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EVIDENCE

OUTCOMES

DIMENSIONS

DOMAINS

MAPPING CO-CURRICULAR LEARNING OUTCOMES AND EVIDENCE

R. Michael Haynes, PhD

Assistant

Vice President

for

Student Life Studies

Tarleton State Universityrhaynes@tarleton.edu

Ben Kunze,

MEd

Residential Coordinator

Tarleton State University

kunze@tarleton.edu

MAKING THE CONNECTION

EVIDENCE

OUTCOMES

DIMENSIONS

DOMAINS

Division of

Student Life

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

EVIDENCE

OUTCOMES

DIMENSIONS

DOMAINS

themes broad in nature that identify areas in which programs and services must identify relevant and desirable learning; adopted from Tarleton’s Division of Student Life “Program

Themes”

examples of achievement of student learning with Domains; CAS

created and designated by an entity as an outcome/objective in which students must gain knowledge, skills, or ability by the end of a specified time period; WEAVE

data and or findings that support a position, theory, or desired outcome

Why map domains, dimensions,

learning outcomes, and evidence?

ACCOUNTABILITY

DEMONSTRATION OF MISSION

SUPPORT OF REQUESTS FOR RESOURCES

ACCREDITATION

When should mapping be developed/revisited?

AS PART OF LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

NEW VISION STATEMENTS

DEVELOPMENT OF 3-5 YEAR GOALS

REVISIONS TO MISSIONS

Who collaborated on this project?

DOMAINS (PROGRAM THEMES)

DIMENSIONS

LEARNING OUTCOMES

EVIDENCE

developed by Division of Student Life

taken from Council or the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS)

Department Heads

Division staff who interface with students and/or develop learning outcomes

From institutional assessments

(HERI, NSSE, NCHA, etc….)

From divisional/departmental assessments

BACKGROUND

Prototype from University of Texas

Gale Stuart, Assessment Coordinator

Provides instantaneous and holistic

SACS evidence

What we added?

Links to “evidence”

Collected through assessment efforts (HERI, NSSE, departmental, etc…)

DOMAINS

UT used CAS domain

Tarleton using

“Program Themes”

More applicable to

what “WE” do

Link to definitionLead to dimensions

DIMENSIONS

Adopted from CAS

guidelines

Represent accepted parameters of learning Definitions link

We aligned CAS’s

dimensions to our

“Domains” (Program Themes)

OUTCOMES

Developed by Tarleton

Division of Student Life personnel!

Department heads

Anyone associated with student learning or

developing learning outcomes

OUTCOMES

Developed by Tarleton

Division of Student Life personnel!

Department heads

Anyone associated with student learning or

developing learning outcomes

Must be associated with

a Dimension (examples

of achievement) May be associated with

more than one

Dimension

Should be relevant to

your departments

mission/vision

Not all dimensions will

have a department

specific learning

outcome

Must be measurable!

EVIDENCE

Linked to specified learning

outcome

Does not have to be collected

annually!!

Forms of evidence:

Student collected data (quantitative surveys,

qualitative focus groups, open ended questions, etc…)

Student performance (GPA, retention, employment rates, etc…)

Student narratives

(QEP ALEs)

REMEMBER!

Evidence may support learning outcome, OR may indicate need for improvement!

EVIDENCE

REMEMBER!

Evidence may support learning outcome, OR may indicate need for improvement!

Where do we go from here?

Linking strategic planning to this interactive document

Continue

developing measurable learning outcomes

based

on theory that can be used in

long-term

Making this information available for SACS and

institutional effectiveness purposes

THE COMPILATION

WORKSHEET

QUESTIONS?