Graduate Assistant compiles rawdata for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate)

and by curricular objective

Assessment Committeereviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations

Assessment Committee notes problems to be addressed

regarding survey items, curricular objectives, data compilation,

courses, curriculum road map, etc. & determines appropriate person/

group to work on action items

Assessment Committeeprepares brief (2-3 page)

summary of key findings, actionitems, and person/group assigned to action items

Faculty/staff reviewsummary document; possible

presentation made at PIC meeting

Faculty/staff work on assigned action items with

assigned colleagues

Faculty/staff report back to Assessment Committee when

action items are completed

Assessment Committee tracks action items as they arecompleted and prepares

assessment report by due date (noting items that are pending)

Closing the Loop in IST’s Curricular

Assessment ProcessDr. Lisa Lenze, Director of Learning

InitiativesCollege of Information Sciences &

TechnologyPenn State University

https://learning.ist.psu.edu/currentprojects

Assessment Committee tracks evaluation of action items from

year to year, to evaluatechanges, and includes this in subsequent summary reports

Faculty assess students’ workand complete ANGEL rubrics;PIC office, OLI, and Career

Solutions collect student survey data

Graduate Assistant compiles rawdata for Assessment Committee by survey (where appropriate)

and by curricular objective

Assessment Committeereviews compilation and discusses interesting or puzzling observations

Assessment Committee makes recommendations for change in courses, surveys, curricular objectives, data compilation,

curriculum road map, etc.; andassigns appropriate people/groups

to specific action items

Assessment Committeeprepares 3-page summary of

key findings, recommendations, action items, and people/groups

assigned to action items

Faculty reviewsummary document

Faculty discuss recommendationsand designated action items at faculty meeting; also work on

assigned action items with assigned colleagues

Faculty report back to Assessment Committee when

action items are completed

Assessment Committee tracks action items as they arecompleted and prepares

assessment report by due date (noting items that are pending)

Curricular Assessment Process

Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

(contact: Dr. Laura Pauley)

http://www.mne.psu.edu/Current/UGrad/Assessment/

Assessment Committee tracks evaluation of action items from

year to year, to evaluatechanges, and includes this in subsequent summary reports

Faculty assess students’ work

What have faculty been doing, and what more do we need them to

do?Date Event ActivityAugust 21-22, 2008 Faculty Retreat Create assessment tools for Core Courses

Fall semester, 2008 Committee Meetings Refine assessment tools

November, 2008 All Faculty Meeting Test assessment tools; refine tools; andadd documentation to ANGEL

Spring semester, 09 Pilot Test Tools 2 faculty members in each course use tools

May, 2009 All Faculty Meeting Review first assessment data & refine tools

August, 2009 Faculty Retreat Review curricular assessment findings and amend process or tools if necessary; and begin working with non-core courses

Fall 2009 Data collection Individual faculty members (Core Courses)use assessment tools; create and refine tools for Non-Core Courses

Spring 2010 Data analysis Core Courses review and make sense of data

April/May, 2010 Middle States Report Write and submit Middle States Report

College of Information Sciences and TechnologyCurricular Goals for College of IST Undergraduate Students

(Including both IST and SRA Majors)

GOAL OBJECTIVE

Goal 1: Understand and apply the interdisciplinary, theoretical knowledge of the information sciences or security sciences

1a. Define and explain the core concepts, principles, processes, and theories within the academic majors of IST and/or SRA

 1b. Apply the core concepts of the academic majors of IST and/or SRA to real-world problems

 1c. Apply the core concepts of information and security sciences to an extended work assignment during a 300-hour internship

Goal 2: Understand, apply and adapt various problem solving strategies, using appropriate technology and methods

2a. Identify information problems and/or opportunities in terms of the human, informational and technology dimensions

 

2b. Analyze issues surrounding the problem and/or opportunity in terms of the human, informational, and technology dimensions; and determine the requirements appropriate to understanding the situation

 

2c. Design systems, architectures, processes, components, or programs to meet desired needs of the human context at varying levels of analysis (e.g., individual, group, organization, society, and/or world)

 

2d. Deploy up-to-date and appropriate techniques, methodologies, and/or tools necessary for understanding opportunities and constraints and/or the optimal design, implementation and continuance of an information based solution