O this learning, what a thing it is! ~Grumio in Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare Twice this past month I’ve heard the word “fear” used by faculty when referring to their experience of assessing student learning in their courses. One person described it as fear of students disagreeing with their grade or feedback, or [...]
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Fearing Assessment; Fearing Learning (And Fearing David Brooks)
Posted in Assessment, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Learning, Students, Teaching, tagged Assessment, facultydevelopment, fear, highereducation, Learning, Students, Teaching on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Connecting Paper And Image: Assessment As Origami
Posted in Art, Assessment, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, tagged art, Assessment, highereducation, Learning, Teaching on April 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Joshua Brown, the editor of Research & Practice in Assessment (published by the Virginia Assessment Group), wrote in his From The Editor column in the Winter 2011 issue this interesting idea about assessment paradigms: Whereas Western art focuses upon the freedom to move images around on paper or canvas to create fixed patterns, origami ignores [...]
Being Intentional About Being Intentional
Posted in Assessment, Experience, Kids, Learning, Life, Problem Solving, Teaching, Yoga, tagged Assessment, experience, kids, Learning, Life, problemsolving, Teaching, Yoga on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Intentionality. With thought. Deliberate. Designed. Purposeful. Intentionality is on my mind a lot because I think that assessment can be more interesting, engaging, and powerful (for learners and teachers) when it’s less about measurement and accountability and more about supporting authentic learning practices. In this vein, assessment can be an interesting catalyst for reminding us [...]
Teaching And Assessment – But Learning?
Posted in Assessment, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, tagged Assessment, highereducation, Learning, Teaching on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Teaching and assessment are certainly represented in this teaching demonstration for Social Dance (Section 24). Learning, however, is not. Ooops! Thanks to colleagues on the POD list serve for pointing out this gem.
Prattle Your Nog For A Good Cause
Posted in Assessment, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, Technology, tagged Assessment, digital humanities, english degree, highereducation, Learning, Teaching, Technology on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of PrattleNog – I know you all want to get your nogs prattling – here’s a good opportunity for a great cause! My Marylhurst colleague Jesse Stommel is seeking feedback on his ideas for our new online English degree program. As he writes in Hybrid Pedagogy, I’ve been thinking about my audience for this [...]
Hairballs (Yes, This Is About Teaching, Learning, And Assessment)
Posted in Assessment, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, tagged Assessment, highereducation, Learning, Teaching on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The other night we hosted a grown-up dinner party (ok, ok, it was a potluck) for the parents of my kid’s classmates. I thought it would be nice to get to know these folks given that our kids might be together for the next several years and that between the hustle and bustle of pick-up [...]
This Makes Us Official
Posted in Assessment, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, Work, tagged Assessment, facultydevelopment, highereducation, Learning, Teaching, Work on October 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My colleagues in the Assessment Program and I finally got our program description and content on the Marylhurst website. We’ve been wanting to do so for a very long time, but we needed the time and space to get it all organized. Thanks to the great work of our Educational Assessment Specialist Sione, we’re now [...]
Now Here’s An Idea: Hospitality In Higher Education
Posted in Books, Change, Community, Higher Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, Teaching, tagged Books, Change, Community, highereducation, Learning, liberalarts, Teaching on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m devouring The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal, by Parker Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, and Megan Scribner right now. It’s a good read. It’s a thought-provoking read. It’s an inspiring read. It gives me hope. One premise put forth by Palmer is the idea that a key virtue in higher education that is [...]
Assessment of Learning in Academic Libraries – References
Posted in Assessment, Assessment Leadership Academy, Higher Education, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, reading, Teaching, tagged Assessment, highereducation, Learning, libraries, Teaching on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of my project for the Assessment Leadership Academy, I am writing a review of the relevant literature. My project is titled Developing an Academic Library Learning Assessment Plan, and these are some of the most helpful references I have come across so far. Megan Oakleaf’s work, specifically, is really great. REFERENCES Allen, M.J. [...]
Singing My Heart Out
Posted in Assessment, Assessment Leadership Academy, Change, Higher Education, tagged Assessment, Change, highereducation, Learning, Teaching on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You know that phrase, “Preaching to the choir?” As I read more and more of the literature about assessment in higher ed (theory, empirical research, best practices, models) assigned in the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy, that phrase keeps coming out of my mouth: preaching to the choir. I am in the choir! See – here [...]
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