scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSES AND CRITERIA FOR CEAB GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE ASSESSMENT

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Frank
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
System Software ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Assessment Measures ◽  
Degree Level

The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) is following the lead of other accreditation bodies in requiring engineering programs to measure graduate attributes, also known as outcomes. Canadian ministers of education have also established undergraduate degree-level expectations that will imact engineering programs. This paper will review the evolution of outcomes assessment as it pertains to engineering accreditation and compare the new CEAB graduate attribute requirements to those of engineering accreditation bodies in countries including the U.S.A, U.K., and Australia. The process of implementing outcomes assessment at Queen's University will be described, including development of measurable assessment criteria from faculty working groups. Finally, the paper will provide an overview of learning management system software that can manage and report on assessment measures.

scholarly journals CENTRALIZED OUTCOME-BASED ASSESSMENT PROCESS AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Razavinia ◽  
Laurent Mydlarski
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Continual Improvement ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Mcgill University

Abstract - Compliance with the Graduate Attributes and Continual Improvement criteria is an essential component of the accreditation of engineering programs in Canada. In response to this requirement, McGill University’s Faculty of Engineering established a centralized process in which 1) a uniform organizational structure was established, 2) a set of common graduate attribute indicators was developed, 3) the current Learning Management System (D2L) was integrated into the assessment of the graduate attributes, 4) universal indirect assessments for all programs were designed, 5) consistent data analysis and interpretation processes were implemented, and 6) standardized guidelines for continual improvement were created. The implementation of this process, its strengths, and recommendations to increase its efficiency and sustainability are discussed in this paper.  

Using a Learning Management System to Facilitate Learning Outcomes Assessment

2010 ◽  
pp. 138-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven F. Tello ◽  
Luvai Motiwalla
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Management System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Learning Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Development Approach

Increased demands for accountability among state and federal policy makers require that colleges and universities improve the process of measuring student learning outcomes. Despite a growing need, there has been limited development of integrated, electronic processes and tools that facilitate assessment of student progress toward program-level learning outcomes. Collecting student course materials, classifying by program and course-level objectives and reporting the results remains a tedious and labor-intensive task. This project demonstrates how course-level assessment data from a learning management system (LMS) can be utilized for program-level outcomes assessment. A pilot system was developed to integrate data from a LMS to provide continuous reporting of program and course-level assessment with minimal additional effort from faculty and students. This chapter shares the authors’ outcomes assessment system development approach, faculty development approach, and the lessons learned from their project, including the challenges confronted during system implementation.

scholarly journals Progress on Defining the CEAB Graduate Attributes at Carleton University

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Harris ◽  
Alan Steele ◽  
Donald Russell
Keyword(s):  
Noun Phrase ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Limits Of Knowledge ◽  
Cognitive Hierarchy ◽  
Degree Level ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
Area Of Application

The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) is requiring engineering programs to demonstrate that their graduating students have certain specified attributes beginning in 2014. At Carleton University we have been working on developing our approaches to meeting this requirement for some time. This paper presents some of the aspects of our efforts that appear to be unique. It was important to include in the process coverage of the Ontario government's Undergraduate Degree Level Expectations (UDLEs). After reviewing the UDLEs we created what we are describing as a thirteenth Graduate Attribute – Limits of Knowledge. With the establishment of this attribute both the CEAB and UDLE requirements are covered with a single process.Considerable effort was given to the process for defining competencies (specific and measurable criteria associated with each of the broad attributes) in a clear and functional manner.Our process separates each competency into three components: area of knowledge, expectation levels and context. The area of knowledge is a noun phrase that clearly descrives the specific aspect of the graduate attribute to the beasured. The expectation levels include both threshold and target specifications using the revised Bloom's Taxonomy as a cognitive hierarchy. The final component of each competency is contect which allows each discipline to specify a possibly unique area of application.

scholarly journals Software Agents for Managing Learning Plans

10.28945/2994 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Hawryszkiewycz
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
System Software ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Pedagogical Function ◽  
Generic Agents ◽  
Learning Plans ◽  
Learner Needs

Support for personalized learning requires further assistance than currently available with most learning management system. Software agents have been proposed as one way of providing such assistance. The paper identifies three kinds of software agents, pedagogical, function and process agents. The paper then concentrates on process agents, which guide learners to develop personalized preferred learning plans that match learner needs and then manage progress through such plans. Agent support will only be practical if widely applicable generic agents, which can be reused in many plans, can be identified. Such agents can then be adapted to particular learner needs without extensive programming. The paper identifies some generic agents for this purpose and concentrate on agents that manage progress through the learning plans.

Using a Learning Management System to Facilitate Learning Outcomes Assessment

2012 ◽  
pp. 1132-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven F. Tello ◽  
Luvai Motiwalla
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Management System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Learning Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Development Approach

Increased demands for accountability among state and federal policy makers require that colleges and universities improve the process of measuring student learning outcomes. Despite a growing need, there has been limited development of integrated, electronic processes and tools that facilitate assessment of student progress toward program-level learning outcomes. Collecting student course materials, classifying by program and course-level objectives and reporting the results remains a tedious and labor-intensive task. This project demonstrates how course-level assessment data from a learning management system (LMS) can be utilized for program-level outcomes assessment. A pilot system was developed to integrate data from a LMS to provide continuous reporting of program and course-level assessment with minimal additional effort from faculty and students. This chapter shares the authors’ outcomes assessment system development approach, faculty development approach, and the lessons learned from their project, including the challenges confronted during system implementation.

scholarly journals INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Emiliana Putri ◽  
Fatimah Mulya Sari
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Management System ◽  
English Education ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Target Language ◽  
System Software ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Learning Management

The use of strategy takes an important role in language learning. The use of Learning Management System software (LMSs) in the EFL classroom enables the students to get their target language. LMSs has a feature that can enhance communication between student to student and between lecturer and students. This study generally explores students’ perspectives toward the use of LMSs as a language learning strategy. This qualitative research was conducted in Universities in Lampung Province, Indonesia. The subjects were 33 undergraduate students in the English Education study program, Faculty of Arts and Education. The data used were questionnaires and interviews. The findings show that the participants give positive feedback toward their experiences in using LMSs. By using LMSs, admitted that LMSs was given improvement to their speaking, reading, listening, and writing skill. However, some students revealed that there were some technical problems founds when they use LMSs, such as bad gateway connection. Nevertheless, learning a language using LMSs as the strategy helps the students to have self-learning experiences.

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