Academic Resource Conference

April 9, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

3:00 pm

Registration Open

April 9, 3:00 pm

6:00 pm

Registration Closed

April 9, 6:00 pm

7:00 am

Registration Open

April 10, 7:00 am

8:00 am to 11:00 am

W-1 Introducing the New Institutional Review Process

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

W-2 Capstones and Core Competencies

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

W-3 Student Success through Instruction: A Curriculum-based Model of Student Engagement

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

W-4 Online Course Quality: Identifying the What’s and How’s

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

W-5 Organizing for Evidence-based Decision Making and Improvement

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

W-6 Quantitative Methods for the Statistophobic

April 10, 8:00 am - 11:00 am

9:00 am to 11:00 am

New ALO Orientation

ALO Workshop

April 10, 9:00 am -11:00 am

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

CEO Forum and Luncheon: A Farewell to President Wolff and a Welcome to the Next Stage

CEO Workshop

April 10, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

ALO Workshop and Lunch: Implementing the New Institutional Review Process

California Association of Research Librarians (CARL): Information Literacy 101: From Building Campus Awareness to Assessment for Accreditation

ALO Workshop

April 10, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Special Interest Group Gathering

April 10, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Student Success: Evidence-based Approaches to Improving Persistence and Academic Success

Special Interest Group Gathering

April 10, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Institute for the Future (IFTF): Socialstructed Learning and the Future of Higher Education

Special Interest Group Gathering

April 10, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Orientation to the 2013 WASC Academic Resource Conference (ARC)

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Daphne Koller- The Online Revolution: Education at Scale

Plenary Speaker

April 10, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

5:45 pm

Registration Closed

April 10, 5:45 pm

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

ARC Opening Reception

April 10, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

7:00 am

Registration Open

April 11, 7:00 am

7:00 am to 8:00 am

Breakfast

April 11, 7:00 am - 8:00 am

8:15 am to 9:15 am

Douglas Thomas- The New Culture of Learning

Plenary Speaker

April 11, 8:15 am- 9:15 am

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Shooting the Pipeline: Benchmark Assessment in Freshman Composition

Adult Learners as Scholars of Their Experience: Prior Learning Assessment in the 21st Century

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

Applications of the Degree Qualifications Profile for Liberal Arts Colleges (Demonstration)

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

Evidence of Student Learning in Redesigned Online and Hybrid Courses (Demonstration)

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

Can We Benchmark Student Learning Outcomes without Standardized Tests? Yes, We Can

Logging On to Improve Achievement: The Relationship between Use of the Learning Management System, Student Characteristics, and Academic Achievement in a Hybrid Large Enrollment Undergraduate Course

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

April 11, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

Massive, Open, Online, and Crazy? A Case Study in the Making of a MOOC

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

Program Review: Three Universities, Three Approaches

Putting Students First: A Collaborative Approach to Revising Developmental and Introductory Math and Writing Course Sequencing for Student Success

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

April 11, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

The CSU Graduation Initiative Data Dashboard Project: A Conversation with Data

Reflections on the New Accreditation Process, Halfway Through: A Discussion with Pilot Institutions

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

Integrating the DQP and LEAP ELOs into General Education and Associate Degree Curriculum and Assessment

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

New Partnerships for a New Economy: A Guide to Effectively Preparing STEM Students for Careers of Choice (Demonstration)

April 11, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

Sponsor Demonstration: Campus Labs -- Discover a Comprehensive Approach to Institutional Effectiveness with Campus Labs

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

April 11, 9:30 am -10:30 am

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Snack Break

Sylvia Hurtado- Understanding the Diverse Learning Environment: An Accreditation Imperative

April 11, 10:30 am - 11:00 am

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Michael Offerman- Beyond Seat-Time: Competency-Based Programs as the “Coin of the Realm”

April 11, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Panel- Capstones, Core Competencies, and Conundrums: Student Experiences and Lessons Learned

April 11, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Aqua 306

April 11, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

12:00 pm to 1:45 pm

WASC International Initiatives: An Update and Future Directions

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Complimentary LiveText Luncheon (by invitation only)

