FRIDAY, MAY 9

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Opening Reception

SATURDAY, MAY 10

11:30 am-1:00 p.m.
Opening Lunch and Review of Conference Program

Presentations

1:00-2:00 p.m.
Designing a Course Via the Soft System Methodology. Presenters: Gina Maria Poletti and Daniel Erasto Santos-Reyes, Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca.

2:10-3:10 p.m.
The Cognitive Level and Quality of Writing Assessment (CLAQWA) Instrument: Implications for the Classroom and Beyond. Presenter: Elizabeth Metzger, Associate Professor of English, University of South Florida.

3:20-4:20 p.m.
Oral Communication Assessment in the General Education Program. Presenter: Louis Rosso, Professor and Chair, Department of Speech, Winthrop University.

4:30-5:30 p.m.
An Example of a University Planning Process and the Role of Departments. Presenter: James Hill, Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department, California State University, Sacramento.

SUNDAY, MAY 11

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Presentations

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Got Data? Using a Technological Infrastructure to Disseminate Assessment Information. Presenter: Susan Hatfield, Assessment Coordinator, Winona State University.

9:10-10:10 a.m.
Designing a System to Evaluate Administrators: One College's Story. Presenter: Linda Noble, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences and Dorothy Graham, Faculty/Student OMBUD and Professor of English, Kennesaw State University.

10:20-11:20 a.m.
Viewing Assessment As If Student Learning Matters - The Case for a Sequential General Education Program. Presenter: Olivet Jagusah, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Eastern Illinois University.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Closing the Loop on Assessment: Using Assessment Data in Program Planning. Presenters: Susan Rouse, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Rebecca Casey, Chair, University Studies and Associate Professor of English; and David King, Director of Learning Communities and Assistant Professor of English, Kennesaw State University.

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

MONDAY, MAY 12

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Presentations

8:00-9:00 a.m.
An Easy to Use Model for Effective Departmental Assessment and Planning. Presenter: Larry Kelley, Kelley Planning and Educational Services.

9:10-10:10 a.m.
Evaluating Organizational Resources Through a Membership Survey. Presenters: Linda Noble, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences and Christine Ziegler, Professor of Psychology, Kennesaw State University.

10:20-11:20 a.m.
Tracking Prospective, Current and Former Students for Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment. Presenter: Melanie Bell, Western Director, National Student Clearinghouse.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Lessons from the Qualitative Trenches: Using Focus Groups in Program Planning. Presenter: Rebecca Casey, Associate Professor of English, Kennesaw State University.

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

TUESDAY, MAY 13

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Presentations

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Monkeying Around. Evolutionary Trajectories of Assessment Initiatives. Presenters: Susan Hatfield, Assessment Coordinator and Tim Hatfield, Department of Counselor Education, Winona State University.

9:10-10:10 a.m.
Assessment, Contexts, Ideologies and Priorities - A Polemic Perspective. Presenter: Olivet Jagusah, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Eastern Illinois University.

10:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Developing Assessment Plans and Building Rubrics to Measure Student Performance in General Education and the Major. Presenter: Larry Kelley, Kelley Planning and Educational Services.

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Closing Lunch

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