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AALHE 2018 Annual Conference

1:30pm

Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand

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Open room for work space Sinclair Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand

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Pre-Conference Workshop 3: Assessment in Competency Based Education: An Introduction IdahoSean Gyll • Maren Toone • Laura Williams Pre-Conference Workshop 4: The Power of Formative Assessment, Feedback, and the Science of Learning OlympusRonald Carriveau Pre-Conference Workshop 5: Leadership of Assessment: Tips for Applying Leadership Theory to Assessment Leadership TetonMatthew Fuller Pre-Conference Workshop 6: Meta-Assessment: Building an Impactful Process for Your Campus SnowbasinKatie Boyd • Chris Coleman Pre-Conference Workshop 1: Assessment Fundamentals: Optimizing Teaching and Learning Through Learning Outcomes Assessment ArizonaAllen Dupont • Teresa Flateby • George G. Klemic Pre-Conference Workshop 2: Evidence-based Assessment: Developing and Validating Instruments for Criterion-Referenced Measures WyomingMyrah Stockdale • Julie Davis Turner

12:00pm

Lunch on your own TBA

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Pre-Conference Workshop 10: An Agatha Christie Approach to Solving the Mystery of Assessment Practice SnowbasinCynthia Howell • Barbara Keener Pre-Conference Workshop 11: Improving Improvement: Engaging Students in the Assessment Process FlagstaffRobin Anderson • Nicholas Curtis • Julie McDevitt Pre-Conference Workshop 7: Visualizing Assessment Data through Interactive Dashboards: Creating a Basic Report TucsonFrederick Burrack • Chris Urban Pre-Conference Workshop 8: Tuning as Assessment: Leveraging Faculty Buy-in, Improving Student Learning OlympusNorman Jones • Nancy Quam-Wickham Pre-Conference Workshop 9: Creating a Faculty-Centric Approach to Successful Assessment and Accreditation TetonPenny Bamford • Christine Broz • Valerie Landau

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Networking event: United Way Children's Snack Kit Event Sun Valley

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Leading Change in Uncertain Times: The Role of Assessment & The Future of Learning Ballroom A&BAlison Kadlec

6:30pm

AALHE Annual Reception East Terrace

7:00am

Complimentary Morning Yoga Session Garden Terrace Continental Breakfast Buffet Foyer Poster set-up Ballroom A&B Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand

8:00am

Conference Kick-Off Ballroom CJeremy Penn Open room for work space Sinclair

9:15am

AALHE Committee Meeting: Recruitment & Retention SawtoothAndre Foisy • Josie Welsh Conversation with Accreditors Ballroom CHeather Perfetti • Mac Powell • Jane Marie Souza • Anthea M. Sweeney What Zombies Can Teach Us: Momentum for Academic Excellence WyomingTara Rose A Peer Review Model to Evaluate Institution-Wide Assessment Reports: A Step-by-Step Guide and Lesson Learned OlympusOliana Alikaj-Fierro • Christiane Herber-Valdez Effective Surveys TetonDavid Eubanks Embedding Assessment: An Effective Model for Engaging Faculty in General Education Assessment WasatchElizabeth Owolabi Let's Give Them Something to Talk About: Exploring Assessment Language and Culture ArizonaSean Fitzpatrick • Rebecca Hong • Kara Moloney Leveraging Data from Academic Program Review to Impact Student Learning TucsonKatrina Hunter Mintz Toward a Multifaceted Understanding of Learning Outcomes: A Longitudinal Investigation (Phase I) IdahoGuangming Ling • Samuel Rikoon • Katrina Roohr Using the Academic Program Assessment Model for University Unit Assessment FlagstaffJanet Thiel Fine and Performing Arts Program Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities SnowbasinNeil Pagano • Tyler Roeger Mapping Points of Interest: Assessing studentsâ€™ engagement with digital primary sources through digital heat maps and written reflection UintahKevin Hunt • Russell Michalak • Monica Rysavy

