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Lehman, Regina M.; Rogers-Cooper, Justin – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
One of the many new directions to explore in ePortfolio practice is the relationship between ePortfolio as a classroom pedagogy and its potential to advance general education outcomes assessment. This direction is especially urgent in relation to the increasing demands by employers for competency-focused, higher-order skills, as well as demands by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), College Outcomes Assessment
Prendergast, Caroline O.; Horst, S. Jeanne – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
In this occasional paper, we invite readers into a conversation about the need for and usefulness of a set of learning objectives or competencies for the field of assessment. We briefly discuss the slow solidification of the field of assessment as a discipline, the diverse paths of entry into the field of assessment, and the increasing need for…
Descriptors: Assessment Literacy, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Taxonomy
Wood, Susan – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
If assessment is about improving learning and facilitating better teaching through research and helping students learn what higher education purports to value, then the often-invisible institutional barriers that do not always embrace the ways in which classroom assessment can teach an institution about student learning within individual…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Basic Writing, College Students, Writing Attitudes
Curtis, Nicholas; Anderson, Robin – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
In her April 2010 NILOA paper, "Opening Doors to Faculty Involvement in Assessment," Pat Hutchings called for institutions to involve students in assessment, citing the potential to increase faculty engagement. In Curtis and Anderson (2020), the first author interviewed numerous partnership experts in both the United Kingdom and the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Outcome Measures
Jankowski, Natasha – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
In the field of education, we bump constantly into buzzwords, pass unclear phrases in the hall, and greet acronyms as good friends. Yet rarely is it that we unpack or critically examine what is meant when phrases are uttered. What does it actually "mean" to "enhance institutional effectiveness"? To "foster synergy"?…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Story Telling, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation
Busby, A. Katherine; Aaron, Robert W. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
Just over ten years ago, John Schuh and Ann Gansemer-Topf authored NILOA Occasional Paper #7, "The Role of Student Affairs in Student Learning Assessment" (2010). The authors identified contributions and challenges for student affairs assessment and called on student affairs professionals not only to develop meaningful programs and…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Finney, Sara J.; Wells, Jennifer B.; Henning, Gavin W. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
On their own, student learning and development outcomes assessment data have limited utility for improving programming. We believe outcomes data should not be collected until two fundamental questions can be answered: "Why should this programming result in the desired outcome?" (i.e., program theory) and "Was the intended…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Fidelity, College Outcomes Assessment, Behavioral Objectives
Kahn, Susan; Freeman, Tyrone; Powell, Amy A. – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2021
So-called High-Impact Practices (HIPs) are high-impact only when planned and executed thoughtfully, with attention to the relevant literature and the wisdom of experienced practitioners. After decades of experience with most HIPs, and national recognition for several, in 2016, IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) undertook to…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment