Upcoming Live Events
Boot Camp: CLR 101—How to Launch Comprehensive Learner Record at Your Institution
As a holistic approach to improving student success, Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) has the potential to positively impact the student success ecosystem. CLR is a dynamic, real-time portfolio, which is both a display of curricular, co-curricular, and experiential artifacts of learning and a digital skills “wallet” that is verified by the institution and linked to learning outcomes aligned to today’s employability skills.
Panel Discussion with NILOA—Assessment During A Crisis: Checking In On You!
Assessment During A Crisis report by NILOA provides an overview of findings from the national survey of assessment-related changes made in Spring 2020 in response to COVID-19; This panel gives the higher education community an opportunity to listen in on overarching themes gleaned from the data collected to “check-in” and see how things are going now that the fall semester is underway and, learn some best practices from leaders who have acted on student feedback during the pandemic.
Democracy & Assessment Series— Your Voice Matters! Episode 1 Setting the Stage
As your community of practice, AEFIS Academy is launching a four-part series designed to explore and unpack the relationship between Democracy and Assessment. Throughout this series, a variety of thought leaders will come together in conversation around what the current relationship between democracy and assessment entails, what the relationship should or could be, and what the role of assessment might be moving forward to support a productive democracy. As the conversation unfolds, we will invite all participants into group discussion on how we might, as a field, advance assessment for democracy. Please join us because Your Voice Matters!
Democracy & Assessment Series— Your Voice Matters! Episode 2 Defining Democratic Learning
As your community of practice, AEFIS Academy is launching a four-part series designed to explore and unpack the relationship between Democracy and Assessment. Throughout this series, a variety of thought leaders will come together in conversation around what the current relationship between democracy and assessment entails, what the relationship should or could be, and what the role of assessment might be moving forward to support a productive democracy. As the conversation unfolds, we will invite all participants into group discussion on how we might, as a field, advance assessment for democracy. Please join us because Your Voice Matters!
Behind the Scenes— “Democracy & Assessment Series- Your Voice Matters!”
Institutions of higher education have long espoused that a primary purpose or role of education is in service to the public good through supporting the development of students ready to participate in democracy and civic life. This session provides a “Behind the Scenes Primer” to our later event "Democracy & Assessment – Your Voice Matters! Episode 2: Defining Democratic Learning." Here our goal is to open discussion within this overarching theme: “How to begin to discuss the connection between Democracy and Assessment at your institution and why you should feel the need to do." Get access early by joining us for this backstage event!
Democracy & Assessment Series—Your Voice Matters! Episode 3 Theory to Practice
As your community of practice, AEFIS Academy is launching a four-part series designed to explore and unpack the relationship between Democracy and Assessment. Throughout this series, a variety of thought leaders will come together in conversation around what the current relationship between democracy and assessment entails, what the relationship should or could be, and what the role of assessment might be moving forward to support a productive democracy. As the conversation unfolds, we will invite all participants into group discussion on how we might, as a field, advance assessment for democracy. Please join us because Your Voice Matters!
“Democracy & Assessment Series— Your Voice Matters!” Episode 4: Future Opportunities
As your community of practice, AEFIS Academy is launching a four-part series designed to explore and unpack the relationship between Democracy and Assessment. Throughout this series, a variety of thought leaders will come together in conversation around what the current relationship between democracy and assessment entails, what the relationship should or could be, and what the role of assessment might be moving forward to support a productive democracy. As the conversation unfolds, we will invite all participants into group discussion on how we might, as a field, advance assessment for democracy. Please join us because Your Voice Matters!
Strategies for Joining the Digital Credentials Transformation—How CLR Can Support Continuing Education Initiatives at Your Institution
Higher education continues to show its resiliency and success in digital transformation strategies linked to supporting innovative designs in curriculum and delivery models aimed at providing value to students. In a 2021 Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) workforce analysis report, a diverse set of employers share their views on workforce preparedness and the outcomes, skills and experiences they value most in recruiting their team members for jobs (Finley, 2021). This analysis serves as a reminder to higher education that students need to translate their learning from one setting to another in order to support specific workforce needs and responsibilities.
Panel Discussion—Developing Opportunities for Competency Embedded Education at Your Institution
As a holistic approach to improving student success, Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) has the potential to positively impact the student success ecosystem, making transparent skills-based learning outcomes to students, faculty, and employers. CLR is a dynamic, real-time portfolio, which is both a display of curricular, co-curricular, and experiential artifacts of learning and a digital skills “wallet” that is verified by the institution and linked to learning outcomes aligned to today’s employability skills. Launching a digital skills initiative takes time, precision, and alignment planning and human and technology resources to align this initiative with the institutional mission and vision.
Panel Discussion—Accessibility and Assessment: What You Need to Know
When it comes to supporting your students and campus work environments, colleges and universities have led the charge in providing equitable access to educational opportunities and resources to enable success. Generally speaking, accessibility can be considered a prerequisite to validity, with regards to testing, for instance, where a test score interpretation is justifiable for a particular purpose and supported by evidence and theory (Roelofs, 2019). Having access means you as a learner have available the foundational elements and resources to support your learning and development, preparation, and guidance to be assessed fairly on content, to receive feedback that helps them to improve, and to use intervention materials to become successful.
Student Affairs Assessment Leaders Present—Open-Online Course Preview Session Live!
Prior to launching our free assessment MOOC, Applying & Leading Assessment in Student Affairs, the Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) is hosting a live session on January 25 at 2:00 PM EST with the instructors to share course details (past outcome data, new improvements, etc.), share why we love the course, and discuss how folks – faculty, staff, graduate students, and anyone interested in assessment – can leverage it for individual and collective professional development. They’ll be time for Q&A, as well.
Institutional Effectiveness 2.0 in Action—Empowering Stakeholders to Lead Beyond Their Role
Institutional Effectiveness 2.0 in action requires a new way of leading, collecting data, and using data to drive decision-making. It requires leaders to empower their faculty and staff to not only contribute to an institution's success but give them room to lead beyond their titles to accelerate success within their department, college, or unit. And ensuring that stakeholders have meaningful data at their fingertips tell success stories and write new ones fosters the necessary decision-making power required for improvement and change across an institution. Learn from leaders at the University of Kentucky and Lincoln Land Community College who are leading their institution to think beyond their titles to transform theories of change into practice, establish communities of practice, and drive continuous improvement using data to elevate effectiveness, foster sustainability, and a clear return on investment for students.
