Language Institute Workshop
Learning to Apply Use-oriented Assessment and Evaluation
John Norris
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
3:30-5:00 pm, Monday, September 10, 2007
1418 Van Hise Hall
Advance registration or attendance at the 12:00 pm lecture by John Norris is not required to participate in the workshop.
Abstract:
In this workshop, participants will learn to apply a use-oriented framework to analyze and understand their (and their program’s) assessment and evaluation needs, and they will explore ways of maximizing the utility and ‘value-added’ of related practices, especially student learning outcomes assessment. Building from an understanding of the diverse uses and diverse stakeholders for assessment and evaluation, participants will then consider how to articulate available methods to prioritized needs (and in light of contextual constraints), and they will discuss the characteristics of assessments and evaluations that make them more or less appropriate for distinct uses. Participants will also critique examples of assessments that tap a diverse array of FL program outcomes (from language ability to literary-cultural knowledge to other valued learning targets), and they will be directed to numerous resources helpful in making the transition from merely doing to actually using assessment and evaluation processes.
This workshop is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Language Institute, with funding from the College of Letters and Science Anonymous Fund.
Contact Dianna Murphy with questions or for more information.
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