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Academic Affairs

Academic Affairs. Divisional Focus – Integrity of offerings across all locations and mediums Focus groups will study assessment, collaboration, curriculum, and online learning. Academic Affairs. Assessment. Successes Assessment budget Assessment Committees HLC Assessment Academy

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Academic Affairs

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  1. Academic Affairs • Divisional Focus – • Integrity of offerings across all locations and mediums • Focus groups will study assessment, collaboration, curriculum, and online learning.

  2. Academic Affairs Assessment • Successes • Assessment budget • Assessment Committees • HLC Assessment Academy • Faculty Assessment Award • Assessment software tracking system

  3. Academic Affairs Assessment • Future Plans • Extend the use of evidence in making instructional decisions • Expand course-level assessment • Implement the TracDat system for YARs, APRs, multi-section courses, and General Education

  4. Academic Affairs Collaboration • Multiple multi-disciplinary task forces addressed particular problems this year – including development of a diversity plan, recommendations on study-abroad changes, policy updates • Regular meetings between Academic and Student Affairs to address shared interests and improve systems

  5. Academic Affairs Collaboration • Multiple international initiatives are being explored or developed • Vietnam – Masters in Education – led by Phil Watson and Rick Van Sant • Expanded international student recruitment – Luzia Tartari • Potential programs in China in partnership with Lambton College of Sarnia • Education courses in France

  6. Academic Affairs Collaboration • FerrisConnect engaged individuals from multiple divisions in transitioning from WebCT to FerrisConnect (IT, Registrar, and Academic Affairs) • A Cross-University Steering Committee has been appointed to guide the University’s reaccreditation efforts – preparing for a 2010-2011 HLC Visit

  7. Academic Affairs Collaboration Cross-division • PDF University Catalog - Student Affairs • Improve ease of transfer - Student Affairs • Embedded marketer – Advancement and Marketing

  8. Academic Affairs • Curriculum • Updated curriculum manual • Additional emphasis on assessment • Identified measurable course learning outcomes • Assess the viability of current curriculum offerings

  9. Academic Affairs Curriculum • Future Successes • Course-level outcomes in all courses by Fall 2008 – required by HLC • Accelerating course documentation to enable multi-purposing of learning modules or object

  10. Academic Affairs • Online - Successes • Increased enrollments • Increased number of online courses • A new SAI was developed and piloted that will be more valuable in evaluating online instruction

  11. Academic Affairs • Online – Successes • Large numbers of faculty utilizing FerrisConnect to produce fully online, blended, or web-enhanced courses • As of January 31, 331 faculty and staff have been trained in the new FerrisConnect system • An expanded, re-energized Advancing Online Task Force is addressing key issues in improving the online systems

  12. Academic Affairs • Online –Successes • An Academic Affairs professional was hired to dedicate half-time to online development • A task force has been convened to examine options for recording systems- recording technologies - to complement online learning.

  13. Academic Affairs • Online • Future plans • Delineating a model of e-learning for Ferris that accounts for the varied aspects essential to quality programs • Assuring increasing quality of online offerings to remain competitive • Expanding the Ferris presence for high-quality online offerings to serve a national and/or international audience

  14. Academic Affairs Assessment Collaboration Curriculum Online

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