Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes

OrganizersNancy Budwig, Clark University

Donna Heiland, Emerson College

Participants Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U

Keith Sawyer, U. of North CarolinaVictor A. Benassi, UNH

Bruce Mallory, UNH

Two Part Session

• PART I: Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes

• PART II: Workshop: How to Build a Culture for Cultivating and Assessing Innovative Learning Outcomes

• Both sessions will draw heavily on work stemming from the developmental and learning sciences.

Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes Framing the Session

Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Three guiding questions:

1. Where do innovative learning outcomes live?

2. How does this impact decisions about measuring them?

3. How does learning science theory and research provide insight into the cultivation and assessment of innovative learning outcomes?

Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning OutcomesOutline of Session

Nancy Budwig: Framing the Session

Terry Rhodes: The AAC&U VALUE Project

Keith Sawyer: Creativity, Group Genius, and the Cultivation of Innovative Learning Outcomes Across the Curriculum: Reflections from the Learning Sciences

Victor A. Benassi: Implementing and Measuring Learning Outcomes Across the Curriculum: Reflections from the Science of Learning

Donna Heiland: Lead-in to breakout session

Bruce L. Mallory: Session Facilitator

THE INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE

Donna Heiland, Vice President & Special Assistant to the President, Emerson College, Boston, MA

• Factors to consider in cultivating specific student learning outcomes:• The curriculum: where do we do this work?• Pedagogy: how do we do this work?• Institutional culture: what is the role of different

constituencies within the institution?

• Breakouts: strategies for institutional change

PART II: How to Build A Culture for Cultivating and Assessing Innovative Learning Outcomes

Organizers

Nancy Budwig, Clark UniversityDonna Heiland, Emerson College

Framing the Breakout Session

Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research,Clark University, Worcester, MA

• Goals• Why breakout format?• Structure of the session

I. Group WorkII. Gathering and ReportingIII. Panel TakeawaysIV. Closing Remarks

Breakout Group Organization and Questions

Three groups, each focused on one of the following:• Faculty• Student life and co-curricular staff• Administrators

Questions• What forms of professional development are needed for a campus to

nurture and assess the development of innovative learning outcomes such as creativity in students?

• What changes in structures might be needed? What administrative support? Financial support? Other?

Gathering and Reporting Out• Each table identifies one challenge and one solution.

What we heard …

• Keith Sawyer, Terry Rhodes, and Victor Benassi offer short takeaways from the session based on what they have heard

Donna Heiland, Vice President & Special Assistant to the President, Emerson College, Boston, MA

What happens next?