Key Assessment Design and Selection workshop Oct. 22

University of Maine faculty members are encouraged to take part in “Key Assessment Design and Selection,” a hands-on, informational workshop from noon to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

The session, which will be held in the McIntire Room of the Buchanan Alumni House, aims to enhance participants’ understanding of how to successfully design and analyze appropriate key assessments for the evaluation of student learning in courses and programs.

Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at UMaine, and Raymond Rice, provost at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, will deliver opening remarks during lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m.

After lunch, Natasha Jankowski of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Julie Carnahan with the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association will lead the workshop on best practices in key assessment and assignment design.

Registration is online.

For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact Katherine Wing at 581.3472 or katherine.wing@maine.edu.