Purpose:

The purpose of the workshop is to help faculty

• Become familiar with basic principles and approaches of outcomes assessment.
• Select assessment approaches that best fit their course objectives and teaching techniques.
• Develop a variety of classroom assessment instruments that measure student learning.
• Understand the process and tools for program assessment in order to evaluate program effectiveness in terms of measurable student learning outcomes.

Who should attend: Department chairs and faculty members familiar with learning outcomes.

Seminar Venue: West Hall Room 204

Topics:

1. Basic principles of outcomes assessment.
2. Developing an assessment plan at the course level
   1. Defining purposes (formative, summative)
   2. Selecting tools to match learning outcomes and teaching techniques
   3. Designing different assessment techniques.
3. Assessment methods at program level

Seminar Design:

1. Plenary session (all participants)
2. Working groups by program: Application of plenary topics
3. Presentations and discussions by participants.

Seminar Presenters:

• Dr. Karma El-Hassan
• Dr. Nesreen Ghaddar

Seminar Schedule: 

*Note: Participants need to bring with them samples of their learning outcomes or objectives.