Focus Session: Transformative Assessment Educational Technology Strategic Planning at The University of Colorado, Boulder Lecia J. Barker Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society University of Colorado, Boulder

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment Organizational Context Faculty initiative: Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society Infrastructure for students, faculty, research; Fall 1997

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 1 Issues Identification Led by Provost and campus CIO Campus-wide faculty participation –What are the issues? –Which have the greatest priority? –What information do we need to act on priorities? –How will plans be funded? –What are the next steps?

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment Issues identified Instructional technology support personnel and programs Course software environment Instructional facilities and physical infrastructure Student IT literacy and fluency Distance learning

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 2 Information Gathering All-faculty use, needs (survey) In-depth faculty use, needs (interviews) Student skills, knowledge (survey) Roles of service providers (interviews) Classroom inventory Peer institutions’ use, funding, support, advice (interviews)

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 3 Visioning Process Focus on desired outcomes Two committees of interested, high credibility faculty –Student issues: technology skills and information literacy –Faculty issues: technology integration into teaching and research

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 4 Recommendations Students –Information literacy integrated into early core courses –Departments assess field-specific needs, integrate into curriculum

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 4 Recommendations Faculty –Support, funding for innovations, instructional design –Improved scheduling for facilities –Information provision for educational technology and resources

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 5 Implementing Recommendations Just beginning Cost issues –Implications for departmental budgets –Strategies for future funding Curricular change –Faculty prerogative, can’t be top-down

Focus Session: Transformative Assessment 8 More information Process, reports, data all online: etsp.html