Let's Assess... Student Learning in the Learner-Centered Classroom

From: Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI)

How do you know whether your students are learning? More importantly, how do your students know if they are learning? These are hard questions to answer and maybe even harder to address if you are using learner-centered teaching strategies. So if you have begun to let go of some aspects of your class in the interest of promoting more and better learning, how do you assess student learning? If you want to learn more about what assessment “looks like” in the Learner Centered Classroom, then this workshop is for you! Presenters will share ideas about their own experiences with creating assignments, grading, and assessing in the Learner-Centered classroom as well as encourage participants to think about how they might better design, implement, and assess assignments for their own classes.

FACILITATORS:

Nancy Harris, Computer Science; Traci Zimmerman, Writing and Rhetoric Studies; Kristi Lewis, Health Sciences; Carol Hurney, Biology & Center for Faculty Innovation; Mary Slade, Exceptional Education; Sam Prins, Mathematics & Statistics; Chris Lantz, Biology

RESOURCES & DOORPRIZE: A spiral bound set of resources will be provided to each registered participant. In addition, participants will be eligible for a special door prize, a book on university teaching.

WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, March 27 @ 8-9:30 in Taylor 306 (light breakfast included)

OR
Friday, March 28 @ 12:30-2:00 in Taylor 306 (lunch included and it will be ready by noon so please come early and enjoy time with JMU colleagues)

REGISTRATION:
Registration is required to assure adequate space, food, and materials. Go to CFI website link to enroll http://www.jmu.edu/cfi/lci4.html.

For questions, call 568-4846.