Open Access11: A Vision Beyond Measurement: Creating an Integrated Data System for Teaching Centers
Author(s) -
Plank Kathryn M.,
Kalish Alan,
Rohdieck Stephanie V.,
Harper Kathleen A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2004.tb00433.x
Subject(s) - summative assessment , formative assessment , work (physics) , task (project management) , computer science , work flow , order (exchange) , value (mathematics) , human–computer interaction , data science , engineering management , mathematics education , engineering , psychology , systems engineering , machine learning , industrial engineering , business , mechanical engineering , finance
Assessing the work of teaching and learning centers is crucial to maintain the support of our institutions; however, collecting and interpreting the right data can be a challenge. This chapter explores practical strategies for integrating assessment into daily work flow in order to generate information that accurately measures our impact, helps others understand and value our work, and enables us to improve what we do, without creating a major “add‐on” task. We discuss ways to measure, track, and report work, and share means to use data for both summative and formative purposes that we hope will make the work of faculty developers easier, better, and appreciated.