Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes
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Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes
OrganizersNancy Budwig, Clark University
Donna Heiland, Emerson College
Participants Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U
Keith Sawyer, U. of North CarolinaVictor A. Benassi, UNH
Bruce Mallory, UNH
Two Part Session
• PART I: Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes
• PART II: Workshop: How to Build a Culture for Cultivating and Assessing Innovative Learning Outcomes
• Both sessions will draw heavily on work stemming from the developmental and learning sciences.
Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning Outcomes Framing the Session
Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Three guiding questions:
1. Where do innovative learning outcomes live?
2. How does this impact decisions about measuring them?
3. How does learning science theory and research provide insight into the cultivation and assessment of innovative learning outcomes?
Cultivating and Measuring Innovative Learning OutcomesOutline of Session
Nancy Budwig: Framing the Session
Terry Rhodes: The AAC&U VALUE Project
Keith Sawyer: Creativity, Group Genius, and the Cultivation of Innovative Learning Outcomes Across the Curriculum: Reflections from the Learning Sciences
Victor A. Benassi: Implementing and Measuring Learning Outcomes Across the Curriculum: Reflections from the Science of Learning
Donna Heiland: Lead-in to breakout session
Bruce L. Mallory: Session Facilitator
THE INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE
Donna Heiland, Vice President & Special Assistant to the President, Emerson College, Boston, MA
• Factors to consider in cultivating specific student learning outcomes:• The curriculum: where do we do this work?• Pedagogy: how do we do this work?• Institutional culture: what is the role of different
constituencies within the institution?
• Breakouts: strategies for institutional change
PART II: How to Build A Culture for Cultivating and Assessing Innovative Learning Outcomes
Organizers
Nancy Budwig, Clark UniversityDonna Heiland, Emerson College
Framing the Breakout Session
Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research,Clark University, Worcester, MA
• Goals• Why breakout format?• Structure of the session
I. Group WorkII. Gathering and ReportingIII. Panel TakeawaysIV. Closing Remarks
Breakout Group Organization and Questions
Three groups, each focused on one of the following:• Faculty• Student life and co-curricular staff• Administrators
Questions• What forms of professional development are needed for a campus to
nurture and assess the development of innovative learning outcomes such as creativity in students?
• What changes in structures might be needed? What administrative support? Financial support? Other?
Gathering and Reporting Out• Each table identifies one challenge and one solution.
What we heard …
• Keith Sawyer, Terry Rhodes, and Victor Benassi offer short takeaways from the session based on what they have heard
Donna Heiland, Vice President & Special Assistant to the President, Emerson College, Boston, MA
What happens next?