Assessment, Outcomes, and Program Improvement

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Maximising Assessment & Driving for Continual Program Improvement

Chris Ross

Solutions Engineer, Blackboard International

Welcome

Chris Ross

• Solutions Engineer, ANZ

• Worked with Educational Tech. for 15 years

• Life is a journey of continuous improvement

• BSc Comp Science (Melbourne)

• Based in Melbourne, Australia

Agenda

1. Why Assess Learners

2. Importance of Feedback

3. Integrated Online Assessment Ecosystem

4. Learning Outcomes

5. Program Improvement

6. Q&A

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The Active Learner

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Why Assess Learners?

• Validate Learning Outcomes

• Diagnose Learning Needs

• Differentiate Learners

• Improve Learning Outcomes

• Impart Knowledge

• Influence Learners

• Motivate Learners

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Effectiveness of Feedback

http://repository-intralibrary.leedsmet.ac.uk/open_virtual_file_path/i07n651528t/Using%20assessment%20to%20support%20student%20learning.pdf

Australasian Survey of Student Engagement

Australasian Survey of Student Engagement

Feedback should be:• Timely• Detailed• Lead to Improvement

Wonderful feedback, but who saw it?

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Assignment Inline Grading Workflow

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What did we hit?

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Feedback is targeted & timely

Assessment is efficient & effective

Student Experience is straight forward.

Academic experience is straight forward & efficient

Digital Breadcrumbs -> Insight & Analytics

Process that drives continual improvement

Critical Alignment

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Graduate recruitment lowest since records began (AFR: Mar-2014)

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• Poor quality of graduates is a significant problem with nearly one fifth of employers saying “quality, experience and skill of the graduate” was the key issue affecting their hiring.

• Employers are looking for;

• Interpersonal & Communications Skills - most sought after

• Passion, knowledge of industry, drive, commitment & attitude

• Critical reasoning & analytical skills

• Caliber of academic results

Source: http://www.afr.com/p/national/work_space/graduate_recruitment_lowest_since_0pTzsGAW08YIl9nKCPceYK

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Define: Industry Connection

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Define: Know the Content and how to teach it.

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DEFINE – Program Learning Goals & Objectives

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Where do we do it?

When do we do it?

How do we do it?

How well can our students do it?


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ALIGN – Curricula with adopted goals

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MEASURE – Identify the instruments and measures to assess learning

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MEASURE – Identify the instruments and measures to assess learning

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Goal alignments to the collective rubric

Goal alignments to the rubric criteria

ANALYSE – Collect, Analyse & Disseminate Assessment Information

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USE – Assessment information for continuous improvement

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Outcomes

Repository

Copies of Artifacts

& Assignments

Blackboard Learn

Courses

Assignments +

Artifacts

Search +

Discover

Review +

Report

Reports &

Analysis

Rubric Scores

From Courses

Secondary

Evaluation or

Rubric Scores

From Courses

Course-Embedded Assessment

Thank you!

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Session Objective: For participants in today’s session to take

back actionable ideas that can support an institution’s

assessment process and program of continual improvement.