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Substantive Change and Your Institution

Cobalt 501

April 11, noon-1:45pm

The Assessment Leadership Academy – An Informational Conversation

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Catholic Institutions

April 11, noon-1:45pm

For-profit Institutions

Cobalt 503

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Adult-serving Undergraduate Programs

Cobalt 502

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Informal Conversation between Pilot 1 and Pilot 2 Institutions

April 11, noon-1:45pm

Fall/Spring 2014-15 institutions

Non-traditional Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rate Tracking and Reporting: A Pilot Institution's Perspective (Demonstration)

April 11, noon-1:45pm

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

How We're Doing It: The True Story of San Jose State University's Approach to the New WASC Standard on the Meaning, Quality, and Integrity of the Degree

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Measuring Student Learning Outcomes in Music Ensembles (Demonstration)

Competency-based Degree Programs in the U.S.: The Reality, the Vision, and the Way Forward

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

WASC, Higher Education, and the Public Good

Best Practices in Online Course Development: An Expert in Online Andragogy and a Content Expert Collaborate to Build Doctoral Level Courses for Qualitative Methodology (Demonstration)

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Simply Interactive Reports (Demonstration)

Sponsor Demonstration: eLumen -- Redesigning Higher Education: How an Academic Enterprise System Changes (Practically) Everything

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Structuring for Data-driven Strategic Planning, Organizing for Student Success, and Other Lessons from the Field

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Assessing Learning in Fine and Performing Arts Disciplines (Demonstration)

Thought Before Action: The Theoretical Basis for Technology to Track Learner Outcomes (Demonstration)

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Implementing the Principles of Andragogy in a Blended Environment

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Issues in International Involvement in Online Learning: An Institutional Experience

Putting a Strategic Plan into Action: Working Collaboratively and Transparently with Institutional Effectiveness Data (Demonstration)

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Mapping the Institutional Mission and ILOs through Online Interactive Technology (Demonstration)

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A Map to the Future: The Internationalization of Higher Education (Demonstration)

April 11, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

3:15 pm to 4:15 pm

Adapting Adult Learner Programs: Implementing Blended Learning (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

A Conversation with President Ralph Wolff and Executive Director Richard Winn

Improving the Online Student Experience through a System of Tools and Processes (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Sponsor Demonstration: TaskStream -- An Institutional Academic Assessment Initiative: One Story of Student Learning and Continuous Improvement

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Meaningful Assessment of the WASC Core Competencies (Mini-workshop)

Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum: A Faculty-driven, Theoretically Informed Approach to Institutional Change (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

On the Front Line: Multiple Perspectives on the Unique Role of a WASC Institutional Review Faculty Chair

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

How Realignment Can Improve Student-centeredness, Uncover Program Synergies, and Foster New Opportunities (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Credit Verification: Making Education Meaningful and Practical (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Interactive 7.1: A New Look at an Old Tool (Demonstration)

Working on the Puzzle of First-generation and Hispanic/Latino Student Retention and Success.

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Using Backward Design to Integrate Annual Assessment, Program Review, and WASC Accreditation (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Show Me the Money: Integrating Assessment Findings with Academic Planning and Institutional Budgeting

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

3:16 pm to 4:15 pm

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm.

Wrap-around Advising and Learning Resources to Improve Student Success

New Media Match-making: Converting MOOC's and Other Open-Access University Resources into Prior Learning Credits (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm.

Experiential Learning Required: Transforming Institutional Values in Undergraduate General Education Curriculum (Demonstration)

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm.

April 11, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm.

