Assessment and Evaluation

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Assessment and Evaluation

Using Google+ to Enhance Student Learning, Engagement, and Communication

April 1, 2013

Key Takeaways The social media tool Google+ lets students participate in a protected online environment that facilitates communication and information sharing about development…

An Electronic Calendar for Organizing Assessments in a Large Faculty

April 1, 2013

Key Takeaways Using data from an electronic unit of study outline system , the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science built an assessment calendar to organize assessment…

Emerging Technologies, Innovation, and Academic Transformation: A Report on the ELI Focus Session

January 31, 2013

On October 2 and 3, 2012, the ELI teaching and learning community gathered for an online focus session on emerging technologies, innovation, and academic transformation . This white paper is…

Digital Badges as an Open Passport for Learning

January 7, 2013

Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Kyle Bowen. As we continue to reshape the form and method …

Measuring How a College Education Lays the Foundation for “Thinking Like an Expert”

December 1, 2009

Authors: Larry Gallagher, Geneva Haertel, Louise Yarnall This report from SRI International summarizes the first-year progress of the Domain-Specific Assessment project, a prototype assessment…

Using Laptops in the Classroom: The University of Michigan

December 3, 2012

Across the University of Michigan, laptops and other mobile devices are appearing in the classroom in greater numbers. Many faculty see this trend as an opportunity for more innovative teac…

Why Intervention and Impact Evaluation Is Critical for Improving Student Learning

February 4, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

This session will highlight effective strategies for designing and assessing the impact of interventions aimed at improving learning. Drawing on two recent SEI case studies that reported research…

KIPP Chicago: KIPP Create College Prep Middle School

November 28, 2012

This Chicago middle school serving grades 5-8 builds on the KIPP academic model by blending instructional technology with high-quality teaching methods . The technology is a tool for cutting c…

Hallmarks of the Breakthrough Models, #4: Competency Approaches

February 4, 2013

Editor’s Note:  This post is the last in a series from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Each post highlights a distinguishing design characteristic of NGLC’s recently funded …

Framing Mobile Initiatives to Measure Impact

October 1, 2012

Despite the proliferation of mobile devices and mobile activity—not only in the general population but also in the teaching and learning community, right down to the classroom level— mobile …