime speaker, Dr Cathleen Kennedy, has extensive experience in student learning and assessment and will discuss tools that we can use to measure student progress. Workshop: Feb 27th at 12 noon in 16-212, the newly renovated biology lab.Dean Janet Stringer reprised her popular talk “Writing Great Multiple Choice Questions”. Participants measured their test-taking strategies on a MC quiz and learned how to reduce the effect of “good-guessing” on exam scores. Instructors left with new insight and their own copy of Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook, as well as having "experimented" in our new bio lab. Also coming up:Dr. Nathan Staples will demonstrate use of the new Scantron Reader in bldg 13. These are small hands-on sessions; please contact me directly to schedule this training. Feb 6, 2009 12-1 in 9-106Greg Stoup presented “SLO Analysis in 10 Minutes” to a group of 17 faculty and staff on Friday, Feb 6. In addition to revealing the virtues of different rubrics, Greg showed us how to put an excel spreadsheet through its paces and come up with insightful views of the data. Workshop Presentation: How to Build an Assessment Instrument in 10 Minutes Companion Presentation: Assessment Tool Demo November 19, 2008 2:30-4:30 rm 2-10San Francisco State University Professor Helen Gillotte-Tropp and Professor Sugie Goen-Salter will present a workshop for faculty from all disciplines. This session will provide tools for teaching, scaffolding, and designing assignments that will provoke active learning and metacognition among students and more productivity in the classroom. November 18, 2008 2:45-4:00 pm rm 3-148
Director Greg Stoup will discuss various types of assessments and their suitability for different purposes. October 27, 2008 2:00-4:00 rm 3-148SoTL faculty from CSM and Cañada will present their work of the past year. October 15, 2008 2:45-4:00 pmDean Janet Stringer discussed How to Write Multiple Choice Questions, based on her experience with authoring National Board exams. Janet enlightened us as to how to interpret the analysis of the new Scantron reader, such that test questions can be crafted to serve their purpose. A summary of guidelines is available. August 15, 2008FLEX Day for instructional FT and PT faculty on campus. SLOAC workshops were held, as described in the agenda. Participation by faculty and SLO results are reported here, including evaluations of the usefulness of the day's activities. Video from Fredriksberg Community College, along with our own SLOAC Players: The Assessment Zone April 15, 2008Cañada Faculty Symposium April 11, 2008SLO Regional Coordinators Meeting Skyline College Sponsored by our very own District Academic Senate
March 28, 2008Information about Special SLOAC Day March 14, 2008Student Services February 29, 2008:Assessment Workshop by Jerry Rudman Instructional Faculty * Powerpoint Presentation (ppt) Student Services * Powerpoint Presentation (ppt)
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