Assessment Committee Meeting Report for January 10, 2011
Attendees: Janet Boeckman, Kate Peresie, Jen Phenicie, Deb Hysell, Sheila Campbell, Bruce Sliney, Randy Storms, Robert Slabodnick, Gina
Kamwithi, Janny Nauman, Ellen Johnson
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION STEPS
CLOs
Culture & Community: Janny presented her research. The Committee agreed to adopt
AACU’s Value Rubric for Intercultural Knowledge’s definition. Janny’s team will
further develop the CLO, simplifying from the VALUE rubric, and present at the
Committee’s next meeting.
Further develop
CLO, present
next mtg.
English Dept 5 Column Report: Deb presented reports for 2008-09 and 2009-10. Deb
noted that she obtained the data from BB Grading Center. She plans to meet with
department faculty to review the learning outcomes and to promote department faculty
working collaboratively with program faculty for writing-across-the-curriculum
assessment. Kate stated that WAC is now on a 3-year cycle as are the other CLOs and
that there may be funds for stipends for English department faculty participating in the
project.
Put reports on
Student Success
Plan web page.
Kate
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Information Literacy: Feedback following presentation of the rubric at division
meetings has been scarce.
Follow—up for
feedback.
Janet HS/PS,
Randy
Tech/WFD, Jen
BU/ED/LA
By
Feb.
division
mtgs
The Committee decided that Culture & Community and Information Literacy will be
the two CLOs to be assessed in 2011/12. C&C has never been assessed by the college.
Information Literacy replaces Computer Literacy so it will be the first time to assess it
as well. Reminder: Speech and Computation are the CLOs scheduled for assessment
Spring 2011.
Program Assessment Reports were due 10/15. Only a few have been submitted from
HS/PS. Kate will be meeting with AS/AA faculty to develop a PAR for them.
After December’s visit to Owens for introduction to TaskStream:
 Too much front-end loading.
 Does not communicate with BB or Encore as Owens currently using. Might do
Update CLO
assessment
schedule; Remind
faculty of 2011
schedule.
Kate
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PARs
Webbased
reporting
PERSONS
TIMERESPON-SIBLE LINE
Janny
1/24
systems
Next
Meeting
so with additional module/cost.
 Could not get a cost estimate over the phone.
 Too convoluted/difficult/extra hoops.
 Does not support direct online use of rubrics for assessment.
Bottom line – two thumbs down.
The Committee discussed whether to invite LiveText for a web-based information
session. Kate will first check to see if LiveText integrates with BB and/or Encore
(Datatel).
1/24/11, 3:30, 149F.
Check for
integration.
Kate
1/24