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AALHE Committee Meeting: Knowledge Development Task Force SawtoothDavid Dirlam Talk and Tweet: Continued Conversations with Accreditors Ballroom CSteven Hawks • Heather Perfetti • Mac Powell • Jane Marie Souza • Anthea M. Sweeney The State of Affairs of Assessment in Higher Education: Professional Development Needs TucsonLaura Ariovich • Conna Bral • Patricia Gregg • Matthew Gulliford • Jennifer Morrow Assessing Diversity and Cultural Competence WyomingFrederick Burrack • Chris Urban Assessment for Capacity Building through Institutional Assessment of Oral Communication Sun ValleyYao Hill Emerging Practices for Assessing Co-Curricular Learning ArizonaJane Jensen • Sharron Ronco • Katherine Yngve Engaging Adjunct Faculty in Assessment WasatchCyndi Louden One step back, two steps forward: tips and tool used to jumpstart a stalled assessment process UintahKathleen Gorski Prioritizing Data from National Standardized Instruments SnowbasinJoel Frederickson Summiting Everest: How One University Aligned Co-Curricular and Academic Assessment Practices for a Culture of Improvement TetonTim Fowler • Peter Lee • Erin Schroeder What Do I Do When There Is No Classroom? Challenges in Assessing the Co-Curricular FlagstaffRoss Markle • Katrina Roohr Teaching Assessment to Graduate Students: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned OlympusCynthia Howell • Alison Ivey Measuring Student Growth Using Evaluation Rubrics As Formative Assessment Tools IdahoChris Godwin • Emily Turner

11:30am

Lunch on your own TBA

11:45am

Learning Improvement Story-Collection Team Meeting SawtoothMonica Stitt-Bergh

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Topical Interest Group Deep Listening Session: Building AALHE member collaboration, professional development, and advancement TetonMetta Alsobrook • Moreen Carvan • Leah Simpson • Joseph Sullivan • Roberta Teahen • Keith Werosh Generating Quality Test Items Workshop ArizonaJane Marie Souza • Andrew Wolf It's Not Rocket Science: Best Practices and Hands-on Training in Item Writing UintahJustin Burleson • Darcy Creviston Visualizing your assessment data: Hands on practice with graphic design basics WasatchAndrew Kingsbury • Courtney Vengrin What Does it Take? How to Find (and Become) the Best Professionals to Positively Impact Assessment Work IdahoSusan Donat • Kate Simcox Classroom Assessment and Accountability For Learning Through Interactive Notebooks Sun ValleyChris Godwin • Emily Turner Is "Closing the Loop" depleting your energy? A guided approach to focusing resources where they are most needed SnowbasinLaura Ariovich • Zornitsa Georgeiva • Sade Walker Science Assessment Phobia? Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to the Rescue WyomingEsther Dale • Robert Hickey Best Practices in Writing Assessable Student Learning Outcomes TucsonJill Kern Build Your Improvement Plan! OlympusFaon Grandinetti Meta-Assessment: A Blueprint for Evaluating Programmatic Effectiveness FlagstaffAllison Ames • Beth Perkins • Tom Waterbury

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Snack Ballroom A&B Recognition & Rewards: Explicitly Valuing Faculty Roles in Assessment Ballroom A&BKimberly Green • Samantha Swindell A Critical Assessment of the Assessment of Critical Thinking Ballroom A&BLoren Launen • George Smeaton • Karen Stanish A Model for Assessing Study Abroad Programs Ballroom A&BTimothy Lynn Elliott • Spencer P. Magleby • Alan Parkinson • Gregg Warnick • Holt Zaugg Communication as a Learning Outcome in Graduate Education Ballroom A&BAnalynn Bustamante • Sara Cushing • Tiana Gentry Defining Student Learning Outcomes: Case of a Diversity Proficiency Course Ballroom A&BComfort Ateh Engaging Student Perspectives in Institutional Assessment: Strategic Communications Capstones Tackle the NSSE and Course Evaluations Ballroom A&BScott Benson • Anne Peasley GEER: Global Edtech Evaluation Repository Ballroom A&BJohan Bergstram • Chris Willis Internships across degree programs: Are we measuring the same experiences? Ballroom A&BAnthony Agbeh • Elaine Jurkowski The Impact of Applying a Selected Response Item Taxonomy to Assessment Design and Analysis Ballroom A&BRyan Glaze • Rob Nielsen The Program Health Index: A New Approach to Program Evaluation Ballroom A&BErin Crisp VALUE 2.0: Using assessment data to (re)define lifelong learning in professional education Ballroom A&BKirstin Moreno • Constance Tucker Assessment Strategies for Asychronous Online Graduate Statistics Courses Ballroom A&BJennifer Morrow • Louis Rocconi • Lisa Shipley • Gary Skolits Flipping Fundamentals of Physics Ballroom A&BPhilip Reeves • Frank Robinson Hear-See-Do: A Tool for Measuring and Assuring Quality of Situated Learning in Experiential Education Ballroom A&BCurtis Jefferson • Stanley Weber Leveraging Existing Survey Tools for Other Uses Beyond Traditional Surveys Ballroom A&BLindsey Brown Proctored Assessments in Online Math Classes: Does it Matter? Ballroom A&BJesse Kiefner What institutional data can tell us? Curriculum, advisement, and student success Ballroom A&BYue Zheng Building a Viable and Sustainable Training Program for Qualified Assessment Specialists Known as Educational Diagnosticians Ballroom A&BMargaret Collier Coming full circle: assessing the assessment Ballroom A&BRegina Roof-Ray Conjunctive Scoring in Competency-Based Assessment Ballroom A&BRyan Glaze • Jason Meyers Redesign and Shine: Using Assessment to Help Tell Your Course Redesign Story Ballroom A&BTraci Temple • Chris Willis

