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Supporting Learners with ADHD in Online Sessions (and Everywhere Else) by Chris Corrigan

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / August 14, 2022

I think I’m definitely feeling like my work is online for the foreseeable future. While I do have some face-to-face sessions lined up for the fall and winter, most of what I am going to continue to do is host meetings and learning online.

Even though I have been doing that since probably 2004 or so when I first started using Skype I continue to learn about how to make online environments more interesting and, most importantly, more accessible. From time to time I put out a call to help me learn about people’s needs and experiences. Back in June I asked folks with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) how to help them participate at their best and I got lots of useful answers. I trust that the people who answered self-identified as folks with ADHD.

AHE TIG Week: Using Competency-based Assessment in Faculty Evaluations of Teaching in Higher Education to Support Experts in Teaching Roles by Amy Bowser

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / August 16, 2022

Today there is a nursing shortage crisis across the United States. There are not enough qualified nurses to care for patients. Solving this problem is complicated because there is also a nursing faculty shortage. As a result, learners wanting to attend schools of nursing are being turned away. Nurses must be recruited to teach in higher education. However, nurses are experts in patient care, not trained educators. This situation is likely similar to most schools in higher education. Experts who become faculty are not typically trained to teach. Nurses and other experts are expected to develop teaching skills within the time constraint of the faculty role. How can we add additional support to the current mechanisms in place for new faculty development? Perhaps faculty evaluations of teaching can support the development of faculty teaching and learning practice.

AHE TIG Week: Saving Time through Data Dashboards by Matt Feldmann and Tom Withee

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / August 16, 2022

Hello, we are Matt Feldmann and Tom Withee with Goshen Education Consulting. Matt Feldmann is the principal researcher and firm director at Goshen Education Consulting and manages the information technology for the AHE TIG. Tom Withee is a senior researcher at Goshen Education Consulting and is the chair elect for the STEM TIG. It is …

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AHE TIG Week: Bridging the Gap: From Grad School to Becoming an Evaluator by Fanni Farago

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / August 15, 2022

Hello. My name is Fanni Farago (she/her) and I am serving as the 2021-2022 Program Chair for the Assessment in Higher Education TIG. Additionally, I am a new & emerging evaluator and a Sociology Doctoral Student at George Mason University. Currently, I work as a Research Assistant at Mason and investigate the impacts of inequality …

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AHE TIG Week: The Importance and Value of Conducting an Assessment that Centers Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Higher Education by Chad Kee

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education / August 15, 2022

I am Chad Kee, CEO and Founder of WhitworthKee Consulting and Chair of the Assessment in Higher Education TIG. I started WhitworthKee Consulting because of my personal experiences as a Black man attending a predominantly white institution. While attending the institution, I experienced academic, personal, and financial challenges. I was unaware at the time that …

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RoE TIG Week with EvaluATE: Finding Out How Programs Actually Use Evaluation by Michael Harnar and Zach Tilton

Leave a Comment / Research on Evaluation / July 27, 2022

Hi, we are Michael Harnar and Zach Tilton, Co-Principal Investigator on the EvaluATE grant and Doctoral Research Associate, respectively. Our research-on-evaluation (RoE) study investigates evaluation use in NSF’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. ATE grantees spend an average of 8 percent of their grant budgets on evaluation—almost $5 million annually. With so much evidence of …

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RoE TIG Week with EvaluATE: Smoothing the Evaluator Procurement Process by Mike Lesiecki

Leave a Comment / Research on Evaluation / July 27, 2022

I’m Mike Lesiecki, with EvaluATE, the evaluation hub for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. With colleagues at EvaluATE, I’ve been conducting research on how PIs in the ATE program select and contract with evaluators. This research-on-evaluation (RoE) study looks at a problem common to many institutional grantseekers and evaluators: Funders, PIs, …

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RoE TIG Week with EvaluATE: Analyzing Unstructured Evaluation Data by Larry Mallak and Nolen Akerman

Leave a Comment / Research on Evaluation / July 27, 2022

Hi! We’re the team behind a sentiment analysis study of EvaluATE’s open-ended survey responses. Larry is a professor of engineering management at WMU, and Nolen is a former Fortune 500 data scientist consulting on data analytics projects. EvaluATE hosts webinars and workshops about evaluation topics, and attendees submit feedback in the form of open- and …

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RoE TIG Week with EvaluATE: Keeping Participants Involved in Long-term Studies by Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate

Leave a Comment / Research on Evaluation / July 27, 2022

We’re Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate from The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. We are part of EvaluATE, the evaluation hub for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. Our recent research on evaluation (RoE) study involved collecting data from participants weekly and monthly over the course of a year, and we’re …

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