Reflections on Friday SLO Talks, the assessment of student learning, and the ideas shaping higher education, by Dr. Jarek Janio and guests.
This interactive session explores Competency-Based Education (CBE) through a fire technology lens. Engage with interactives, learn to define & assess essential skills, and see how hands-on learning brings theory to life. Learn how to use Canvas to keep track of your students learning, how to design assessment rubrics and assess student skill and competency. Leave […]
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Coordinators’ Training Building upon Foundations of Assessment: Why Assessment Matters Today Presentation Materials: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GYGyAbD6jkYyntLpsik0vQWPuqicRmGIF-iNuDpbbjc/edit#slide=id.p This kick-off to the SLO talks will provide a brief foundation on why assessment is important today along with snapshot overviews of philosophies and theories that guide the practical nature of assessment-related work. Building upon that […]
Friday SLO Talk (December 8, 2023) The final Friday SLO Talk for the Fall 2023 semester on December 8, 2023, was a fruitful panel discussion with experts from industry and higher education weighing in on various topics currently affecting the higher education landscape such as competency-based education, workforce development, and the self-directed, problem-solving mindset that […]
Friday SLO Talk (December 1, 2023) Decoding the Dilemma: AI-Crafted Assignments, Student Responses, and the Potential Illusion of Learning Assessment Dive into the intersection of AI and student learning assessment. Explore how faculty wield AI to shape assignments, while students use it to craft responses. Uncover the blurred lines where AI-drafted assignments may be […]
Friday SLO Talk (November 3, 2023) Dr. Karen Singer-Freeman is the Director of Research in the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University. Her research examines educational interventions that support the success of underserved students. Previously, Dr. Singer-Freeman served as the Director of Academic Planning and Assessment in the Office of Assessment […]
Educator Insights: Building AI-Resilience in Community Colleges through Sociotechnical Understanding & Implementation of Direct Assessment Competency Based Education (CBE) & Introducing FeedbackFruits (Friday SLO Talk: 10/27/23) Leia Yen is one of the co-executive directors and co-founders of Global Community College Transfers, the first national network and mentorship program dedicated to equipping American community college students […]
Friday SLO Talk (October 20, 2023) First Presentation: Rodrigo Gomez is an Assistant Professor of English at San Diego Miramar College, where he’s been teaching transfer-level composition and literature courses since 2016. Professor Gomez has a passion for rhetoric, pedagogy, and poetry. He also has interest in gamification, edtech, and web3 technologies like artificial intelligence […]
Using Canvas for Automated Data CollectionFrederick’s Friday SLO Talk Summary:This session will provide a step-by-step process of creating outcomes in Canvas that are aligned with assessment tasks through the scoring devices used in courses. A foundational understanding of the Canvas architecture and how it connects with assessment tasks to automate data collection will be shared. […]
Summary: In this session, we will explore the landscape and shifting terrain of the different conversations unfolding around the impact of AI on assessment, how it is being addressed, where people think it might be going, and what it means for policy and assessment from classroom to career. Presentation Materials: CREATE method: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0g9cfm-09tGDlQNmoBvZsXO1ImwUTmqMBVS1yPfr2o/edit?usp=sharing The future […]
Writing Instruction in the age of generative AI: Evolving practices for instructors Tamara’s Talk Summary: We will discuss the affordances and challenges of the newest large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT to support writing and writers. Students need to understand the basics of large language models and AI writing tools’ functions, strengths, weaknesses, and […]