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Letters to the Accreditors: Impacting Assessment at the Regional Level OlympusJosie Welsh Closing the Loop in General Education: Adapting Current Models to New Accreditation Standards SnowbasinTimothy S. Brophy • M. David Miller How do you lead learning assessment in a decentralized university? ArizonaChadia Abras • Janet Schreck • Madeline Smith Paved with Good Intentions: When Good Assessment Plans Go Wrong, and How to Fix Them Ballroom CKeston Fulcher • Natasha Jankowski • Ross Markle • Javarro Russell Please take my survey! Strategies for Raising Response Rates Sun ValleyRyan Chung • Kelva Hunger Using Asynchronous Forums to Engage Faculty, including Adjuncts, in Assessment WyomingRichard Ansson • Lisa Mitchell Engaging mindfulness in the Classroom to Address Student Stress and Anxiety Around Assessment IdahoPenelope Wong Embedded Assessments in Pharmacy Education FlagstaffMeagan Mielczarek From Idea to Implementation to Impact: Cultivating Collaborative Partnerships for Assessment-Driven Curricular Change UintahLaura Aboyan Student Centered Assessment: Using Outcomes Transcripts for Visible Learning TetonSuzanne Carbonaro • Carolyn Giordano • Caitlin Meehan

5:30pm

Networking dinner: Takashi OutingYen To

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Networking dinner: Cucina Toscana OutingNora Hatton • Cyndi Louden Networking dinner: Market Street Grill - Downtown OutingClaudia Stanny Networking dinner: Oasis Café Outing Networking dinner: Squatters Outing

7:00am

Complimentary Morning Yoga Session Garden Terrace Continental Breakfast Buffet Foyer Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand

8:00am

AALHE Committee Meeting: Collaborations & Partnerships Task Force SawtoothShannon Milligan • Jen Sweet Identifying Problems in Assessment Ballroom CDavid Eubanks • Erik Gilbert • Lynn Priddy • Robert Shireman • Josie Welsh It's not you, it's me: applying theories of organizational psychology to motivate and engage assessment stakeholders Sun ValleyJonathan Keiser • Keith Werosh Collecting Accreditation-Relevant Assessment Data across your Institution: A Strategy for Any Educational Setting FlagstaffJane Marie Souza • Alison Witherspoon Developing a comprehensive general education assessment system to promote teaching and learning improvement: Challenges and solutions SnowbasinYuerong Sweetland Fairness and Assessment: Performance and Academic Success for LatinX Students UintahJavier Clavere If assessment happens and no one is around to hear about it, does it make a sound? WasatchFaon Grandinetti In the long run: Gathering evidence from alumni to improve your institutionâ€™s educational impact TetonCharles Blaich • Kathleen Wise The Cycle Continues: Assessment at William Woods University TucsonCarrie McCray "I want you to know that I'm a hard worker": What students want their professors to know and be able to do to improve learning WyomingNancy Quam-Wickham Facilitating Assignment Design Charrettes: Sharing Resources, Tools, and Practices ArizonaGianina Baker • Jodi Fisler • Kimberly Green Evidence in Teacher Preparation: Establishing Reliability and Content Validity of Educator Preparation Program-Developed Rubrics IdahoGeorge Michna The Physics of Learning Improvement by Design OlympusSteven Harper • Tiffany Runion Open room for work space Sinclair

