General Sessions

Demo of READY System, Next Steps and Wrap up.

Friday, March 15, 2002
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. GS04A

READY is a Web-based decision engine to help higher education institutions determine their organizational, cultural, financial, and philosophical readiness to expand their use of technology in various realms of instructional and administrative activity. It is structured as a series of self-assessment questions that will lead users to descriptive conclusions, and resources for further analysis. A special "branch" of the READY system that has been developed to evaluate institutional readiness to use assessment to transform teaching and learning, will be demonstrated.

The TAP online workshop and learning/knowledge creation community will also be introduced.

Finally, the "seeds" that were harvested during this focus session - the emerging principles, patterns, and promising practices for transformative assessment - will be discussed, and we'll talk about what our next steps should be to continue this work.

Introduction and Setting the Context

Friday, March 15, 2002
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. GS01

Presentation - Seven Dangerous Questions: Using IT and Assessment to Transform Academic Programs

Friday, March 15, 2002
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. GS02

Stephen C. Ehrmann, Vice President & Director, The Flashlight Program, The TLT Group

Questions to be tackled during this session include: What is transformative assessment? How do you create shared goals for institutional improvement? What are the powerful questions to study across the entire institution? What are examples of where such studies have made a difference? What barriers and misconceptions tend to hinder efforts at transformative assessment?

Postconference Resource

ELI 2002 Spring Focus Session		General Sessions Demo of READY System, Next Steps and Wrap up. Friday, March 15, 2002 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. GS04A READY is a Web-based decision engine to help higher education institutions determine their organizational, cultural, financial, and philosophical readiness to expand their use of technology in various realms of instructional and administrative activity. It is structured as a series of self-assessment questions that will lead users to descriptive conclusions, and resources for further analysis. A special "branch" of the READY system that has been developed to evaluate institutional readiness to use assessment to transform teaching and learning, will be demonstrated. The TAP online workshop and learning/knowledge creation community will also be introduced. Finally, the "seeds" that were harvested during this focus session - the emerging principles, patterns, and promising practices for transformative assessment - will be discussed, and we'll talk about what our next steps should be to continue this work. Introduction and Setting the Context Friday, March 15, 2002 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. GS01 Presentation - Seven Dangerous Questions: Using IT and Assessment to Transform Academic Programs Friday, March 15, 2002 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. GS02 Stephen C. Ehrmann, Vice President & Director, The Flashlight Program, The TLT Group Questions to be tackled during this session include: What is transformative assessment? How do you create shared goals for institutional improvement? What are the powerful questions to study across the entire institution? What are examples of where such studies have made a difference? What barriers and misconceptions tend to hinder efforts at transformative assessment? Postconference Resource
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