Building Learner-Centered Institutions:  Developing Institutional Strategies for Assessing and Improving Student Learning

March, 2004 Workshop Schedule

Activities Day 1: March 24, 2004

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Reception

Garden Level Room

Welcome – Deborah Blue, Associate Director, ACCJC/WASC

Introduction and Overview –  Mary Allen and Amy Driscoll

Best Practices Poster Session

6pm

Dinner on your own

Activities Day 2:  March 25 , 2004

7:00 – 7:45 am

Keoni

Continental Breakfast

7:45 – 9:00 am

Keoni

Greetings – Ralph Wolff, Executive Director, WASC

Plenary Session: Assessment in a Learning-Centered Institution--Mary Allen

9:15-10:30 am

Keoni

Asia

Koi

Three Concurrent Sessions:

(1) Promoting Institutional Change Through Assessment — Ray Somera

(2) Aligning Student Learning with Institutional Decisions and

Processes—Amy Driscoll

(3) Articulating Learning Objectives —Mary Allen

10:30-10:45 am

Keoni

Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon

Keoni

Asia

Koi

Three Concurrent Sessions:

(1)    Direct Methods to Assess Student Learning—Mary Allen

(2) Analyzing Student Evidence for Reliability, Validity, and

Improvements—Amy Driscoll

(3) Jumpstarting and Strengthening Your Campus Assessment Initiative - Ray Somera

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Garden Level Room

Lunch

1:15– 2:30 pm

Keoni

Asia

Koi

 

Three Concurrent Sessions:

(1) Developing and Applying Rubrics—Mary Allen

(2) Indirect Methods to Assess Student Learning - Ray Somera

(3) Closing the Loop:  Using Results to Improve Student Learning—Amy

Driscoll

2:30 – 5:00 pm

Keoni, Asia, Koi, Sarimonok, Kamehameha

Team Time to work on Capstone Projects

5:00

Keoni

Questions You Would Like Us to Answer

5:00 – 6:30 pm

Dinner on your own

Activities Day 3: March 26, 2004

8:00 – 8:30 am

Keoni

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 am

Keoni

Responses to Questions

9:00 – 10:00 am

Keoni

Plenary Session:  Assessing Learning in General Education—Amy Driscoll

10:00 – 10:15 am

Keoni

Break

10:15 – 11am

Keoni, Asia, Koi, Sarimonok, Kamehameha

 

Teams develop their capstone projects with their mentors

11 am –12 pm

Keoni

Presentation of capstone project

12:15 – 1:00

Garden Level Room

Lunch and Points of Learning Wrap-up