“Assessment
Methods” – Bresciani
I think Astin’s I-E-O model was
extremely applicable when I was creating my evaluations. Astin talks about the
importance of recognizing the inputs of the students as they enter college and
then how the environment affects the student. When creating my evaluation, I
had to remember that the conference was not only for students and staff here at
Pacific but from institutions all over the western region. Some of these
institutions were public, private, and 2-year, each having their own unique
experience with LGBTQIA life on campus. This also made me think that when it
came to student learning outcomes, I had to be a bit more broad knowing that
students would take different things back to their campus or respond to
sessions in different ways based on their experience prior to attending.
When I
decided to do a survey, it was because I thought it was the easiest to
distribute to all participants and would have a great return rate because they
would complete it before leaving the conference. While constructing my survey,
it was hard to make sure that every learning outcome was being represented or
that answers were corresponding to each. I found it easier to think of ways to
relate to one or two but giving each a valid portion of the survey was tough.
For some of the learning outcomes, I realized that open-ended questions would
provide greater understanding than a Likert-scale question. The final part of
my survey has the section where people can express any improvement they’d like
to be made about the conference so that we are assuring that it is at its
highest level and also provides them an opportunity for their individual voice
to be heard, something that might not be as likely at their institution.
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