4:15 pm to 4:45 pm

Snack Break Thursday PM

April 11, 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

4:45 pm to 5:45 pm

The Roads We’ve Taken, the Roads that Beckon

April 11, 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm

5:30 pm

Registration Closed

April 11, 5:30 pm

5:45 pm to 7:30 pm

Sponsor Reception/Poster Session

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Meaningful Learning to Promote Clinical Decision Making in the Classroom

The Successes and Challenges of Implementing a Programmatic Outcome Plan at a Multi-campus University: A Case Report

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Assessing Relevancy and Currency: Challenges and Solutions for Ensuring Continued Program Vitality

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Assessing Programs' Annual Reports on Achievement of Student Learning Outcomes

Taking the Monkey Wrench Out of the Toolbox: Implementing Outcome Measures across the Lifespan in a Classroom and "Mock Clinic" Lab

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

State Authorization: Implications for More Than Just Online Institutions

Administering the GE Proficiency Profile Test: Findings, Lessons Learned and Future Action

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Increasing Retention: A Case Study in Data-driven Decision Making

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Using Course Evaluation Data to Address Multiple Assessment Functions

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Learning by Doing: Experiential Techniques for Student Success

Projecting Instructor Need to Maximize Effectiveness in a Responsive, Outcomes-driven Culture with Weekly Course Starts

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Program and Specialization Lead Collaboration: A Model for Increasing Faculty Commitment to Assessment

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Technology Options for Flipping the Classroom in a Blended Learning Format

What's Next? Inter-institutional Collaboration to Benefit Student Learning: A Scenario in Graduate Education

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Considerations in Adopting Critical Thinking Testing

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Relevant and Measurable Learning: A Case for Competency-based Education in a New Era

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Managing Off-campus Field Experiences in Professional Programs

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Improving Study Skills and Success in Law School

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Exceptional Teacher Presence in an Online Environment: Guidance of Best Practice

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

The Non-traditional Student: A Proprietary School's Action Plan to Influence Persistence

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Implementation of an Orientation Course and Online Student Success

Financial Management Expectations and Preparation for Non-accountant Deans and Department Chairs

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Closing the Loop with Limited Data: Institutional Assessment of Writing across the Curriculum at Westmont College

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Creating a Culture of Thinkers: The Reading-Thinking Connection

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Moral Hazard and the For-profit Model

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Transitioning from a Teaching-only to a Teaching and Research University

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

A Student Success Dashboard

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

What Can We Learn from a State-mandated, Unfunded Performance Assessment?

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Using Our Seniors to Crowdsource New Programs at University of La Verne

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Creative Action across the Globe

Active Engagement in the Asynchronous Online Classroom - A Quasi-experimental Case Study at Ashford University

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Institutionalizing Signature Assignments through Learning Outcomes and AAC&U Rubrics

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Integrating Assessment into Faculty Development through a Summer Certification Program

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Eportfolios for Complex Learning Objectives

Collateral Effects of High Response in Interdependent Activity on Independent Activity Completion in Online Courses

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Using Humor and Creativity in Communicating Important Messages: Animated Videos Made Easy

April 11, 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 07:00

Registration Open

April 12, 7:00 am

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 07:00 to 08:30

Breakfast

Sapphire AB

April 12, 7:00 am - 8:30 am

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 08:00 to 09:00

How to Use a 3-Step Interview to "Close the Loop" (Mini-workshop)

Innovation in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Applications to Graduate Management Education (Demonstration)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

MetaLearning: Better Preparing Students to Learn and Adapt in a Fast-forward World (Mini-workshop)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Building a Shared Vision for Achieving Campus Goals: An Innovative Model for Stakeholder-driven Planning and Implementation That Actually Works! (Mini-workshop)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Your Next WASC Interim Report: A Step-by-step Guide to Planning, Preparation, and Submission

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Stealth Cohorts: Learning Communities on a Shoestring (Demonstration)

After the Visiting Team Leaves -- The Value of a Sustained Steering Committee (Demonstration)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

It Takes a Campus to Raise a Student: An Integrated Framework for Student Success (Demonstration)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Neurons That Fire Together Wire Together: Assessing Educational Effectiveness Using Data Visualization, Qualitative Evidence, and Sonification (Mini-Workshop)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Chief Academic Officers’ Forum

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Designing an Assessment Infrastructure

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

Cooking Up Rubrics: Ingredients, Preparation and Serving Suggestions (Mini-workshop)

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

Sponsor Demonstration: Scantron -- Let’s Talk About Course Evaluations

Assessment between Accreditation Site Visits- Faculty Engagement in a Graduate-only Institution

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am

April 12, 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 09:15 to 10:15

Building a Culture of Critical Thinking: A Multi-modal Approach (Demonstration)

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

The Changing Ecology of Higher Education: How Can Accreditation Respond?

