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Reports and Presentations

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Reports on NC State surveys

• Rose-colored glasses or harsh reality? Changes in students' perceptions of the university's contribution to general education goals* (2000 AAPOR and AAHE conferences)
• Paper or PC? Design, implementation, and success of a mixed-mode survey (2001 AAPOR conference)
• Outcomes assessment at NC State (Spring 2001 presentation to NC State Deans' Council)

Coordinating department, college, campus, and system assessment activities

• Setting And Communicating Assessment Vision And Expectations: Discussing Barriers And Solutions. 2008 presentation at NC State University’s Undergraduate Assessment Symposium, Raleigh, N.C., April. PPT, RTF
• Improving assessment efficiency and overcoming barriers: Relating programmatic accreditation to institutional assessment. The 2007 NASPA International Assessment & Retention Conference, St. Louis, MO., June.
• Assessment 101: The nuts and bolts of assessment. 2006 Workshop at NC State University’s Undergraduate Assessment Symposium, Raleigh, N.C., April.
  
• Developing an institution-wide vision for assessment. 2006 Presentation at NC State University’s Undergraduate Assessment Symposium, Raleigh, N.C., April. PPT  RTF
  
• Integrating Discipline-specific and Regional Accreditation: Assessment as the Uniting Element (2005 IUPUI Conference)
• The Ripple Effect: Getting Faculty Involved in Assessment (2005 NC State Undergraduate Assessment Symposium)
• Linking system-wide and campus assessment processes at North Carolina State University* (1999 AAHE Assessment Conference)
• Linking system, campus, college, and department assessment processes* (2000 AACSB Assessment Symposium, emphasizes NC State College of Management and Department of Accounting)
• Integrating performance indicators and assessment details* (2001 AAHE Assessment Conference)

The Internet as a tool for assessment

• Introduction to World Wide Web Resources for Assessment (Most recent version of material presented at various assessment conferences)
• Tooltime Keynote presentation, 1999 Virginia Assessment Group Fall Conference

Assessment of Technology and LITRE

• Using needs assessment as a holistic means for improving technology infrastructure.* 2007 White Paper, Educause Learning Initiative.
• Facilitating faculty connections: The Technology Practices Directory.  2007 Presentation at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March. PPT  RTF
  
• Faculty in technology-rich contexts: Connecting teaching, learning, and assessment in the classroom. 2007 Presentation at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March. PPT  RTF
• Assessment methodologies: Technology and student learning. 2006 Invited presentation at Educause Learning Initiative’s Fall Forum on Assessment, September.
• Technology and learning: Defining what you want to assess. 2006 White Paper, Educause Learning Initiative website.
• How technology impacts student learning: An assessment workshop. 2006 Workshop at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March. PPT  RTF
• How vision, collaboration, and assessment lead to a successful mobile computing program. 2006 Presentation at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March. PPT  RTF
  
• Creating a vision for a mobile computing program on your campus. 2006 Roundtable presentation at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March.
  
• The vision of how to assess student learning in technology-enriched classrooms.  2006 Presentation at the UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, N.C., March. PPT  RTF
  
• Assessing the mobile computing pilot program: A college-wide initiative. 2006 Poster presentation at Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, Ca., January. PPT  RTF
  
• Assessing the impact of technology on student learning: An institutional initiative.2006 Presentation at Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, Ca., January. PPT  RTF