The 10th NEEAN Annual Academic Assessment Institute will take place on June 12 and 13, 2014 at Keene State College.
The day begins on Thursday June 12 with registration available at 9:15AM and first session at 10:15AM at Rhodes Hall, Room 203 at Keene State College.

Our plenary speaker this year is Dr. Barbara Walvoord, Professor Emerita of Notre Dame University.  Dr. Walvoord is a pre-eminent scholar of assessment practices. Her books include Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education , and Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment. Forthcoming from Jossey-Bass is Assessing and Improving Student Writing in College. She leads workshops on Higher Ed assessment, and recently has been the Interim Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Simmons College.

The NEEAN Annual Academic Assessment Institute supports college and university faculty and administrators as they strengthen their assessment efforts and link campus assessment processes with curriculum design, delivery, improvement, and accreditation expectations. Time is given during the two days for institution team meetings to discuss & refine assessment plans.

Registration forms are available at www.neean.org

Next week’s events at DCAL:

Responding to Crisis: Sexual Assault, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Monday, May 5, 2014

This session is designed to assist you when students, staff or faculty colleagues disclose that they have been a victim of sexual violence. We'll discuss basic crisis intervention skills and provide a complete overview of resources on campus. This session will provide useful information if you have never experienced this situation and those who are looking for a refresher on these skills.

Space, Design, and Format: Key Principles and Teaching Practices, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Whether it's about creating Powerpoints, multimodal composing, analyzing images, or just formatting writing more effectively--we all think about space, design, and visual persuasion. However, legendary scholar of design and visualization, Edward Tufte, argues that many of our attempts to foster learning and transfer information are actually counterproductive. In this interactive session sponsored by the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, two colleagues who recently attended a Tufte workshop will share some of what they learned about space, design, and visual persuasion. 

Teaching Science Seminar, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Thursday, May 8, 2014

Have you heard about team-based learning (TBL) but wonder how it might work in your classroom?  Ann Clark (Psychological and Brain Sciences) will lead a discussion about how she has implemented TBL in her classroom, student reaction to this format and lessons learned.

We hope to see you at DCAL soon!

Elaine