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