If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment

Higher education institutions are commonly tasked with demonstrating student learning in and out of the classroom. Although academic and student affairs share a common goal of supporting student success, they frequently do not speak the same assessment language. This lack of alignment can lead to mi...

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Main Authors: Heather D. Hussey, Ashley Babcock, Tara J. Lehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) 2020-09-01
Series:Open Praxis
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Online Access:https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/1093
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spelling doaj-7b7e8b11ca4946a5ab1a00dd0070d1d92020-11-25T03:58:32ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis2304-070X2020-09-0112342543610.5944/openpraxis.12.3.1093307If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular AssessmentHeather D. Hussey0Ashley Babcock1Tara J. Lehan2Northcentral UniversityNorthcentral UniversityNorthcentral UniversityHigher education institutions are commonly tasked with demonstrating student learning in and out of the classroom. Although academic and student affairs share a common goal of supporting student success, they frequently do not speak the same assessment language. This lack of alignment can lead to miscommunication and missed opportunities to collaboratively promote learning and achievement. Further, it can be a struggle to implement assessment protocols if institutional stakeholders do not value and believe in the importance of their role in the assessment process. In this paper, we discuss how professionals at an online academic success center used the Theory of Planned Behavior to inform and improve an assessment protocol as part of the institution’s overall assessment plan. The steps and strategies used over multiple assessment loops are discussed to demonstrate the path taken to build a collaborative learning environment for students in and out of the online classroom.https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/1093assessment, co-curricular, online learning, learning centers, academic coaching, theory of planned behavior
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If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
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title If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
title_short If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
title_full If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
title_fullStr If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
title_full_unstemmed If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Closing Another Assessment Loop: Implementing Online Co-Curricular Assessment
title_sort if at first you don’t succeed, try closing another assessment loop: implementing online co-curricular assessment
publisher International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
series Open Praxis
issn 2304-070X
publishDate 2020-09-01
description Higher education institutions are commonly tasked with demonstrating student learning in and out of the classroom. Although academic and student affairs share a common goal of supporting student success, they frequently do not speak the same assessment language. This lack of alignment can lead to miscommunication and missed opportunities to collaboratively promote learning and achievement. Further, it can be a struggle to implement assessment protocols if institutional stakeholders do not value and believe in the importance of their role in the assessment process. In this paper, we discuss how professionals at an online academic success center used the Theory of Planned Behavior to inform and improve an assessment protocol as part of the institution’s overall assessment plan. The steps and strategies used over multiple assessment loops are discussed to demonstrate the path taken to build a collaborative learning environment for students in and out of the online classroom.
topic assessment, co-curricular, online learning, learning centers, academic coaching, theory of planned behavior
url https://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/1093
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