2003     Celebrating Academic Integrity at Southwest Missouri State University

           

                Donald McCabe,founding president of the Center for Academic Integrity

                which is affiliated with the Kenan Ethics Program at Duke University and Professor of

                Organization Management at Rutgers University.

           

                 Helene Marcoux, Board of Directors for Center for Academic Integrity

                and Associate Director of Kansa State University Honor Council and Student Advisor.

 

2002     Focusing on Student Learning

           

                Virginia Anderson, co-author of the book, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning

                and Assessment and Professor of Biology at Towson University.

 

1999     Action Research Retreat

           

                Nancy Kraft, RMC Research Corporation, Denver

                Martha Kirker, Director, Center for Assessment and Instructional Support

                Debra McDowell, Director, Citizenship and Service Learning

                William Alter, Director, Office of Sponsored Research

 

1998     Mid-American Association for Institutional Research (MidAIR) conference at

            Southwest Missouri State University.  MidAIR is a regional association with

            the purpose of encouraging communication, professional development and

            networking among research issues and topics.  MidAIR serves Arkansas, Iowa,

            Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma and is an affiliate of the Association

            for Institutional Research.

 

1997     Targeting Student Centered Learning

 

                Donald W. Farmer, co-author of the Middlestates Documentation Framework

                for Outcomes Assessment; faculty member of the National Center on Postsecondary

                Teaching, Learning, and Assessment; Author of Enhancing Student Learning: Emphasizing

                Essential Competencies in Academic Programs; vice President of Academic Affairs

                at King's College.

 

                Barry Williams, Department Chair of Accounting, King's College.

 

1995     Generating Futures through Communication (incorporating information from Peter Senge's

            The Fifth Discipline and teleconferences)

           

                Martha Kirker, Director, Center for Assessment and Instructional Support, SMSU    

                Barbara Berry, President, The Berrywood Group

 

1995     Generating Future through Shared Vision (incorporating information from Peter Senge's The Fifth

            Discipline and teleconferences)

 

                Martha Kirker, Director, Center for Assessment and Instructional Support, SMSU

                Barbara Berry, President, Berrywood Group

 

Workshops Conducted by Campus Leaders

 

2000     Telling Your Story with Curriculum Assessment

           

                Martha Kirker, Director of Center for Assessment and Instructional Support

 

2000     New Faculty Orientation Information Table

 

2000     The Challenge of Translating Good Intentions into Practice

            Series of three breakfast discussions based on

            Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds by Richard J. Light and related

            experiences of participants.

 

               Martha Kirker, Director of Center for Assessment and Instructional Support

 

1999     Breakfast Book Reviews

            Series of four review sessions to discuss Effective Grading: A tool for Learning and Assessment

            by Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson and to share related classroom

            experiences.

 

                Discussion Leaders:  Martha Kirker, Pauline Nugent, Chin-Tang Liu, Michael Fields and Sam Dyer

 

1999     Powerful Teaching and Learning at Showcase on Teaching

     Outlined research supported methodologies for organizing courses, related materials,

     assignment, and grading schemes and illustrated them with campus examples.

 

        Presenters:  Martha Kirker, Center for Assessment and Instructional Support;

        David Ashley, Mathematics;  Candace Fisk, Greenwood Laboratory School;

        Debra McDowell, Citizenship and Service Learning; J.B. Petty, Meyer Library.     

 

1999     Promising Portfolios:  What is a Portfolio and How Can It Be Evaluated

            Exhibit of Sample Portfolios from across campus

            Defining a Portfolio:  Debra McDowell

            Diversity of Purposes and Uses:  Martha Kirker

            SMSU Professional Education Portfolio Project:  Sandra Wegner

            Portfolio Contribution to Motivation:  Valeria Kidd-Turner

            Benefits of Portfolios:  Martha Kirker

            Evaluation Options:  Martha Kirker

            Scoring Guide Activity:  Debra McDowell

 

1998    Evaluating Your Class: Matching Objectives to Outcomes

              

                Jana Loge, Southwest Regional Missouri Assessment Program Facilitator

 

1997    Series of Four Breakfast Discussions for Graduate Faculty:

            Introductory assessment materials and agenda, Charlene Berquist

            Refocusing Quality Assessment on Student Learning, Charlene Berquist

            Documenting Student Outcomes in Graduate and Professional Programs, Charlene Berquist

            Documenting and Balancing Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes, Martha Kirker and Scott Wegner

           

1997     Discussion of Portfolios at Brown Bag Lunch

    Martha Kirker, Director of Center for Assessment and Instructional Support

 

1997     Realizing the Potential

            Two breakfast discussions incorporating "Top Class" discussion group

            software, Realizing the Potential: Improving Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and

            Assessment by James L. Ratcliff and Associates and Classroom Research: Implementing

            the Scholarship of Teaching by K. Patricia Cross and Mimi Harris Steadman.

 

                Deanne Camp, Debra McDowell, and John Strong

 

1996     Targeting Student Centered Learning

            Series of three brown bag lunches for faculty to share experiences and resource information

            from Enhancing Student Learning: Emphasizing Essential Competencies in Academic Programs

            by D.W. Farmer.

           

                Richard Myers, Genny Cramer, Donn Kaiser and Walt Nelson

 

1996   Improving Teaching and Learning

          Series of three breakfast discussions based on Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College

          Teachers by Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross.

 

               Deanne Camp, Debra McDowell, Faralla Shaka, Richard Myers, Walt Nelson, and Donn Kaiser

 

1995    Brown Bag Lunch Series:

             Ideas from the National Symposium on Improving Teaching, Bill Cheek

            Classroom Research, Debra McDowell

            How Students Learn, Martha Kirker

            The Future of Teaching in Higher Education, Martha Kirker

            What Seniors Need to Know, Martha Kirker

 

1995    Linking Learning Objectives and Assessment in General Education Courses for the College of

            Natural and Applied Sciences

                Bill Cheek and Martha Kirker

 

1994    Issues in College Teaching Discussion Series

            Higher-Order Thinking: Definitions and Applications, Richard Myers, Professor of Biology

            Writing to Learn, Margaret Mitchell, Director of Writing Center

            Let's Talk about Teaching, Gloria Galanes, Department of Communications

 

1994    When Quality Goes to School: What Do Leaders Do to Put It to Work?

            An interactive multimedia presentation on quality principles and their application in education including an audio

            tape by Myron Tribus, featured speaker at AAHE Assessment and Quality Conference.

               

                Martha Kirker, Director of Center for Assessment and Instructional Support

 

1994    Fifth Annual Faculty Writing Retreat