Summertime Fun
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For the past two weeks, I have had the great joy of offering assessment workshops here on campus for colleagues from around the region. The workshop, Assessment by Design, is a one-day experience with curriculum designed to facilitate the development of an assessment plan at the class, course, or program level, independent of discipline. Faculty from both 2-year and 4-year schools participated and I loved the robust discussions that took place around assessment issues at their institutions. My favorite part of the workshops were the wonderful “ah-ha” moments that occurred when everything suddenly made sense to folks and assessment turned from merely a compliance framework to a key mechanism for improving student learning. All in all, it was a great way to kick off the summer. And do I ever love summer! “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high.” (George Gershwin) I know I have mentioned before on this blog that I am Continue reading Summertime Fun