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General Education and Assessment 3.0: Next-Level Practices Now

Network for Academic Renewal Conference
March 3-5, 2011
Chicago, Illinois

Conference Evaluation

Thank you for attending the 2011 Network conference on general education and assessment.  We appreciate you completing the conference evaluation form to help us improve upon future Network events.

Contact Siah Annand at Annand@aacu.org with any questions or additional comments you might like to offer.

1) What was the primary reason for your participation?

2) To what extent did the conference program help you achieve your participation goals?

1- Met few if any

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3 - Met some

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5 - Met almost all goals

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3. Please indicate your most valuable learning experience and how you might apply it when you return.

 

4. What topics would you like to see addressed in future Network conferences?

 

 5. Please rate the following plenary sessions on a scale of 5-0 with 5 being very valuable to your work and 0 of no value.  

Reframing General Education; Ramón Gutiérrez, Gail Mellow, Carol Geary Schneider

Investing in Quality; Ann Ferren

E-Portfolios and the Problem of Learning in the Post-Course Era; Randall Bass

An Invisible Epidemic; Ronald Williams

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6. Comments on poster sessions (please include poster number or presenter name):

 

7. Please select the session in which you participated and rate them on a scale of 5-0 with 5 being very valuable to your work and 0 of no value.  

Friday, March 4, 2011, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions - select one

Examining the Intellectual Foundations of a Core Curriculum

Fulbright Scholars’ Perspectives on Developing General Education

Using Good Logic (Models): How to Break Down Assessment to Scale Up Institutional Inquiry

LEAPing Toward a Culture of Assessment and Alignment

Data-Driven Continuous Improvement using the Assessment of General Education Literacies

Program-Level General Education Assessment: A Pilot Project

Developing an Academically Rigorous, Outcomes-Based General Studies Program

Documenting Student Perceptions of General Education

Administrative Leadership for a New Core Curriculum

Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP): Turning Ideas into Action

Please rate the discussion you attended

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Friday, March 4, 2011, 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions - select one

Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Science Literacy: Two Case Studies

Designing Problem-Based, Game-Based Environments for Essential Learning

Aligning and Integrating General Education and the Majors at a Large Public Research University

Fostering Faculty Engagement with General Education

Using Global Perspective Inventory to Focus on Global Learning and Development

Fostering Faculty Ownership of General Education Assessment

Deepening Learning through Reflection, Writing, and Ethical Reasoning

Ensuring and Documenting Student Learning through General Education Course Revalidation

Assessment as Adverb: Shifting the Assessment Paradigm for Decentralized Engagement

Meeting Post-Recession Challenges: Academic Leadership and "The New Normal"

Please rate the discussion you attended

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Friday, March 4, 2011, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions - select one

Laying a New Foundation for General Education

Visioning General Education for the 21st Century: Examining the Questions and Answers

Racial Issues Colloquium: Building Interdisciplinary Anti-Racism Themes into General Education

Supporting Student Learning and Success: The Role and Impact of Academic Libraries

Using ePortfolios to Assess General Education and Civic Engagement

Engaging Faculty in Action Research to Teach and Assess General Education Outcomes

Measuring the Ineffable: Assessing Aesthetic Knowledge in General Education

Effective Strategies for Promoting Faculty Engagement in General Education

Meeting the Needs of High-Risk Students through General Education Reform: Decanal Role

After the Failed Vote: How to Get Lazarus to Knock at the Tomb

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Friday, March 4, 2011, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions - select one

CS 31: General Education for a Global Century: Matching Essential Learning to Interdisciplinary Themes

CS 32: Designing Innovative Practices in the Professional Development of Adjunct Faculty

CS 33: Building a Better Capstone: Assessing Writing and Learning

CS 34: Bringing Assessment of Curricular Technology into Institution-Wide Assessment Conversations

CS 35: Developing Meta-Rubrics to Assess General Education within Disciplinary Assignments

Assessing Institutional Assessment: Where is Your Campus?

Sustaining Reform: Is Our General Education Doing What We Promised?

Monitoring Student Success in Academic Pathways Using Longitudinal Performance Data

Committing to General Education Reform: Beyond Dysfunctional Ad Hoc Committees

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Friday, March 4, 2011, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. 
Consulting Sessions



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Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions – select one

CS 40: Give Students, and Faculty, a Compass

Building State System Partnerships: What, Exactly, Do We Do Together?

Faculty Engagement and Integrating the Major with General Education in Arts

Assessing Student Affairs' Contributions to General Education Learning Outcomes

Assessing Upper-Division Writing Courses with Transfer Students in Mind

Using High-Impact Practices to Transform Campus Culture and Advance Integrative Learning

Aligning VALUE Rubrics to Institutional Purposes

A Project Framework for General Education Reform: A New Approach for Academic Leaders

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Saturday, March 5, 2011, 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions – select one

Reforming General Education: Process and Outcomes

Facing the Elephant: Overcoming Faculty Fears about Active Learning and Game Playing

Gauging General Education Culture through a Survey of Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Integrative and Applied Learning: Using Rubrics to Assess Student Work

Using Peer Review to Evaluate Program Assessment Efforts: One Strategy; Multiple Gains

Communicating Effectively About Liberal and General Education

From Design to Implementation: Putting New General Education Models into Practice

Leadership that Works: Developing a Campus Action Plan for General Education Reform

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8. Please share any general comments about the conference that you might like to offer.

Thank you.  Please feel free to contact Siah Annand at annnand@aacu.org if you have any questions or have additional feedback.

 

 

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