2012-2013 Mid-year Table of Assessment Findings and Transforming Actions

2012-2013 Table of Assessment Findings and Transforming Actions

Presentations of Web-Based Assessment of Student Learning Applications

The OEAE is always striving to help professors in the analysis of student learning assessment data. In collaboration with Dr. Carlos Corrada of the Computer Science program the idea of creating a web-based application for analyzing assessment data came about.

At the beginning of the 2012-2013 second semester the OEAE was established as the client for which two groups of students of the Development of  Web-Based Applications (MATE 4996) course had to develop the tailor-made application. The OEAE needed an application with a user-friendly interface to input and analyze data in order to streamline the process of assessment of student learning.

On May 14 the students form the Development of  Web-Based Applications (MATE 4996) course presented their applications for the assessment of student learning to the OEAE staff and the assessment coordinators from various Colleges of the campus.

The following are screenshots of the home screen of both applications:

Group 1:

Group 2:

During the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year some professors have volunteered to use the application as part of their courses. Once their recommendations have been submitted and discussed, we expect to update some features after the end of this trial period. If institutional support is provided, the use of the application will be expanded to more users across our campus.

We couldn't be happier with the work that the students did. We are confident that this initiative will help professors to analyze student learning assessment data, thus aiding the OEAE to have a real-time snapshot of the achievement of institutional student-centered learning outcomes.

-The OEAE

College Board Annual Conference Presentation

As part of College Board of Puerto Rico and Latin America's annual conference on April 11, 2013 the Office of Evaluation of Student Learning (OEAE for its Spanish acronym) gave a presentation on the assessment of student learning efforts carried out at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.

If you would like to acces the power point presentation please go to the following link:
Presentation at the College Board Annual Conference.

-The OEAE

A Web-based Assessment of Student Learning App: A collaborative effort in the making

As part of the current academic offering at the Computer Science Program, Dr. Carlos Corrada is teaching the course Development of web-based applications, an upper level undergraduate independent seminar course (MATE 4996) with a strong hands-on approach. One of its objectives is to prepare students to develop a tailor-made app for a client. The course is divided into two teams that will compete to meet the clients’ need. By the end of the semester both groups will present their proposals for an app and the client will ultimately choose which one best suits its needs.

The Office of Evaluation of Student Learning  (OEAE) has been established as the client, and students will develop a web-based assessment of student learning app. This effort is the result of a series of conversations between the OEAE and two professors of the Computer Sciences Department, Dr. Ivelisse Rubio and Dr. Carlos Corrada, about the need to develop an application in order to provide professors with an easy to use interface that helps them analyze, share, and track assessment of student learning in their courses. Said app will provide the OEAE with an overall and continuously updated view of the process.

We are enthusiastic about this project and grateful that we can share this experience with these students. We will keep this post updated as milestones are achieved during this period.

-The OEAE

Quick reminder - Submission of partial reports

We would like to remind Assessment Coordinators that Partial Assessment Reports should be submitted to the OEAE by Thursday January 31st, 2013. If needed, OEAE personal will provide feedback in a timely manner by email. 

Happy Holidays!

Call for presentations - XII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education (March 7-9, 2013)

The College of Education of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, invites you to submit presentation proposals for the XII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education, featuring the theme:

“XXI Century Skills: Trends, Debates and Controversies in Education”

Among the research subtopics to be addressed are:

• Education policies: Towards a new paradigm of knowledge?
• Evaluation of 21st century skills
• Education systems: Transformation, labor and citizenship
• Trends and controversies in the teaching of values
• Modalities and controversies in bilingual education
• New trends of research in education
• Integrating technology in diverse curricular areas
• Strategies and debates on reading and writing
• The profile of the XXI century teacher
• Diversity: Emerging trends in education
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary models in education
• Health education: views and controversies
  
  

The deadline for proposal submissions to the XII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education has been extended to January 25, 2013. 

The activities will be held from March 7 thru March 9, 2013 in the Eugenio María de Hostos Building, College of Education of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. There will be conferences, plenary lectures, panel discussions, and poster sessions presented by Puerto Rican researchers as well as by international visitors.

The Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education originated in 1987 as a result of the initiative of several professors from the Department of Graduate Studies and the Educational Research Center, College of Education at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Since its beginning, it has been committed to disseminate research in the College of Education, the country and the Caribbean region, in order to contribute to the Puerto Rican education.

Over the years, this Congress has become one of the core activities of the Educational Research Center and the College of Education, while it has continued to expand its reach to the Puerto Rican educational environment. In addition of being a forum for research conducted in Puerto Rico, the Congress provides a space for the exchange of ideas with guests from Latin America, the United States, the Caribbean region, Europe, and other countries around the world.

