Presented by Dana Kieran The Office of Disability Resources designed and implemented a three day orientation program , ODR Empowers, to help first year students with disabilities transition into the university setting. The purpose of ODR Empowers was to provide students with disabilities the opportunity to learn about campus resources, learn how to navigate making […]
Presented by Dr. Dale Beach and Dr. Andrew Yeagley Assessment data for scientific reasoning (SR) on the Longwood Campus has been redundantly collected for both Goal 6 (General Education) and University-wide assessments. In addition, the data collected appeared difficult to tabulate and unreliable. Cumbersome assignments and inconsistent application of assignments led to unconvincing assessments of […]
Presented by Dr. Connie Koski This presentation shares results from the use of an under-utilized survey instrument, the ELVIS (Experiential Learning Variables Indicator Scale), in assessing both the quality, as well as the residual value of students’ experiences learning about Illegal immigration enforcement and detention while interacting with detainees through teaching non-native English speakers English as […]
Presented by Abigail O’Connor and Louise Waller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People teaches how to tap into effectiveness at all levels. This research looked at how participation in Seven Habits training could increase students’ perceptions of their effectiveness. Presenter Bios: Abbey O’Connor is assistant dean in the College of Business and Economics and […]
Presented by Dr. Heather Lettner-Rust Designing assessment with the end in mind suggests you need to select an assessment tool that reflects what the course asks of student performance–both cognitive performance and product-based performance. In composition, we suggest that students understand procedural and declarative knowledge (VanKooten, 2016)—the ‘how’ and the ‘what’ of writing in various […]
Presented by Rebecca Sturgill This project was an assessment of the recently initiated 12 Community program. The 12 Community is a rewrite of the College PLUS program, which began in 1996 and continued through last year. With this program, contact is made earlier, via email, phone and webinar with both students and families, thus students no […]
Presented by Onie McKenzie and Dominick Combs In the summer of 2016, the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs with assistance from a student recipient of a L.A.M.P. Grant, planned a project whereby selected survey results from Longwood’s 2011 Campus Diversity Survey would be shared and discussed with current students in groups where they naturally exist […]
Presented by Vicki Palmer This presentation discusses the planning, executing, and assessing of the Student Library Advisory Committee at Greenwood Library. The purpose of the group is to communicate ideas regarding improvement of existing library services and implementation of new ones; to allow student committee members the opportunity to serve as representatives for their peers […]