Monday, March 4, 2013
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Registration and Opening Reception
Latham C
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
7:00 am to 4:30 pm
Registration and Information Center Open
Latham Foyer
7:30 am to 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Assembly Hall
8:15 am to 9:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
Keynote Address:
It Takes a Village: Infrastructures that Support
Understanding and Improvement of Student Learning
Susan Hatfield– Professor of Communications and Assessment
Coordinator, Winona State University
Assembly Hall
9:30 am to 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am to 11:00 am
Concurrent Session I
Things That Make You Go Hmmm: From Data to Action
Susan Hatfield-Winona State University
Assembly Hall
Community Engagement and Collegiate Planning:
Examining Successful Processes Used to Create Shared
Vision and Facilitate Transformation
Dee Blakely - Shawnee Community College
Solitude
The Ethics of Assessment: Generating Good Data While
Doing Well by Our Students and Faculty
Steven Culver - Virginia Tech
Smithfield
11:00 am to 11:15 am Break
Maturation of Assessment Activities
Bridgette Valesey – Widener University
Assessment Implementation Challenges at Tribal Colleges:
11:15 am to 12:30 pm WEAVE-ing a Culture of Assessment within a Cultural
Concurrent Session II Community
Reeze Hanson - Haskell Indian Nations University
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Solitude
VALUE Rubrics as Meaningful Assessment Tools Across
Institutional Types and Sizes
Kate Drezek McConnell – Virginia Tech
Kim Filer—Roanoke College
Smithfield
Lunch
Latham AB
An Ut Prosim Index: Measuring Students’ Service
Orientation
Gary Kirk and Jake Groh – Virginia Tech
Assembly Hall
Beyond the Classroom—Documenting Effectiveness in
Administrative Units
Concurrent Session III Kari Dickson – Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Measuring Inclusive Excellence: Designing Assessment to
Strengthen Diversity
David Kniola and Perry Martin – Virginia Tech
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Assembly Hall
Break
Solitude
Smithfield
Panel Discussion: Collecting and Using Students’
Perceptions of Teaching for Assessment Purposes
Facilitators: Ray Van Dyke and Anne Laughlin – Virginia Tech
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Supporting the Student Experience: Building an Effective
Concurrent Session IV Assessment Process for Administrative Units
Jennifer Gray – WEAVE
Assessment on a Shoe String: Strategies for Leveraging
Talent and Resources at a Small School
Kim Filer—Roanoke College
Assembly Hall
Solitude
Smithfield
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
7:00 am to 12:30 pm
Registration and Information Center Open
Latham Foyer
7:30 am to 8:15 am
Full Breakfast
Latham AB
8:15 am to 9:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
Keynote Address:
Learning, Assessment and Technology: From Hype to Help
to Harmony
Peter Doolittle– Executive Director of the Center for Instructional
Development and Educational Research (CIDER) and professor of
Educational Psychology at Virginia Tech
Assembly Hall
9:30 am to 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am to 11:00 am
Concurrent Session V
Panel Discussion: Leveraging Accountability and Accreditation to Promote Innovation and Faculty Development
Facilitator: Mary Ann Lewis – Virginia Tech
Assembly Hall
Where do we go from here? Explore, Discover, and
Transform Your Planning and Assessment Activities
Wendy Tarby – Onondaga Community College
Solitude
Assessment of Advising
Kimberly Smith – Virginia Tech
Smithfield
11:00 am to 11:15 am Break
Student Affairs “Assessment Camp”: The Power of a
Common Professional Development Experience
Kate Drezek McConnell – Virginia Tech
11:15 am to 12:30 pm
Getting the Most for your Accreditation Consulting Dollars
Concurrent Session VI
Jeanne Butler – WEAVE
Meaningful Assessment of Student Learning in Large
Classes
Craig Brians – Virginia Tech
Assembly Hall
Solitude
Smithfield