In the past, the Congress has been co-sponsored by several entities, among them the Chancellor’s Office of UPR- Rio Piedras Campus, the Office of the President of the University of Puerto Rico, the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research of the UPR, and the Puerto Rico’s Council of Higher Education.

Goals

• To promote research in all its forms.
• To promote the work of researchers, professors, teachers and students.
• To emphasize research as a valuable means to study and analyze the challenges and possibilities of education towards social problems.
• To contribute to the development of critical and creative thinking among educators at the national and international levels.
• To stimulate research work that will encourage the transformation of the educational practices.
  
  

Guidelines for proposal submissions to the XII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education

We have prepared a document containing some Guidelines for proposal submissions to the XII Puerto Rican Congress on Research in Education. Please consult these guidelines before submitting a proposal.

Click the button below to access the Guidelines and the Electronic Submission Form.

Guidelines

English: http://cie.uprrp.edu/congreso/guias2013en.html
Spanish: http://cie.uprrp.edu/congreso/guias2013.html

Electronic submission form

English: http://astronotas.net/upr/congreso/form3en.php

Spanish: http://astronotas.net/upr/congreso/form3.php

For further information, contact the Educational Research Center by calling (787) 764-0000, exts. 4382, 4383, 4384, or 4385; by Fax (787) 764-2929, or email to cie.educacion@upr.edu.

Paper presentation opportunity - College Board Puerto Rico and Latin America Annual Conference

College Board of Puerto Rico and Latin America (CBPRLA) will be having it's Annual Conference on April 10-12, 2013 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. The central theme of this edition is The multiple dimensions of educational evaluation: Reflections at the 50th Anniversary.

Among the three major topics to be addressed in this conference is educational evaluation and assessment. Presentations will focused on different approaches to these areas, as well as the importance of evaluation of student learning, and other topics such as successful national evaluation projects, strategies and models of evaluations, including international evaluations, and the use of evaluations in planning and decision making.

We believe that the CBPRLA Conference is a unique opportunity that the Assessment Coordinators (AC), or people who work in related areas at our campus, have to submit proposals for presentation related to assessment of student learning processes. In these paper presentations AC can present their progress towards establishing a culture of assessment at different levels (classroom, department, academic program), as part of the requirements for professional accreditation or related to their own research activities, as well as how findings have been used to improve teaching and learning.

Due to its nature, this conference allows us to demonstrate the multiple efforts that our academic community has carried out in order to assess students learning and plan accordingly educational activities geared towards strengthening this process. For this reason, the Deanship of Academic Affairs has offered to sponsor the cost of inscription ($100) for one paper presentation by two Assessment Coordinators interested in participating at this conference.

Those interested in being considered for the incentive to participate in this conference must send us the completed Presentation Proposal Form presented on description of the conference by Wednesday, December 12. Furthermore, all those interested must also send this document directly to the person in charge of the registration for the conference (ncheveres@collegeboard.org) by December 14 in order to participate.

The OEAE personnel will evaluate the proposals sent by those Assessment Coordinators interested in receiving this incentive, in accordance with the criteria established in the Presentation Proposal Form. We will take into consideration the documents submitted by the academic programs to the OEAE. We will contact the two people chosen to receive this incentive on Thursday, December 13.

The following criteria of the Presentation Proposal Form must be submitted in order to be considered to participate in the CBPRLA's Annual Conference:

• Title of the presentation: the title must be brief and attractive. It can not exceed 15 words.
• Summary of the program: Include a brief summary of the presentation (approximately 60 words). This information will be published in the Program of the 50th Anniversayr. It must be clear, informative, and atractive to the reader. College Board will reserve the right to change the title and summary of the presentation provided by the registrant.
• Description of the presentation: Include a description of your exposition, including the following: (1) content, (2) objectives, (3) relevance, (4) reach of the presentation, and (5) relation between the presentation and the 50th Anniversary. (Approximately 250 words or one page on double space).
• Format: There will be three types of sessions: paper presentation, round table, and workshop. You must indicate what type is your presentation going to be. The Deanship of Academic Affairs will only sponsor paper presentations. 
• Paper presentation: Presentation of a project or research and your results (Duration: one hour)
• Biography: You must include a biography or a short version of your resume. (Maximum: two paragraphs).
• Thematic nature: Presentations must be of an academic nature. We will not accept presentations with commercial ends.

We hope you can participate in this activity. Click here for the complete description of CBPRLA's Annual Conference. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesistate to call or email us.

OEAE