2nd Annual Assessment Symposium

top arrowsFriday, March 18, 2016
9:00am-12:30pm
with lunch from 12:30pm-1:30pm
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom
& the Kenmore Conference Room
1 Silber Way, 9th floor

bottom arrowsThe Office of the Provost welcomes all BU faculty and staff to the 2nd Annual Assessment Symposium on Friday, March 18, 2016.

Schedule of Events:

8:30am-9:00am — Check in and Breakfast — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

9:00am-9:30am — The Challenges of Assessment: Introductory Remarks and Discussion — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

9:30am-10:30m — Plenary Panel: Comprehensive Program Assessment — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

Assessment and Curricular Change in the CAS Writing Program
  • Joseph Bizup, Associate Professor, English; Assistant Dean and Director, CAS Writing Program
  • Sarah Madsen Hardy, Senior Lecturer, CAS Writing Program; Writing Coordinator, Core Curriculum
Competency Mapping: Assuring Quality and Outcomes for Public Health Educators
  • Anneke Demmink, Program Manager, Education, Community Health Sciences, SPH
  • Lois McCloskey, Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, SPH
  • Jacey Greece, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, SPH

10:30am-11:00am — Table Discussion — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

11:00am-11:15am — Break

11:15am-12:30pm — Concurrent Sessions:

11:15am-12:30pm — Session 1: Technology Tools for Assessment at the Course and Program Levels — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

Using Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment Methods to Improve Teaching and Learning in the Spanish Language Program
  • Alison Carberry Gottlieb, Head of the Spanish Language Program, Lecturer in Spanish, CAS
  • Molly Monet-Viera, Lecturer in Spanish, CAS
E-Portfolio as an Assessment Tool in the School of Theology
  • Laura Chevalier, Doctoral Teaching Fellow, STH
Technology Tools for Assessing Resident Performance in Clinic
  • Myfanwy Callahan, Instructor, Medicine, BUSM
  • Gouri Gupte, Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH

11:15am-12:30pm — Session 2: Methods for Assessing Program Outcomes — Kenmore Conference Room

Assessing Professional Skill Competency Using Role Plays
  • Robert G. Burdick, Director, Civil Litigation Program; Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Assessment in Action: Measuring Librarian Impact in Achieving Information Literacy Learning Outcomes
  • Ken Liss, Head of Liaison & Instruction Services, Mugar Memorial Library
Computer Science Program Assessment Using Course-Embedded Measures
  • Vijay Kanabar, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Administrative Sciences; Director of Project Management Programs, MET
  • Anatoly Temkin, Assistant Professor and Chair of Computer Science, MET

12:30pm-1:30pm — Lunch and Table Discussions — Metcalf Trustee Ballroom

 

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