4th Annual Assessment Symposium — March 2018

4th Annual Assessment Symposium Schedule 3.16.2018

Concurrent Panels (* indicates mini grant recipient)

Panel 1A – Getting Started with Program Assessment

  1. Improving Learning Outcomes Assessment for Study Abroad Sites*
  2. Music BM Program Leader Retreat to Refine Learning Outcomes and Assessment Tools*
    • James Demler, Assistant Professor of Music, Voice; Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies (CFA)
    • Karin Hendricks, Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education; Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies (CFA)
    • Ketty Nez, Assistant Professor of Music, Composition and Music Theory (CFA)
    • 1A_2. CFA, Music BM Prog Leader Retreat
  3. Gastronomy Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Workshops*
  4. Using ExamSoft to Improve Major and Program Learning Outcomes in Biology*

Panel 1B – Using Student Feedback in Program Assessment

  1. Office of Student Programs & Leadership (OSLP) First-Year, First Semester Student Survey*
  2. Mechanical Engineering PhD Climate Survey*
  3. Evaluation of a Master of Public Health Integrated Core Curriculum*
  4. Assessment Based GMS Program Performance Management*
    • Stephen Brady, Assistant Dean; Associate Professor, Psychiatry (GMS)
    • Bella Garrison, Administrator for Graduate Affairs (GMS)
    • Hee-Young Park, Assistant Dean; Professor, Medical Sciences & Education (GMS)
    • 1B_4. GMS, Prog Performance Mgt

Panel 2A – Using Simulation in Assessing Professional Practice

  1. An Intentional Approach to Fostering Quality Communication Skills Using Simulations
  2. Simulation in Program Assessment: A Pilot in the School of Social Work*
    • Mary Collins, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor, Social Welfare Policy (SSW)
    • Jordana Muroff, Associate Professor, Clinical Practice (SSW)
    • Judith Perlstein, Associate Director of Field Education; Lecturer (SSW)
    • Deborah Putnam, Part-Time Instruction Administrator (SSW)
    • 2A_2. SSW, Simulation in Prog Assessment
  3. Robotic Surgical Skills Development and Assessment in General Surgery Residents Using Simulation and 3D-Printed Anatomical Models
  4. The Role of Debriefing in Reflective Practice Using Simulation-Based Learning*

Panel 2B – Formative Assessment and Tools for Providing Feedback

  1. Improved Language Accuracy and Prosody for International Teaching Fellows Using Kaltura Video Captions*
  2. Methods of Critique for the Arts and Beyond
  3. Teaching for Mastery in the MPH Core Curriculum

Lunch and Faculty Discussion Forum

Assessment Makes the Headlines: Issues Raised by Molly Worthen’s “The Misguided Drive to Measure Learning Outcomes” New York Times Op-Ed

Panel 3A – Comprehensive Approaches to Assessing Student Outcomes

  1. Using the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Certification Exam as a Direct Assessment of the CAS Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology*
  2. “Beyond Classrooms”: Breakthrough Technology for Practice-Based Teaching
    • Nikki James, Intersective, Australia
    • Jacey Greece, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences (SPH)
    • Diana Marian,Project Manager, Digital Education Incubator (DEI)
    • Romy Ruukel, Director, Digital Education Incubator (DEI)
    • James Wolff, Associate Professor, Global Health (SPH)
    • 3A_2. SPH & DEI, Tech for Assess Practice-Based Teaching
  3. Competency-Based Education (CBE) in Health Care Education

Panel 3B – Assessing Innovative Learning Paradigms

  1. Online Self-Assessment of Recorded Conversations
  2. Assessing Self-Directed Learning (SDL) for International Graduate Students (CELOP& LAW)*
  3. Assessing Information Literacy Habits of Mind*

Poster_Assessing Writing in an Ethics Course