IMPLEMENTING ASSESSMENT MEASURES
 
 
 
Survey Strategies used in UWired
and UW Outcomes Assessment

 
 
 
  Nana Lowell
Office of Educational Assessment
University of Washington

 
Following are "slides" presented at an ACRL 1999 preconference, Assessing the Academic Networked Environment. Some illustrations are in PDF format.  If you do would like to download the free Adobe Acrobat reader, click on the icon:



 

UWired
  • Multi-disciplinary collaboration

    The Libraries
    Computing and Communications
    Undergraduate Education
    Educational Outreach
    Office of Educational Partnerships
  • Role: Integrate technology into instruction
     
  • Program components

    Linked courses
    Web-based products
    Center for Teaching Learning and Technology
    Collaboratories 1 and 2
    General Access Labs

     


Office of Educational Assessment
  • Central, coordinating agency
     
  • Role: Provide assessment services to UW community
     
  • Services

    Course evaluations
    Classroom test scoring
    Test administration
    Research support / outcomes assessment

     


It's all about communication
  • Who wants to know
     
  • What do they want to know
     
  • How can we find out
     
  • How can we report results
     


Integrating technology into instruction
  • Who wants to know
         project directors, students, faculty, administration, community
     
  • What do they want to know
         student access to / readiness for the networked environment
     
  • How can we find out
         ask students, look at usage data
     
  • How can we report results
         meet with project directors, web reports
     


Surveys -- they aren't all the same
  • Purpose and scope

    Small scale vs. large scale
    Few questions vs. many questions
    Quick feedback vs. more lengthy analysis
    Short-term objectives vs. long-term goals
    Formative vs. summative
  • Modality

    Paper-pencil
    Electronic -- email, web.based


UWired information literacy


UW Outcomes Assessment

 
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University of Washington