Assessment Resource Links

Higher Education Assessment page: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/index.php

National Survey of Student Engagement: http://nsse.iub.edu/index.cfm

Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology

This Web site is a resource for faculty seeking direction in appropriate ways to use Web-based technologies to accomplish key learning strategies.

Visible Knowledge Project

The Visible Knowledge Project (VKP) is a five-year project aimed at improving the quality of college and university teaching through a focus on both student learning and faculty development in technology-enhanced environments. The Project involves over 70 faculty from 21 campuses nationwide.

The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group

The TLT Group mission is to provide materials and services that motivate and enable institutions to improve teaching and learning with technology, while helping them cope with continual change. See also the Flashlight Program, dedicated to evaluating the role of technology in assessment and learning.

Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

"Bloom's taxonomy," developed nearly fifty years ago, is still a useful guide for thinking about teaching and learning. This site, and others linked to it, includes lists of suggested verbs for describing practically any learning objectives. .

9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning

The nine principles form the basis for distinguishing good assessment practices from the not-so-good.

"What Do We Know About Students' Learning and How Do We Know It?" by Patricia Cross.

If we are to take learning seriously, we need to know what to look for (through research), to observe ourselves in the act of lifelong learning (self-reflection), and to be much more sensitively aware of the learning of the students that we see before us everyday.

"Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever"

A discussion of the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education in the context of communication and information technologies, by Steve Ehrmann and Arthur Chickering.

Organizing for Learning : A Point of Entry" by Peter Ewell

A condensed summary of what is known about learning, promoting learning, and institutional change.

"The New Conversations About Learning: Insights From Neuroscience and Anthropology, Cognitive Science and Work-Place Studies"

An in-depth exploration of the implications of new knowledge about learning for the organization and practice of higher education, by Ted Marchese.

http://www.ericae.net/

Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

For questions regarding assessment at WITC, please contact Barb Landstrom, Director, Assessment and Tech Prep at (715) 468-2815 ext 2261 at the Shell Lake Administrative Office or e-mail barb.landstrom@witc.edu