Upcoming Live Events
Behind the Scenes— “Democracy & Assessment Series- Your Voice Matters!”
Institutions of higher education have long espoused that a primary purpose or role of education is in service to the public good through supporting the development of students ready to participate in democracy and civic life. This session provides a “Behind the Scenes Primer” to our later event "Democracy & Assessment – Your Voice Matters! Episode 2: Defining Democratic Learning." Here our goal is to open discussion within this overarching theme: “How to begin to discuss the connection between Democracy and Assessment at your institution and why you should feel the need to do." Get access early by joining us for this backstage event!
AEFIS Virtual Yoga Level 1: 15-Minute Easy Stretching & Meditation While Sitting at Your Desk
AACRAO Annual Meeting 2021 Description 15-minute easy stretching and meditation while sitting at your desk. This activity is intended for everyone and no experience necessary.…
How We Built This Series— “Leading a CLR Initiative”
This session focuses on the leadership of a university registrar and student affairs "edupreneurs" and their journey of curiosity and creativity leading to new ways of doing things, providing value for their learners and institution. Listen in to Rodney Parks from Elon University and Amelia Parnell of NASPA who share their insights on Comprehensive Learner Record initiatives aimed at unpacking learner success and future work opportunities based on competencies and outcomes from learning in different contexts across the student experience.
AEFIS Makerspace: Design Your Success Journey with AEFIS
Let’s create your Success Plan! Our Client Development Team will be available to help you design your assessment success journey. We will start with your goals and challenges, and provide you with guiding questions to help you conceptualize and organize your success journey. From our conversation, our Client Success Team will perform an analysis and provide insights and share any experiences from the field. You will receive your finalized Success Plan Blueprint you can use with or without AEFIS!
AEFIS Virtual Yoga Level 1: 15-Minute Easy Stretching & Meditation While Sitting at Your Desk
15-minute easy stretching and meditation while sitting at your desk.
This activity is intended for everyone and no experience necessary. All you need to do is show up! You will not need a yoga mat, special shoes, or any specific clothing. All you will need to do is sit up in your chair and ideally be close to your camera showing your shoulders and head. During our session, we will be focusing on gentle neck and shoulder stretches, breathing techniques, and a small meditation for each class where we will set an intention for our day.
Life Preserver on Board— Rescuing Assessment Efforts When it’s Not Business as Usual
The abrupt move to remote learning during the Spring 2020 semester caused assessment efforts at many institutions to founder. Messiah University’s streamlined assessment processes became a life-preserver for analyzing learning data and developing improvement plans.
AEFIS Virtual Yoga Level 1: 15-Minute Easy Stretching & Meditation While Sitting at Your Desk
15-minute easy stretching and meditation while sitting at your desk.
This activity is intended for everyone and no experience necessary. All you need to do is show up! You will not need a yoga mat, special shoes, or any specific clothing. All you will need to do is sit up in your chair and ideally be close to your camera showing your shoulders and head. During our session, we will be focusing on gentle neck and shoulder stretches, breathing techniques, and a small meditation for each class where we will set an intention for our day.
Lightning Talk Series—”Successfully Completing Your Self-Study in AEFIS”
Lightning Talks are short, targeted presentations that provide insight into best practices, challenges, and successes in assessment. Listen in as some of the greatest minds and thought leaders share authentic assessment processes, continuous improvement stories, and innovative approaches toward lifelong learning and student success.
“Assessment: The Musical!”—Episode 10 Spring Data Cleaning!
Assessment, in general, can make a great musical… Come for some comic relief, share your assessment of drama, comedy, and heroic efforts. Let’s discuss how to turn all the drama into a success story!
Democracy & Assessment Series—Your Voice Matters! Episode 3 Theory to Practice
As your community of practice, AEFIS Academy is launching a four-part series designed to explore and unpack the relationship between Democracy and Assessment. Throughout this series, a variety of thought leaders will come together in conversation around what the current relationship between democracy and assessment entails, what the relationship should or could be, and what the role of assessment might be moving forward to support a productive democracy. As the conversation unfolds, we will invite all participants into group discussion on how we might, as a field, advance assessment for democracy. Please join us because Your Voice Matters!
Meet Our Partners Series—”Agile Wayfinding: Combining Innovation and Assessment at University of Maryland Global Campus”
This particular event will focus on Agile wayfinding and its purpose in institutional planning and assessment processes. University of Maryland Global Campus has a long history of evaluating innovation and using results to guide the next steps. More recently, assessment of student learning has been added to an academic planning process that includes program review, academic scorecards, and external data on labor and competitive markets. This integrated planning process provides faculty and administrators with a comprehensive view of an academic program. Learn how you can apply this approach at your institution.
Lightning Talk Series: Creating Efficiency— Integrating Your LMS to AEFIS to Link Direct Assessment to Institutional Goals and Outcomes
This Lightning Talk highlights solutions, which can be adapted to any institution size, that facilitate the efficiency of collecting improvement data from learning management systems and other educational technology using AEFIS. This process provides a blueprint for helping faculty choose the appropriate assessments aligned to institutional goals and program outcomes for reporting..