9:15am

The Immunity To Change Ballroom A&BDeborah Helsing

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Developing an Assessment Certificate: A Conversation About Current Trends and Needs FlagstaffJoan Littlefield Cook • Patricia Gregg • Timothy Melvin • Shannon Milligan • Jen Sweet How ready is University of Botswana Faculty of Education level of readiness in implementing student outcomes-based assessment practices. WasatchSetkhomo Koloi Keaikitse • Gaelebale Nunu Tsheko Identifying Solutions to Problems in Assessment Ballroom CDavid Eubanks • Erik Gilbert • Lynn Priddy • Robert Shireman • Josie Welsh Assessing Civic Competency and Engagement in Higher Education: The Development Process TetonKatrina Roohr Co-Curricular Learning and Assessment: Partnering with Student Activities for Student Success! SnowbasinMichele Bolden • Peggy Simpson Logic Models: A Tool for Institutional Effectiveness Planning and Outcome Evaluation ArizonaOliana Alikaj-Fierro • Christiane Herber-Valdez The Four C's that Strengthen Campus-Wide Collaboration for Effective IE Practices TucsonTanjula Petty • Christine Thomas Using peer review to help establish and grow your assessment culture IdahoJavier Clavere • Sarah Hall • Ian Norris • Rob Smith • Penelope Wong Campus Cooperation, First-Year Experience, and Assessment Sun ValleyMargaret Boorstein • Lori Knapp Launching Co-Curricular Assessment WyomingAmanda Bylczynski There to Here to There: Assessment's Impact on a Collaborative Course Redesign Initiative UintahTraci Temple • Chris Willis Using the Topic Modeling Method to Assess The Substance of Student Learning Outcome Improvement Plans OlympusElise Demeter • Mingwei Qiang • Christine Robinson

11:45am

ETS Luncheon SawtoothJavarro Russell Lunch on your own TBA Lunch on your own TBA

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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing: How to Strategically Plan and Innovate for Higher Education and Assessment in a Rapidly Changing World IdahoTim Fowler • Erin Schroeder Poking at What it Means to Assess Higher Learning: A Dialogue and Exploration of Emerging Practice ArizonaMarilyn Bugenhagen • Moreen Carvan Enhancing the Value of Assessment: Promoting Reflection on Pedagogy and Curriculum OlympusTeresa Flateby • Delena Bell Gatch Start Me Up! An Introduction to Analyzing Assessment Data with SPSS Sun ValleyJeremy Penn Tying it All Together: Alignment Exercises for Effective Assessment TetonRoss Markle • Javarro Russell Assessing the (I)Generation: A Look at the Impact of Experiential Learning on Gen Z Student Engagement and Learning WasatchJanelle Coleman • John Walker Directions and Checklists and Matrices and Half-Naked Rubrics: How do we use what we need to get what we want to get? UintahJulia Williams Making the Case for Objective Assessments SnowbasinDrew Stafford • Laura M. Williams What to Do When They Just Don't Get It: Using Explanatory Speaking to Assess Student Learning of Difficult Concepts FlagstaffAshley Thomas Data Visualization: Applying Key Principles in Assessment Reports WyomingMonica Stitt-Bergh The Wizards of Assessment: Peel Back the Curtain and Experience the Art and Science of the Assessor TucsonStephen DiPietro • Mark Green • Joseph Hawk • Ray Lum

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AALHE Annual Member Survey: Themes and Lingering Questions Ballroom CSean Fitzpatrick • Andre Foisy • Curtis Jefferson • Josie Welsh AALHE Committee Meeting: Publications SawtoothDavid Eubanks • Jane Marie Souza Fearing to Fail: How Common Assessment Practices May Cause Stagnation TucsonCatherine Wehlburg Improving General Education: Assessing and Improving an Outcomes-based General Education SnowbasinBrandon Combs • Jacob Held Outcome Measurement and Libraries: Adapting the Project Outcome Model WasatchSara Goek • Emily Plagman Promoting Faculty Engagement and Assessment Efforts: A Case Study FlagstaffRyan Chung • Kelva Hunger Reimagining Assessment in Universities by focusing on Programme Outcomes. TetonSamantha Pugh Reproducible University Quality Assurance of Program Learning Outcomes WyomingDoug Koch • Nhung Pham Taking Outcomes to Scale: Tools to Align, Systematize, and Use Assessment Data IdahoDr. Sherri N. Braxton • Jennifer Harrison What's Really Going On? A Practical Model for Using Perception Data for Continuous Improvement OlympusLisa Meny • Mandy Seiferlein "Library Partnership and Assessment: Multiple Stakeholder Evaluation in an Academic Co-Teaching Environment" ArizonaJennifer Brown • Dale Larsen • Rebecca Larsen • Steve Maisch • Alfred Mowdood • Artemis Sefandonakis • Donna Harp Ziegenfuss Enhancing Student Outcomes Measures through Culturally Relevant Assessment Practices Sun ValleyBruce Richards • Audrey Rorrer Strategizing Archives Metrics: Using Tableau Visualizations and Stakeholder Promotions to Close the Loop and Improve Program Next Steps UintahJaime Marie Burton

