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3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4614
T 907.786.1050, F 907.786.1426
www.uaa.alaska.edu/academicaffairs/
UAA GER Assessment Task Force
Agenda: January 16, 2013
9:00am – 10:00AM ADM 204 Audio conference: 1-800-893-8850
Participant code: 1664738
General Business
Introductions
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes (11-15-12) (p. 3-5)
Vice Provost Susan Kalina Report
New Business
Review of UA/ AAC&U General Ed. Workshop (Jan. 11-12, 2013)
Continuing Business
Discussion of Hanover Report
GER Task Force Communication Plan—Website, Forums, Café sessions
Next Steps—Research Additional Institutions/Practices; Timeline (p. 6)
Scheduled Meeting Dates Fall 2012
Date Time Location
1/16/13 9:00-10:000am ADM 204
1/23/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
1/30/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 283
2/13/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
2/20/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
3/6/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
3/20/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
3/27/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
4/3/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
4/17/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 204
4/24/13 9:00-10:00am ADM 201
Expected Attendees
Shawnalee Whitney, CAS Kenrick Mock, SOE Herminia Din, CAS
Brian Partridge, KPC
Robert Capuozzo, COE
Susan Kalina, Ex-officio,
Vice Provost
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Megan Ossiander-Gobielle,
CTC
Deborah Mole, LIB
Maria Stroth, OAA
Suzanne Forster, CAS Kyle Hampton, CBPP Jackie Cason, CAS
Sandra Pence, Faculty Senate
Bill Myers (Chair), CAS
Andrew Lessig, Student
Representative
Note: Confirmed meeting attendees are marked with “C.”
Those unable to attend are marked “N.” Those calling in are marked “P.”
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UAA GER Assessment Task Force
Minutes: November 15, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm ADM 204 Audio conference: 1-800-893-8850
Participant code: 1664738
General Business
Introductions
Approval of Agenda
o Approved
Approval of Minutes (10-29-12)
o Approved
Vice Provost Susan Kalina Report
o Sandra Pence, Jacqueline Cason and Brian Partridge will be attending the AAC&U
General Education Conference on February 28. OAA will be working with them to
schedule and prepare for the conference.
o GER Assessment
OAA has resources related to GER Assessment that the Task Force might be
interested in, and is welcome to check these resources out from Maria Stroth
in ADM 218. The materials include two of UAA’s earliest reports on
assessing the GERs from 1998 and 1999.. A resource list will be posted on
the Task Force website.
o Provost Search
The final Provost candidate, Bear Baker, will be on campus Monday-
Wednesday, November 19-21.
New Business
E-Portfolio conversation and report
o What was your sense of the ePortfolio conversation, how might we include them in
what we’re doing here?
ePortfolios are helpful for General Education, but it would be best if the
institution has one platform.
How are other schools using ePortfolios?
Bowling Green State University is using ePortfolios for assessment of
student learning outcomes.
o Student’s work can be tracked from their Freshman to Senior
year, which is helpful for assessment of student learning
outcomes.
Kodiak College is already using Blackboard for ePortfolios.
How would ePortfolios be assessed?
Departments would put this in their assessment plan
o If this committee knows their needs from ePortfolios, it’s encouraged that they
communicate those needs with the university community.
Distance Lab Discussion
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o The Task Force agreed to consult the Natural Sciences regarding assessment GER
labs.
Task Force Communication Plan: Fall and Spring
o How will we communicate our ideas and discussions to the university community?
The Task Force will host focus groups for students, faculty, etc., to get advice
from those directly impacted.
It will be important to include Student Affairs.
Spring 2013 Plan of Action
o Review of the Hanover Report
The Task Force will read and review the report once it’s received and then
decide how it wants to move forward.
It might be a good idea to break into subgroups.
o Once the Task Force has more focused ideas about the research, they will begin to
facilitate focus groups.
Should there be a faculty survey about assessment to determine the attitudes toward
assessment on campus?
o The Task Force agreed that this is outside their purview and would be a task for the
Faculty Senate Academic Assessment Committee.
Continuing Business
Hanover Research Project—Report will be delivered in early December.
Continued Discussion of GER Assessment Practices we have reviewed
Next Meeting
After the Hanover Research Project report is received, OAA will send out a Doodle poll to
determine the next meeting time.
OAA will create a website for the Task Force off of the Governance site.
The Task Force discussed sending out a message to the faculty and staff dynamic listerves
detailing their work so far.
Scheduled Meeting Dates Fall 2012
Date Time Location
10/15/12 8:30-9:30am ADM 204
10/22 8:30-9:30am ADM 204
10/29 8:30-9:30am ADM 204
11/15 4:00-5:00pm ADM 204
12/3? 8:30-9:30am ?
Attendees
C Shawnalee Whitney, CAS N Kenrick Mock, SOE C Herminia Din, CAS
P Brian Partridge, KPC
N Robert Capuozzo, COE
C Susan Kalina, Ex-officio,
Vice Provost
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3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4614
T 907.786.1050, F 907.786.1426
www.uaa.alaska.edu/academicaffairs/
N Megan Ossiander-Gobielle,
CTC
P Deborah Mole, LIB
C Maria Stroth, OAA
N Suzanne Forster, CAS N Kyle Hampton, CBPP P Jackie Cason, CAS
C Sandra Pence, Faculty Senate
C Bill Myers (Chair), CAS
N Andrew Lessig, Student
Representative
Note: Confirmed meeting attendees are marked with “C.”
Those unable to attend are marked “N.” Those calling in are marked “P.”
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Revised 1-14-13
Proposed Timeline, UAA GER Assessment Task Force, 2013
Date Goal
January 2013
Review, Discuss Hanover Report;
additional research on best practices of
Gen. Ed. outcomes assessment
February—Early March
Collate and Synthesize several best
practice models; prepare for discussion
forums
Mid-March—Mid April
UAA and College Wide Forums, Café
Sessions (Workshops?)
Late April Review Campus feedback; initial rough
draft of GER outcomes assessment best
practices
Summer, 2013 Chair completes a preliminary draft of
best practices recommendations and
circulates to committee via email
August (20th?)
After Task Force Review, best practices
report is submitted to Faculty Senate
President for first Faculty Senate
meeting, Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Additional forums, and meetings; adopt
plan of action for Assessment of GER
Outcomes
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