I believe that most accrediting agencies want departments to develop their own assessments; but for those who do not feel equipped to do so, or who are too (lazy? oppositionally defiant? overworked? not sufficiently invested in metacognitive self-regulation of their own work?) I guess pre-packaged software is one way to go....
Before it came up on this list, I was not aware of such software, just because we are strongly committed at my institution to the premise that if we're going to do assessment, we want to develop it ourselves. Of course, if the software helps with delivery and/or scoring then that would be most helpful. Perhaps those who are using such software could provide us with a description of what it does. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:55:47 -0500 >From: "Wehlburg, Catherine" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] assessment software experience? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> >Cc: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> > >A good point! At TCU the faculty design the department/major and the >core curriculum assessment plans and methods. If assessment is going >to enhance teaching and learning, it must be developed by those who >could actually use the data. > >--Catherine Wehlburg > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Mar 14, 2010, at 2:46 PM, "Michael Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Say..... >> >> If the point of higher education is higher education and those >> qualified to do it are faculty, why is it that administration is >> assessing faculty rather than the other way around? >> >> --Mike >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13122.8922176f5043c3196357e6e8d2d50852&n=T&l=tips&o=1283 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-1283-13122.8922176f5043c3196357e6e8d2d50...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >To unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=1285 >or send a blank email to >leave-1285-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1298 or send a blank email to leave-1298-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
