Symposium IX Home

One of the nation's top undergraduate
engineering, science, and mathematics colleges


FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007
Room	Olin Hall O157	Olin Hall O159	Olin Hall O167	Olin Hall O169	Olin Hall O257	Olin Hall O259	Olin Hall O267	Olin Hall O269	Olin Hall O203
8:30-9:00	Welcome. Information Session Hulman Union, Kahn Room
9:10-10:00 50-minutes	“Course Outcome Testing System”	“Assessing the Reliability of Scoring Rubrics”	“Outcome-Based Grading System”	“Oral Assessment for Improvement & Change”	“Area Level Assessment Using WebCT”	“Effective Use of Indirect Assessment Methods in a Multi-disciplinary…”	“Effective Assessment Process”
10:10-11:00 50-minutes	“Defining & Measuring the Meta-Learning Objectives of Multi-Disciplinary…”	“Closing the Assessment Loop in the Small College”	“A Comprehensive Project Base Program Outcome Assessment …”	“Confounded Assessment: When Direct Measures Don’t Measure Outcomes”	“Measuring Program Outcomes using Rubrics”	“Combining Technology & Prescriptive Reporting to Improve …”	“Closing the Loop: Experience at the College of Engineering…”
11:10-12:00 50-minutes	“Use of State Dept of Labor Statistics”	“Instructional Systems Design Based on Socratic Taxonomy…”	“Course Evaluation: Mapping Course Outcomes to Course Requirements”	“Accreditation of an Electronics Engineering Technology Program…”	“A Streamlined, Quantitative, Web-based Course & Program-Level…”	“Harnessing.net as a Framework for Assessment Data Management”	“An Advisory Council as an Effective Assessment Tool”
12:10-1:05	Lunch - Hulman Union
1:15-2:35 80-minutes	“Turning Data into Info to Facilitate Continuous Improvement…”	“Creating an Assessment Plan for a New Engineering Program”	“Developing & Assessing Professional Skills in Senior Project Courses”	“An Online Assessment System that Promotes Participation: M.E.E.T”	“Using Communication for Effective Assessments of Capstone Design Courses”	“Direct Quantitative Assessment Process for Educational Objectives…”			“Creating Clear & Concise Visual Displays of Information”
2:45-5:45 3-Hour	“Streamlining the Assessment Process with the Faculty…”	“Surveys: A Fundamental Tool in the Assessment Tool Box”	“Developing a Program Assessment Plan Using…”	“Assessment of Capstone Engineering Design”	“Using Targeted Assessments to Satisfy Achievement Program Outcomes”	“Lessons Learned from Developing, Implementing & Evaluating…”	“Use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in Developing & Measuring…”	”How to Define, Develop & Deliver an Ability-Based Metric ”
5:30-7:00	Reception/Dinner Hulman Union

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007
Room	Olin Hall O157	Olin Hall O159	Olin Hall O167	Olin Hall O169	Olin Hall O257	Olin Hall O259	Olin Hall O267	Olin Hall O269	Olin Hall O203
8:00-9:20 80-minutes	"Comprehensive Evaluation System for an Undergraduate…"	"Yes you can: Reduce Faculty Burden & Enhance Assessment & …”	“Relieving the Pain of Assessing Lab Courses”	“An Effective Online Assessment Tool: EvalTools”	“Using Electronic Portfolios for Program & Institutional Assessment…”	“IT Assessment Tools”			“Build Your Own Database for your Assessment Data…”
9:30-10:20 50-minutes	“Efforts Leading to a Successful ABET Visit: A Small Program…”	“How do we Know What They Really Know?”	“Longitudinal Study of Student Achievement of Outcomes Using Rubrics"	“A Web-Based Course Assessment Information System”	“Designing a Student-Centered Assessment Plan for Outcomes & Objectives”	“Direct Assessment of Criterion 3 Outcomes”
10:30-11:50 80-minutes	“How Can we Assess & Promote Reflective Judgment Thinking…”	“Increasing the Efficiency of an Effective Outcome Assessment Process”	“ABET Assessment Process: Moving from “Good to Better”…”	“Web-Based Quantitative Analysis & Reporting of Program Outcome…”	“Building an Assessment System that Doesn’t Overload your Faculty…"	“Enabling the Feedback Loop: 4 Ways to Skin a Cat”
12:00-1:00	Lunch - Hulman Union
1:10-2:30	Roundtable Sessions with ABET Leadership - Hulman Union Stu Zweben, Mary Leigh Wolfe and Kevin Taylor
2:40-3:40	Closing Plenary with Gloria Rogers Kahn Room