Mardell Wilson, UAO
This session will highlight the steps involved in the development and the fall 2008 implementation of Illinois State University's newly designed plan for assessment of General Education. As assessment of student learning among General Education has reached a heightened sense of awareness, developing a comprehensive, yet manageable, system was the primary goal. This session will help faculty and staff to learn more about the Institutional Artifact Portfolio process where the unit of analysis is the institution and not individual faculty, classes and/or students. A primary focus of the discussion will include an explanation of the Institutional Artifact Portfolio and how the process captures the four shared learning outcomes—1) Public Opportunity, 2) Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving, 3) Lifelong Learning, and 4) Diverse and Global Perspectives—which were adopted from the 12 Goals of General Education. In addition, faculty will become familiar with how simple it will be for them and their students to participate and ultimately how the information will be used.
