Assessment: Defining Student Outcomes

Launch WebinarFall 2010
Track: Assessment Cost: FREE Presenter: Gloria Rogers, Ph.D.

You can download the slides used during the webinar (PDF) for use during the presentation or as a stand-alone summary.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

  • Difference between program educational objectives and learning outcomes
  • Importance of defining learning outcomes
  • Examples of defined outcomes
  • Mapping outcomes to curriculum
  • Reporting your results
  • Process implementation

Presenter Biography

Rogers

Gloria Rogers, Former Managing Director, Professional Services, ABET

Gloria Rogers is the former Managing Director, Professional Services at ABET.

Rogers serves as a reviewer for the Fulbright Senior Scholars program and was also the editor of a special edition of the 2008 International Journal of Engineering Education. She has been an external evaluator for major science, math, engineering, and technology initiatives and has a developed interactive CD Rom, "Assessment Planning Flowchart," to aid programs in their program assessment plan development. She also serves on advisory boards for the National Science Foundation, American Association of Colleges and Universities, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Gloria has organized 13 symposia on program assessment and accreditation that have been attended by over 2,500 engineering educators from 500 institutions around the world. In addition, she has authored 35 assessment-related articles, given more than 100 invited presentations at national and international conferences and facilitated workshops/seminars at over 75 campuses.

In addition to her local and national involvement in assessment and educational reform, she has given invited presentations and workshops in 25 countries around the world including a Fulbright Senior Scholar assignment in Lima, Peru. In 2008, she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education for her contributions to the engineering education profession.

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