March 2012
6 posts
February 2012
6 posts
Keynote Speaker for the 2012 conference
The 2012 Assessment and Engagement Conference Keynote Speaker:
Elizabeth Barkley is an internationally known scholar, educator and consultant. With over 30 years experience as an innovative and reflective teacher, her areas of interest include engaging students through active and collaborative learning; transforming face-to-face and online curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners (especially those from new and emerging generations); the scholarship of teaching and learning; and connecting learning goals with outcomes and assessment.
She is author of: Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty(Jossey-Bass, 2009), Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty(co-authored with K. Patricia Cross and Claire Howell Major, Jossey-Bass, 2005) andCrossroads: The Multicultural Roots of Popular Music in America (Prentice Hall, 2007).
Preparing for the Conference
Things to keep in mind about the 2012 Assessment and Engagement Conference at Bakersfield College:
1. You must pay for your lunch at the conference. The cost is $7. Make sure to reserve a lunch at the Eventbrite site when you reserve your workshops.
2. Bring copies of your course SLOs if you will be participating in the “Program Assessment Plans/ Assessment Module” workshop.
3. Note that you can participate in two workshops: one at 8:45, and a second one at 11:05. Make sure to get one ticket for each of the workshops you wish to attend. Some of the workshops will be presented during both sessions.
4. Once you choose your workshops and meal reservation preference, you will be asked to register. After you have registered, your tickets will be emailed to you as a PDF file. Download the file, print out the tickets, and bring to the conference.
2012 Conference Schedule
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8:00 - 8:30 am
Meet & Greet (outside Forums) Campus Center
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8:45-9:45
Workshop I (Language Arts - various rooms)
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10:00 -11:00
Keynote Speaker - (Forums)
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11:05 - 12:05
Workshop II (Language Arts - various rooms)
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12:05 - 1:00
Lunch (Cafeteria)
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1:15 - 2:45
Assessment Breakout Groups (Forums) Faculty and staff from similar disciplines across the three campuses will join together to discuss assessment efforts and successes.
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3:00 - 3:30
Closing General Session & Door Prizes Drawing* (Forums)
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Door prizes provided by the following vendors:
McGraw Hill Publishing
Pearson Publishing
Cengage Publishing
IClickers
Silpada
Fat Mooze Pet Products
Scentsy Candles
And more…
*Winners must be present to claim prizes.
2012 Conference Workshops
Approaches to Assessing Course SLOs
8:45-9:45 / LA 201
Presenters: Dr. Kimberly Van Horne and Joyce Kirst
Description of workshop: Presenters will cover data driven assessment for course SLO’s.
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CCSSE Results
11:05-12:05 / LA 201
Presenter: Ann Morgan
Description of workshop: Presenter will explain the CCSSE results completed at Bakersfield College last year that informed creation of the think tank task force, which is addressing some of the findings.
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Getting Students to Read the Chapter before the Lecture
8:45-9:45; 11:05-12:05 / LA 110
Presenter: Jack Pierce
Description of workshop: This workshop is designed to give instructors ideas on how to get students to read lecture material before attending class. The workshop facilitator will introduce chapter preview worksheets (CP’s) that guide students, using proven reading strategies, to absorb chapter content prior to lecture. It is required that participants bring their current text book used for their class. Information in the workshop includes the following:
• What is a CP?
• What’s in a CP
• Advantages /Disadvantages of a CP
• Results of student engagement using CP’s
• Participants make their own CP before leaving the workshop
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Integrating Learning Skills into Your Class or Study
11:05-12:05 / LA 204
Presenter: Dan Kimball
Description of workshop: How to use 13 learning skills to succeed in any college or university level course. These help students make the transition from secondary education to college level. I have many years experience using these skills to help students be successful in math based classes. Many students come back and tell me the learning skills were more important than the content I taught them. Overlapping learning skills with content is the best way to go.
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Program Assessment Plans/ Assessment Module
8:45-9:45; 11:05-12:05 / LA 116
Presenters: Bernadette Towns, Rickelle Syrdahl, Suzie Ama
Description of workshop: How to complete assessment program plans in the Curricunet assessment module. The coordinators from all three campuses will be present to assist you with your campus plan. Bring program assessment plan materials with you and you can input your program assessment plan on the spot. Faculty and Staff are also invited to learn the assessment module, as all course assessment and non academic program assessment will be documented in this module as well.
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THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELED
Strategies for Assessment and Student Engagement in Criminal Justice
11:05-12:05 / LA 203
Presenters: Christian Zoller and Peggy DeStefano
Description of workshop: We will share some of our success stories in creating meaningful assessments and enhancing student engagement online and in the classroom.
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Student Engagement 101; A brief overview of what has worked in some institutions and what we are trying closer to home
8:45-9:45; 11:05-12:05 / LA 217
Presenter: Lucas Rucks
Description of workshop:
• Overview of student engagement theory
• Review of Documenting Effective Educational Practices (DEEP) School.
• Discussion of an ongoing study in Bakersfield College, the progress to date, and student engagement techniques.
• Looking forward at Bakersfield College
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Students as Error Detectives (for their writing)
8:45-9:45 / LA 204
Presenter: Susan McQuerry
Description of workshop: Students must write essays/research papers for their English/ESL classes and for other subjects as well. It is often difficult for them to find and correct errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. One activity that has become popular with my students is what I call an “Error Correction” exercise.
I present sentences gleaned from their essays, sentences with the most common errors I’ve found overall. Using the “code” of English proofreaders’ marks, they pair up and search for errors to correct. They enjoy it because they work with a partner and because they earn a decent amount of points for being “good detectives.”
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Using an SLO rubric
8:45-9:45; 11:05-12:05 / LA 218
Presenter: Stephen Eaton
Description of workshop: This workshop shows the simplicity of creating a rubric to determine whether students have achieved your stated SLO’s.
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Webpage Design/Maintenance
8:45-9:45 / LA 203 MOVED TO Science & Engineering 7 (SE7)
Presenter: Dan Kimball
Description of workshop: How to design an interactive website using an example that has been very successful in math based classes. Design techniques (layout), links helpful to students, putting forms into a web site that can be used as surveys, making your class a web-based class and novel ways to use a website. You will have a chance to try these techniques out on a computer during the workshop.