4:00pm

Resource Fair Ballroom A&B

5:15pm

Evening View Hike and Campus Treasures OutingKimberly Green

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Networking outing: Temple Square Tour and Dinner OutingAlison Witherspoon

5:45pm

Networking outing: Salt Lake Bees Baseball Game and Dinner OutingJamie Wigand

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Networking outing: Dented Brick Distillery Tour and Tasting OutingShannon Milligan Networking outing: Great Salt Lake Sunset Tour OutingCyndi Louden

7:00am

Complimentary Morning Yoga Session Garden Terrace Continental Breakfast Buffet Foyer

8:00am

AALHE Annual Business Meeting Ballroom A&BJeremy Penn • Jane Marie Souza • Monica Stitt-Bergh Open room for work space Sinclair Registration Desk TBAJamie Wigand

9:00am

Degrees that Matter: Supporting Assessment in a Learning Systems Paradigm Ballroom A&BNatasha Jankowski • David Marshall Hope in the Face of Woe, Destruction, Ruin, and Decay: Musings on the Assessment Movement WyomingJoan Hawthorne • Jane Marie Souza • Claudia Stanny • Catherine Wehlburg Knowledge Development Task Force I: Progress in Assessing the Assessment Literature 1978-2018 IdahoFrederick Burrack • Moreen Carvan • David Kirk Dirlam • Terri Flateby • George Smeaton • Yuerong Sweetland Topical Interest Group: Feedback from continued conversations regarding AALHE member collaboration, professional development, and advancement WasatchMetta Alsobrook • Moreen Carvan • Leah Simpson • Joseph Sullivan Bringing Graduate Programs On Board Kinda Smiling Sun ValleyJulia Williams Coordination and Improvement of Program Development and Evaluation for Program and Accreditation Purposes FlagstaffArthur Hernandez No More Silos: Improving Assessment through the Development of a Systematic Institutional Process of Gathering Student Learning Outcome Data TetonLisa Bonneau • Kimberly Grieve Placeholder Sections and Tracking of Graduate Student Assessment TucsonMolly Mann • Laura Schramm Assessment of an Interprofessional Education Activity Menu for Health Profession Students SnowbasinJason Brunner • Eric Gilliam Improving the Improvement Movement: Theories of Change, Professional Learning, and Feminist Pedagogy Applied to Assessment ArizonaJana Hanson • Theresa Moore • Monica Stitt-Bergh

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AALHE Committee Meeting: Conference UintahJamie Wigand AALHE Committee Meeting: Social Media WasatchAndre Foisy Plugged in Learning without the Plug Ballroom A&BTerrel Rhodes • Javarro Russell The VALUE Institute Proposition: Authentic Assessment for Student Learning and Effective Instruction WyomingJillian Kinzie Backward Design for Faculty Development Workshops on Assessment SnowbasinClaudia Stanny Creating Updated Assessment Methods at Campuses with Established Assessment Systems IdahoDawne Bost Discussion of Findings from a Content Analysis of Comment Thread Responses to Gilbert’s Chronicle of Higher Education review of Eubanks’ Critique of Current Assessment Methodology WyomingFrederick Burrack • Moreen Carvan • George Smeaton • Catherine Wehlburg Lessons learned from longitudinal assessment of global learning at an internationalizing university Sun ValleyChristopher Hightower Using Data to Engage Faculty in Creating a Consistent Student Experience FlagstaffBrian Kuhlman • Maureen O'Brien Maintaining Personalized Assessment Support in Large, Multi-Campus Universities TucsonGeoffrey Mamarow • Suzanne Weinstein Educational Intelligence: Breaking Down Silos for a More Holistic Picture of Student Learning ArizonaMichael Ben-Avie • Natasha Jankowski • Monica Stitt-Bergh

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AALHE 2018 Closing Session Ballroom A&BSteven Hawks • Cyndi Louden • Shannon Milligan • Jeremy Penn • George Smeaton