LEARNING OUTCOMES COUNCIL
Minutes
Approved 4/4/13
February 7, 2013
Co-Chairs:
Present:
Absent:
Recorder:
Berta Cuaron and Wendy Nelson
Michelle Barton, Melinda Carrillo,
Berta Cuaron, Michael Deal, Katy French, Michael
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Gilkey, John Harland, Cheryl Kearse, Greg Larson, Susan Miller, Norma Miyamoto,
Linda Morrow, Wendy Nelson, Mollie Smith
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Robert Deegan, Debra Doerfler, Ken Imaizumi, Leanne
Maunu, Michael Mufson,
Mark Vernoy
Anna-Kate Hilton
SLOAC Coordinator Wendy Nelson called the meeting to order at 2:12 p.m.
I.
APPROVE MINUTES – 1/31/2013
MSC: Barton/Miller – (Unanimous) Approval of minutes for the meeting of 1/31/13,
approved as written.
II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements.
III.
DQP UPDATE
Last Fall Wendy and Katy submitted a proposal to the ACCJC for the district to participate in
the Degree Qualifications Profile project in partnership with the Lumina Foundation. The
project seemed like a good fit for the district because Palomar’s GE/ILOs aligned closely
with the DQP The faculty senate was concerned about how Palomar’s data would be used
so they recommended that Palomar not participate in the project.
IV.
DISCUSS THE NUMBER OF GE/ILOs
Wendy distributed a handout with the current breakdown of the district’s GE/ILOs. There
are 4 outcomes with outcomes having additional sub-outcomes (intellectual and practical
skills & personal and social responsibility.
Members that were present would like to continue counting them as 4 GE/ILOs.
Learning Outcomes Council
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February 7, 2013
BRAINSTORM IDEAS FOR GE/ILO Assessment
Wendy distributed an example of a survey that one college is using to assess their ILOs.
Discussion followed with suggestions on surveys and other methods of assessment.
Feedback:
 The CCSSE survey can be used as a supplement survey to aid in assessment. It
touches on many areas of the ILOs. However, it is insufficient as a stand-alone
survey for GE/ILO assessment.
 Portfolios or ePortfolios were suggested as a direct form of assessment
 It is possible to apply multiple assessment methods for a single outcome.
 Some colleges are taking their course level assessments and discussing/sharing
them at the college wide level. This could be another approach.
 Use required event participation and an accompanying survey to assess knowledge
(i.e. Civic knowledge and engagement)
 Embed direct and indirect assessments into the courses through Blackboard so
instructors can see and analyze how their students are responding.
 Another suggestion was to use social media to survey students.
VI.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COR AND SLOs
The question of whether Palomar should include SLOs on CORs was discussed. These were
some of the concerns:
 CORs are evaluated and used for articulation to the 4 year universities.
 The universities have say on the wording and content of the CORs in order to keep
the articulation agreement.
 If SLOs are included on the COR, then they become part of the official document and
can be subject to evaluation by the universities.
 Curricunet does not allow the flexibility to change or adapt the SLOs without going
through a formal process.
The group decided to continue this discussion at future meetings.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:22pm.
Next Meeting
February 28, 2013
2:00 – 3:30pm
AA-140