Learning, Teaching, Assessment Conference
Fri., Apr 20
Spring 2012 Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Conference:
Hand in Hand Transfer VALUE and Learning Quality - The New Currency in CT Higher Education
Friday APRIL 20, 2012, at Southern Connecticut State University
Click Here to Register: http://surveys.southernct.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=92K34p7
General Education/Liberal Arts Core/Liberal Education (GenEd) programs encompass the necessary learning that all students need to master in order to function as educated citizens who are prepared for the world in which they live. GenEd programs include a core component and the foundations for learning in the majors. The core enables students to gain knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, and encompasses a range of academic areas. GenEd programs incorporate a balanced blend of learning disciplinary knowledge and methodologies that include the arts and humanities, the sciences and mathematics, and the social sciences. Beyond learning in the broad disciplinary domains, general education programs incorporate connections between a range of ideas and experiences, the development of students' intellectual capacity, and the nurturing of a personal disposition for responsible and effective participation in society.
On March 15, 2012, the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) adopted a resolution requiring competency based GenEd curricula in all Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (ConnSCU). The resolution requires that, through the use of these common competencies, transfer degrees for all majors be created in which an equivalent of 30 general education credits are fully transferable. By September 30, 2012, an agreed set of common general education competency outcomes needs to be created.
The LTA Conference this year will center on the use of competencies and rubrics to define GenEd learning. Approaches such as the AAC&U's Essential Learning Outcomes and Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) Rubrics will be examined, and working sessions will address tools needed for implementation of the competencies and assessments for the areas of learning established by the BOR:
1. Written and oral communication in English
2. The ability for scientific and quantitative reasoning
3. The ability for critical analysis and logical thinking
4. The capability for continuing learning, including the skills of information literacy
GENERAL SCHEDULE (click here to download the full schedule)
* 8-9 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
* 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Keynote, Morning Sessions and Poster Sessions
* 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - Lunch
* 1-3 p.m. - Afternoon Sessions
National VALUE Rubrics expert Wende Garrison (pictured above)will join the list of recognized speakers the conference has brought to Connecticut over the years. They are:
2011 - Trudy Banta - Using Assessment Findings to Improve Teaching, Learning, and the Student Experience
2010 - Marilee J. Bresciani - Assessment in Program Review
2008 - Cliff Adelman - The Core of Bologna (in the US)
2007 - Randy Swing - Assessing the First-Year Experience
2006 - Jillian Kinzie - What Matters to Student Success: An Unshakable Focus on Student Learning
2005 - Peggy Maki - Assessment of Learning and Collective Educational Practices
2004 - Martha Stassen - Program-Based Review and Assessment
2003 - T. Bridgett Perry-Galvin - Assessing Critical Thinking
Location: Adanti Student Center Ballroom
Contact Information: Jen Ruggiero, (203) 392-8887
