Upcoming Faculty and Staff Development Workshop

We strongly encourage all faculty and staff to attend the Evidence Based Learning Workshop outlined below. Assessment is a critically important part of  teaching and learning and this workshop will give you plenty of tools and tips to help you develop high-level assessments in your courses. Culture and Communication faculty Cyndi Rickards and Barbara Hornum are two of the presenters, and I will be attending and will be happy to work with you on creating assessments for your courses or talk about anything that you take away from the workshop. Please don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity!

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Evidence Based Learning - Creating a Culture of Assessment at Drexel: Full-Day Workshop for All Faculty and Staff on Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness, the Drexel Center for Academic Excellence(DCAE), the Online Learning Council (OLC), and the Office of Information Resources and Technology (IRT)

The Provost’s office, DCAE, OLC, IRAE and IRT will sponsor a full-day workshop dedicated to presenting ways to incorporate and integrate appropriate measurable assessment tools, instruments, and techniques into courses and programs. The integration of well-designed and sustainable assessment approaches is essential in increasing student engagement, improving student learning, and enhancing the academic quality of courses. This workshop is an opportunity to learn about new approaches to assessment and discuss their effectiveness and uses with colleagues. You will hear from colleagues what has worked well for them and how to integrate these best practices into your classes in time for fall term. All sessions will be held in the new Papadakis Integrated Science Building.

You can review the full agenda at www.drexel.edu/provost/evidencebasedlearning and plan which sessions you would like to attend in advance.

Space will be limited so please click on the link below to make a reservation to participate in what will be a stimulating, informative, and productive day. I hope you will join your colleagues for what promises to be a stimulating and valuable day. We guarantee that you will leave the workshop with valuable information/tips and strategies that you can incorporate into your courses and programs this fall!

Click here to register for the August 7 Workshop on Evidence Based Learning - Creating a Culture of Assessment at Drexel.

Thank you,

Jan Biros

Senior Vice Provost for Budgeting, Planning, and Administration