Empowering Students As Researchers: Teaching Critical Thinking and Information Literacy across the Disciplines (Demonstration)

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Faculty and Student Perceptions of Standardized, Embedded Assessments of Course and Program Learning Outcomes

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

Sponsor Demonstration: GradesFirst -- Early Alert: Effective Strategies to Increase Success and Retention

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Facilitating Student Involvement in Curriculum Development: Examples from the Core Curriculum and Psychology

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Programmatic Excellence and Innovation in Learning: Supporting Learning and Assessment through Interdisciplinary Facultyand Staff Collaborative Research Projects

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Engaging Adjunct Faculty in Program-level Assessment and Program Review

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

Integration of Adjunct Faculty into Assessment and Student Success Initiatives

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Compelling Instructional Technology Mentoring (Demonstration)

Assessing Professional Dispositions from Multiple Perspectives: Two Universities' Attempts to Move beyond Just Knowledge and Skills

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

The "La Familia" Model™: High Expectations for Teaching and Learning at The National Hispanic University (Demonstration)

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

A Student-centered Model for Measurable Outcomes of Awarded Degrees, Student Success, and Learning Acquisition

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Establishing the Value of Analytics with Early Wins (Demonstration)

Leveraging Technology to Gather, Analyze and Use Assessment Data for Program Improvement (Demonstration)

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

The Coffee-stained Strategic Plan (Demonstration)

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am.

Dynamic Planning for the Learning Organization (Demonstration)

Vital Roles and Outcomes for Higher Education in the Development of the K-12 Common Core State Standards

April 12, 9:15 am - 10:15 am

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 10:15 to 10:45

Snack Break

April 12, 10:15 am - 10:45 am

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 10:45 to 11:45

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Using Disciplinary Ways of Knowing to Engage Faculty in Assessment (Demonstration)

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

Achieving Transformational Change through Institutional Accreditation

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Understanding and Demonstrating Student's Personal and Social Responsibility

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

15 to Finish and Student Success

How to Expand WASC's New Retention-Graduation Template and build a Comprehensive Transfer Persistence Tracking Report (Demonstration)

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Pyramid of (Assessment) Success: Aligning Institutional Learning Outcomes with Program-, GE-, and Course-level Outcomes

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

Engaging Students with Assessment through Digital Portfolios (Demonstration)

Sponsor Demonstration: Nuventive -- Developing a Strategy for Institutional Performance Management

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Are Proprietary Models Appropriate for Higher Education? The Case of Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Transparency: NILOA Assessment Wheel Energizes Community Engagement in Continuous Improvement (Demonstration)

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

A Mission-based Method to Select Peer Institutions (Demonstration)

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

Ethical Reasoning Assessment: From Learning Outcomes to Use of Results

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Learning First: Simplifying Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Ensuring Academic Quality and Consistency at Regional Centers

Drowning in Capstone Course Three-ring Binders: How One Program Cleaned Out Its Offices and Moved to E-Portfolios

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am

Peggy Maki- The Window of Opportunity for Public Higher Education Institutions in Massachusetts and Partner States

April 12, 10:45 am - 11:45 am.

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:00 to 13:00

Plenary Speaker

April 12, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 13:00

Registration Closed

April 12, 1:00 pm

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 13:15 to 16:00

W-10 Prior Learning Assessment 101

April 12, 1:15pm - 4:00 pm

W-7 Navigating the WASC Pathway

April 12, 1:15pm - 4:00 pm

W-8 Hosting a Visit: How to Make the Visiting Team Feel Welcome at Your Institution

April 12, 1:15pm - 4:00 pm

W-9 Navigating Substantive Change